Tricycle push handle arrangement

1. A children's riding toy comprising:

a) a frame having at least one frame member;

b) a plurality of wheels attached to said frame;

c) a push handle including an upper portion and a lower portion;

d) a push handle cup having a top portion and a bottom portion, said push handle cup passing through the frame member so that the bottom portion extends below a bottom surface of the frame member; and

e) said push handle cup defining a chamber that is sized to removably receive the lower portion of the push handle so that said push handle may be removably attached to the children's riding toy.

2. The children's riding toy of claim 1 wherein the push handle cup includes an open top formed in its top portion where the lower portion of said push handle is inserted into the chamber of the push handle cup through the open top.

3. The children's riding toy of claim 1 wherein the top portion of the push handle cup extends above a top surface of the frame member.

4. The children's riding toy of claim 1 wherein the lower portion of the push handle features a spring pin and the bottom portion of the push handle cup includes an aperture that is sized and positioned to receive the spring pin when the lower portion of the push handle is inserted into the chamber of the push handle cup.

5. The children's riding toy of claim 4 wherein the spring pin includes a pin and a leaf spring positioned within the lower portion of the push handle, said leaf spring abutting the pin so that the pin is urged to extend outwards from the lower portion of the push handle.

6. The children's riding toy of claim 1 wherein the push handle cup is secured to the frame member by welds.

7. The children's riding toy of claim 1 wherein the frame member is steel tubing.

8. The children's riding toy of claim 1 wherein the push handle cup includes a bottom.

9. The children's riding toy of claim 8 where the plush handle cup bottom includes a drain hole.

10. The children's riding toy of claim 1 where in the upper and lower portions of the push handle slide relative to one another so that a push handle length may be selected and further comprising means for locking the upper and lower portions in the selected push handle length.

11. A children's riding toy comprising:

a) a front wheel, a pair of rear wheels and a frame member constructed from steel tubing extending there between;

b) a push handle including an upper portion and a lower portion;

c) openings formed through a top surface and a bottom surface of the frame members; and

d) a push handle cup secured within the frame member openings and defining a chamber sized to removably receive the lower portion of the push handle.

12. A tricycle comprising:

a) a front wheel, a pair of rear wheels and a frame member extending there between;

b) a push handle including an upper portion and a lower portion;

c) an opening formed through the frame member;

d) a push handle cup secured within the frame member opening and defining a chamber sized to removably receive the lower portion of the push handle and wherein a bottom portion of the push handle cup extends below a bottom surface of the frame member.

13. The children's riding toy of claim 11 wherein the lower portion of the push handle features a spring pin and the push handle cup includes an aperture that is sized and positioned to receive the spring pin when the lower portion of the push handle is inserted into the chamber of the push handle cup.

14. The children's riding toy of claim 13 wherein the spring pin includes a pin and a leaf spring positioned within the lower portion of the push handle, said leaf spring abutting the pin so that the pin is urged to extend outwards from the lower portion of the push handle.

15. The children's riding toy of claim 11 wherein the push handle cup is secured within the frame member opening by welds.

16. The children's riding toy of claim 11 wherein the push handle cup includes a bottom.

17. The children's riding toy of claim 16 wherein the bottom of the push handle cup has a drain hole formed therein.

18. The children's riding toy of claim 11 where in the upper and lower portions of the push handle slide relative to one another so that a push handle length may be selected and further comprising means for locking the upper and lower portions in the selected push handle length.