Patent US6368227 - Method of swinging on a swing

Re:Patent US6368227 - Method of swinging on a swing by calvinlough on Friday September 28, 2012 @09:34AM (#4585379)

This patent is for side-to-side swinging. IANAL, but if they were doing the traditional forward-backward swinging they should be okay.

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Re:Patent US6368227 - Method of swinging on a swing by noonespecial on Friday September 28, 2012 @10:44AM (#4585745)

It will however require the services of a competent patent attorney at a cost of around $1mm and approximately 3 years in a court in Eastern Texas to prove that they are in fact "okay".

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Re:Patent US6368227 - Method of swinging on a swing by marshray on Friday September 28, 2012 @10:59AM (#4585840)

Don't worry, we can start out by getting a judge to enjoin the probable infringement. We'll make sure no kids are allowed to attend elementary school during those 3 years.

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Re:Patent US6368227 - Method of swinging on a swing by jswift on Friday September 28, 2012 @11:19AM (#4585968)

This patent is also for tree branches. With chains.

Regular metal frames in playgrounds are exempted and so too are tree branches with ropes.

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Re:Patent US6368227 - Method of swinging on a swing by fpgeek on Friday September 28, 2012 @01:40PM (#4586783)

Wondeful! Lots of room for follow-on patents! (said the patent lawyer)

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