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"As the user rotates the crank, the user's buttocks are paddled by flexible shoes located on each outboard end of the elongated arms to provide amusement to the user and viewers of the paddling."
Patent 6,293,874: User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
Patent 6,293,874: User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks