Summer Patents – Pig Pool, Dolphin Fin, and a Swinging Method

Pig Pool
Patent #D490905 issued on June 1, 2004 for a Pig Swimming Pool.
The ornamental design for a pig swimming pool.

spa chair
Patent #6746293 issued June 8, 2004 for a Floating, Steerable Spa Chair.
dolphin fin
Patent #D494652 issued on Aug 17, 2004 for a Dolphin Fin Swimming Accessory.
The dolphin fin swimming accessory is intended to be worn while swimming with dolphins in the wild, to assist the swimmer with imitating the underwater maneuvers of the dolphins.
ice cream cone
Patent #5971829 issued October 26, 1999 for a Motorized Ice Cream Cone.
A novelty amusement eating receptacle for supporting, rotating and sculpting a portion of ice cream or similarly malleable food while it is being consumed comprising: a hand-held housing, a cup rotatably supported by the hand-held housing and adapted to receive and contain a portion of ice cream or food product of similar consistency, and a drive mechanism in the hand-held housing for imparting rotation upon the cup and rotationally feeding its contents against a person’s outstretched tongue.
squirt toy
Patent #5474486 issued December 12, 1995 for a Remotely Controlled Transformable Water Squirting Toy.
A remotely controllable, transforming, water squirting toy vehicle includes a structure in the form of a lever arm mounted for pivotal movement with respect to a remainder of the vehicle from a first position in which a surface of the arm is hidden within the vehicle to a second, elevated position in which the hidden surface of the arm is exposed. The hidden surface of the arm bears the likeness of a snake or other creature and includes a nozzle fluidly coupled to a pump and reservoir within the remainder of the vehicle.
Air Conditioned Shoe
Patent #5375430 issued December 27, 1994 for a Gravity Powered Shoe Air Conditioner.
A compressor-expander type cooling, or heating system, is incorporated into a heel of a shoe, and is powered by reciprocal gravity pressures upon the shoe which occur naturally during walking.
Swinging Patent
Patent #6368227 issued April 9, 2002 for a 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.