Usain Bolt is applying for another renewal of his US patent ...
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| The Bolt Victory Pose |
of his distinctive victory pose.
The patent renewal (Bolt has successfully held a similar patent in the USA before, but apparently it lapses after 12 years under US patent licence laws), describes it as 'The silhouette of a man in a distinctive pose, with one arm bent and pointing to the head, and the other arm raised and pointing upward'.
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| The Bolt Patent Application Design |
However I would like to point out to Mr Bolt and his advisors, that the pose is not completely unique
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| Actor Richard Todd Does The 'Hood Pose' - That's 'Robin Hood.' |
..... a certain Mr Hood often held a very similar pose 810 years ago in Sherwood Forest ...
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| Tourists Do The Robin Hood Pose |
.... and its still popular with tourists today. Whilst not exactly the same, the fact is that there is surely nothing new under the sun. Even the ancient Greeks and Romans liked similar poses ....
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| The Musselburgh Archer |
..... the Musselburgh archer is in that style.
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