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A method of swing on a swing is disclosed, in which a user positioned 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.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5809925 | Chain stopper A mooring chain is guided for movement through the frame of a chain stopper along a pair of upright rails, with vertical links of the chain received between the rails and horizontal links of the chain riding on top of the rails. A pawl is swingably mounte... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5458535 | Fish-beheading apparatus and process The head of a fish is severed from the fish body in a two-stage operation, in the first stage the root of the fish head beneath the gill covers being cut partway through and in the second stage the severance of the fish head from the fish body being compl... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5364075 | Retractable mount for a mooring line guide and process for operating the same As a carriage carrying a mooring line guide is lowered by paying out a hoisting line two retaining projections mounted on the carriage are inserted into complementary stationary sockets to anchor the carriage in a lower position, As the carriage reaches s... | 11/15/1994 |
| 4742993 | Self-aligning quadrant fairlead An arcuate fairlead for mooring lines has an arcuate row of grooved line-engaging shoes of plastic material which shoes can be removed and replacement shoes can be installed without disassembling the mooring line from the fairlead. The fairlead is of gene... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4535509 | Fish-cleaning machine finishing spray accessory An accessory for a fish-cleaning machine of the rotary bull ring type having rotary brushes adjacent to the peripheries of the bull rings, includes a nozzle projecting a flat fan-shaped glancing water spray into the nip between a rotary brush and the bull... | 08/20/1985 |
