Comment How about patenting "look both ways" - been done (Score 1) 292
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Patent number 6,368,227, filed November 17, 2000, and granted April 9, 2002: 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."
It's for real:
