US Patent Issued to Wonderland Switzerland on March 24 for "Swing apparatus with magnetic drive and control" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,242, issued on March 24, was assigned to Wonderland Switzerland AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

"Swing apparatus with magnetic drive and control" was invented by Jonathan K. Mountz (Birdsboro, Pa.) and Ethan M. Snyder (Birdsboro, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swing apparatus includes an arm assembly including a seat, and a frame assembly coupled to the arm assembly. The frame assembly defines a pivot axis about which the arm assembly rotates during operation of the swing apparatus. The swing apparatus also includes an electromagnet disposed on the frame assembly, and a plurality of permanent magnets disposed on the arm assembl...