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Method of swinging on a swing

Official drawing from US 6,368,227, Method of swinging on a swing

US 6,368,227 · April 9, 2002

A method of swinging on a swing in which a user on a standard swing suspended by two chains from a substantially horizontal tree branch induces side to side motion by pulling alternately on one chain and then the other.

Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office, www.uspto.gov. Official PDF: USPTO patent PDF. Also at Google Patents. The drawing on this page is a reduced copy of the official figure; see the original drawing.