Great, some dork got a silly patent. We call those paper patents because it is about all they are worth. The issue isn’t obtaining crap from the PTO but what is done with it. Are kids being sued in playgrounds to stop swinging? No, becasue this is a patent that could not be enforced.
“No, becasue this is a patent that could not be enforced”
Sure it could, just as any other patent can. According to you, the poor sap that got the patent is being cheated by all those kids out there with swings. That is just as silly as saying clicking a link that dials a phone is worthy of a patent.