| 40, | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, appropriate subclasses for a sign, exhibit, or other display device
of that class which may also be amusing in nature to perform its
function of attracting and holding the attention of an observer.
Also see the Search Class notes under
subclass 57 and 58 below. |
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings),
subclasses 6+ for a building structure related to means forming
the locus of a center of attraction, e.g., a stage or means forming
a performing area. This class (472) takes such structure which contributes
to the attraction, e.g., scenery or devices used by a speaker or
artist. Also see the Search Class notes under subclasses 1, 48,
and 75, below. |
| 104, | Railways,
subclasses 53+ for an amusement railway. |
| 182, | Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold,
subclasses 48+ for an escape chute for a person and subclasses
137+ for a body catcher or life net. |
| 273, | Amusement Devices: Games, appropriate subclasses for a species of amusement
device, commonly called a game, which involves a contest of skill
and in which the result of such contest can be determined by the
rules defined for the game. See the Notes appended to the Class
463 definition for the relationship between the game Classes 273,
463, and 473. |
| 280, | Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for various types of land vehicles,
especially
subclasses 827+ for a simulation, for example, a progressive rocking
horse; subclasses 841+ for a skate or ski; subclasses 845+ for
a sled; and subclass 47.1 for a person-supporting body connected
to wheels so as to effect body rocking as the wheels rotate. |
| 297, | Chairs and Seats, appropriate subclasses for a device for supporting the
weight of a person in a seated position in general. Also see the Search
Class notes under
subclasses 95 , 110, 114, 118, and 124 below. |
| 404, | Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus,
subclasses 17+ and 71 for pavement and road structure. |
| 434, | Education and Demonstration, appropriate subclasses for an apparatus or a process intended
for the purpose of instruction or demonstration in general, and
especially
subclasses 29+ for apparatus intended to be used for the purpose
of instructing or testing a person in the operation of a vehicle. |
| 441, | Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, appropriate subclasses for an aquatic device in general; particularly
subclasses 129+ for a body-supporting buoyant device in general.
A buoyant device made to simulate an animal, fish, fowl, etc., or
any part thereof, where such simulation is claimed, is proper for
Class 472. However, where such simulation is disclosed but not claimed,
classification of the buoyant device is proper for Class 441. See
the (2) Note, under subclass 129 of Class 441, for a statement of this
line. Also see particularly subclasses 65+ for a surfboard,
aquaplane, or other device intended to be used for skimming or walking on
the surface of a body of water. |
| 446, | Amusement Devices: Toys, for a species of amusement device, commonly called
a toy, which is principally intended for the amusement or recreation
of a child wherein there is some physical interaction between the
child and the toy. |
| 463, | Amusement Devices: Games, for a species of amusement device, commonly called
a game, which involves a contest of skill and in which the result
of such contest can be determined by the rules defined for the game.
This is the residual class for a game. See the Search note to Class
473 definition below for the relationship between the game Classes
463 and 473. |
| 473, | Games Using Tangible Projectile, for a game in which a ball, missile, or other such
tangible game projectile (other than a simulation or representation
thereof) is used during play of a game or sport. The relationship
between Class 463 and Class 473 is that Class 463 is the residual
class for a game, while Class 473 provides only for a specific type
of game in which a ball, missile, or other such tangible projectile
is used during play thereof. (However, note those exceptions specified
in the Class 463 definition and its appended notes.) Accordingly,
if a game which uses a ball, missile, or other such tangible game
projectile (other than a simulation or representation thereof) during
play of the game is recited, then classification is in Class 473; otherwise,
classification is in Class 463. Furthermore, a game apparatus or
means which uses a simulation or representation of a game or sport
projectile (e.g., a light-ray simulation of a projectile or a videogame
representation of a projectile, etc.) is classified in Class 463, since
such simulation or representation of a projectile is not an actual
or physical object which can be touched and handled (i.e., tangible)
as required by Class 473. |
| 482, | Exercise Devices, appropriate subclasses for an apparatus intended
to be operated by a human user for the purpose of conditioning or developing
a muscle or participating in a track, field, or gymnastic activity. |
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| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter consisting of apparatus which carries a person
or object along a circuitous path.
