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Meet patent US6368227: “METHOD OF SWINGING ON A SWING”. The ‘invention’ is a method of swing side-to-side as opposed to back-and-forth by pulling on one chain, and then pulling on the other chain. This particular gem was reputedly drafted by a patent attorney on behalf of his young son.

Don’t get any ideas; the patent also stakes a claim on swinging in in oval pattern.

Source: google.com