| 摘要 |
<p>Children's ride-on vehicle assemblies that include a leading vehicle,a trailing vehicle, and a connection apparatus, such as a hitch assembly, thatselectively interconnects the leading and trailing vehicles. At least the leadingvehicle includes a drive assembly adapted to propel the vehicle along a groundsurface. In some embodiments, at least the leading vehicle is a battery-poweredride-on vehicle. The hitch assembly is adapted to interconnect the leading andtrailing vehicles and to provide a limited range of pivoting of the vehicles relativeto each other. In some embodiments, the hitch assembly includes a pinch-reliefmechanism that is adapted to provide at least a predetermined clearance betweenthe vehicles. In some embodiments, the hitch assembly is adapted to provide limitedpivotal ranges in at least two planes. In some embodiments, the hitch assemblyis adapted to selectively uncouple and recouple the vehicles from and to eachother.</p> |
