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Patent No. 6368227

Method of swinging on a swing

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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Examiner: Roskoski, Bernard


Primary examiner statistics: 1300 patents; average approval time: 750 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 217 patents; average approval time: 797 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6536942 Alarm electronic timepiece
6477116 Rotation controller and rotation control method
6473368 Consumption controller
6466522 Indicating plate for watches
6466521 Sensor function-equipped portable device
6463011 Analog display horological piece including means for selecting di...
6459658 Electronic timepiece having thermoelectric element
6452872 Device for the oriented illumination of a surface by a microprism...
6449217 Low cost clock
6443614 Wrist-worn instrument face with indicating icons for programming
6443615 Table top display device
6439762 Mainspring device and a winding protection structure
6442107 Luminous wristwatch
6438072 Dual-liquid ornament having exclusive magnetic floating body driv...
6430112 Watch character panel and watch
6430110 Multifunction wristwatch with electronic device
6428201 Chronograph timepiece and lever device for timepiece
6426920 Method and apparatus for setting initial time of operating system...
6424599 Bottle cap reminder device and method
6422739 Mainspring device, timepiece, and method of controlling the mains...
6421302 Digital time indicator
6418086 Battery lid structure for a timepiece case and a timepiece case
6418087 Fiber optics polychromatic animation configuration for clock
6416216 Event clock
6412976 Watch-strap including means for identifying it
6414908 Electronic clock and pointer position detecting method
6414910 Timepiece
6411569 Antenna arrangement in radio-controlled wristwatch
6409379 Self-winding watch
6411570 Procrastinator's watch
6411568 Timepiece for automatically displaying times with intermittent fa...
6404704 Dial including brilliants, appliques or other applied elements an...
6402368 Watch provided with a tourbillon
6396771 Means for recharging a watch accumulator
6394645 Electronic watch with correcting mechanism
6390667 Wristwatch and wristlet able to be fitted to such a watch
6392961 Real-time clock for consumer devices and method for implementing ...
6392963 Children's timer device for indicating waking time and sleeping t...
6386754 Crown control for enhanced quadribalanced digital time displays
6385138 Time-keeper

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
4375027 Dual chambered high pressure furnace
4367051 Relative time interval measuring instrument
4365138 Heated instrument-mounting plate
4361716 Current lead-in of the coaxial type for sealing to a container wa...
4357485 Ladle steel treatment system including three-part electrode casin...
4347431 Diffusion furnace
4346285 Heating device employing thermistor with positive coefficient ...
4334145 Energized range burner signal
4333171 Electronic timepiece with diffusion resistor for compensating thr...
4333003 Radiant airflow heat processing assembly
4331859 Device for sterilizing false teeth
4331858 Open hearth oven
4330701 Arrangement for mounting a sensing box in an opening in an electr...
4328387 Fail-safe thermostatically controlled circuit for use in apparatu...
4328388 Electro furnace feeding and furnace fume utilization and control
4327280 Smooth top cookers
4327278 Simplified multiple speed hair dryer
4327271 Condensation heating apparatus
4323761 Radiant heat hair dryer
4323760 Method and apparatus for temperature control of heated fluid in a...
4322835 Housing assembly for instruments
4321456 Electrical hot air appliance
4321698 Temperature compensated quartz wristwatch with memory stored ...
4320283 Blow dryer with heater inside stand
4320479 Analogue electronic timepiece with an alarm device
4320244 Melting furnace for the production of mineral wool insulation
4320284 Heated fuser roll
4319125 Infra-red radiant heater system
4316079 Control arrangement for self-cleaning oven
4315137 Thermostat range controller
4314141 Apparatus for heat shrinking a plastic film around goods stacked ...
4313050 Means for anchoring a vessel to support in order to prevent spill...
4313049 Electrical heating element for fluid media
4313052 Cooking unit
4311899 Cooking apparatus
4311898 Electric baseboard heat storage apparatus and method of conversio...
4310747 Method and apparatus utilizing a porous vitreous carbon body ...
4309593 Electric heater which reduces the chance of electrical shock
4309595 Hair dryer
4307285 Toaster/oven with removable cooking chamber side liners
 
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