Leon
Ride-On Toy
The brief for this project was to design a ride-on toy that is suitable for children around 2 years old and has more than one use.
I wanted my ride-on toy to have a mechanism that allows it to change from being a rocker to a toy with wheels. This fulfilled the requirement for it to have more than one use. I also wanted to incorporate toys to play with in the rocking toy, therefore I decided to add playing shapes into the bars of the wheels. I created an initial model to test out different elements such as the mechanism and the measurements of the toy.
Once I tested the model, I made the required changes and started constructing the final model.
Final Product
The final product is a rocking toy that can convert from a rolling toy into a rocking toy by moving the wheels into a second position. The toy has also been given a lion character to introduce a personality that children would enjoy. The bars of the wheels have colourful toys that spin when being rocked or rolled. They can also be played with on their own.