| | (1)
Note. The circuitous path is not necessarily circular in shape,
but a person or object must be intended to be carried in a complete
loop to be proper hereunder. Apparatus rotating a person or object about
an axial line passing therethrough is considered to be carrying
the person or object along a circuitous path. Oscillating amusement
type swings which also permit a person or object to turn or twirl thereon
are not proper hereunder. |
| | (2)
Note. The roundabout may be used to stabilize or tow a person
as the person travels by foot, skates, etc., along a circuitous
path. It may carry only a portion of the person"s weight
or may carry it only when the person falls or begins to fall. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 15, | for an occupant propelled roundabout used as a trainer
for foot travel which may be used to stabilize a baby, a novice,
an invalid, etc., learning or relearning how to walk, skate, etc. |
| 118+, | for an oscillating amusement type swing which permits
a user to turn or twirl thereon. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 40, | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, for a card, picture, sign, or other display of that class
which may be moved along a circuitous path, particularly
subclasses 427+ for a special effect display and subclasses 446+ for
a changing exhibitor display. |
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), particularly
subclasses 64+ for a repositionable major section of a static structure,
e.g., a revolving building section, etc. |
| 104, | Railways, particularly
subclasses 35+ for a railway turntable, subclasses 53+ for
an amusement railway vehicle which may travel along a circuitous track,
and subclasses 74+ for a rotating car carried on a railway
truck assembly. |
| 105, | Railway Rolling Stock, for railway rolling stock which may follow a circuitous
path, particularly
subclass 1.5 for a wheeled toy or model railway vehicle, subclass
28 for a railway locomotive carried turntable, subclass 157.2 for
a toy or model railway truck, and subclass 238.2 for a toy or model
railway rolling stock having a car body designed for a special purpose. |
| 119, | Animal Husbandry, particularly
subclass 701 for animal breaking, training, or exercise apparatus
which may cause the animal to follow a circuitous path. |
| 482, | Exercise Devices, particularly
subclasses 51+ for exercise apparatus involving user translation
or simulation thereof and which is not limited to a circuitous path
(see the Search Class notes thereunder for related art areas found
in other classes), subclass 144 for an exercise device which may be
used to suspend and invert a person by pivoting the person about
an axis, and subclasses 146+ for a swivelled foot platform
which supports the entire body of a user for a muscle conditioning
or developing purpose. |
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| 2 | With structure for causing reciprocal translation of roundabout
along vertical path (e.g., elevator, etc.): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter combined with means for rectilinearly raising
and lowering the circuitous path apparatus along a pathway perpendicular to
the horizon, i.e., a vertical pathway.
| | (1)
Note. The roundabout must be vertically raised or lowered
as a unit to be proper for this subclass. For example, a roundabout
raised and lowered along an incline or having an occupant or article carriage
raised and lowered separately from any rotating supporting carrier structure
thereof would be found elsewhere under subclass 1. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 34, | for a roundabout having a carrier rotating about
a vertical axis which includes a suspended occupant or article carriage
that moves up and down. |
| 42, | for a roundabout having a disk, ring, or bowl carrier
having an occupant or article carriage which moves up and down relative
thereto. |
| 131, | for an amusement device having an occupant support,
other than a roundabout, translatable along a vertical path. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), for a portable or skeleton type tower, per se, particularly
subclasses 111+ for a shaft extensible by mechanical motive means,
e.g., by a motor, spring, pulley, crank, cable, etc., and subclasses 648.1+ for
three-dimensional space-defining openwork. |
| 182, | Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, particularly
subclasses 141+ for an elevating or lowering workman platform. |
| 187, | Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary
Lift for Vehicle, for elevator structure not specifically adapted
for amusement purposes. |
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| 6 | Powered toy type: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the circuitous path apparatus uses
an energy source other than a human operator to propel an object
along the circuitous path for the entertainment of a child.
| | (1)
Note. The toy roundabout may be powered by an electric motor,
a wound spring motor, a gravity powered mechanism, etc., which may
be initially cranked, started, lifted into position, etc., by a
human operator as long as the human operator does not need to physically
generate the power in an uninterrupted manner, i.e., continuously,
while the toy roundabout is operating. The human operator may be
a person other than the child being entertained. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 40, | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, for a rotating card, picture, sign, ornamental mobile,
or other display apparatus not requiring interaction between the
apparatus and a child viewing it, particularly
subclasses 430+ for a rotatable, electromotor operated display
which creates a special effect and subclasses 473+ for
a rotatable, motor operated, or changing exhibitor. |
| 104, | Railways, particularly
subclasses 53+ for an amusement railway which may travel along
a circuitous path. |
| 105, | Railway Rolling Stock, for railway rolling stock which may be used to follow a
circuitous path, particularly
subclass 1.5 for a wheeled toy or model railway vehicle, subclass
157.2 for a toy or model railway truck, and subclass 238.2 for a
toy or model railway rolling stock having a car body designed for
a special purpose. |
| 446, | Amusement Devices: Toys, particularly
subclasses 30+ and 236+ for a toy roundabout wherein
the motion of the toy requires active, continuous manipulation by
a child, e.g., a hand crank which must be continuously turned by
the child to keep the roundabout moving, etc., and subclass 227 for
an infant toy and means for retaining, attaching, or supporting
it in the environment of the infant. Also see the Class 446, class
definition, Search Class note to Class 40. |
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| 7 | Having article completely supported by rotating tether,
arm, or suspending structure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Subject matter wherein the entire object is carried by a
swinging or revolving portion of an elongated flaccid, limblike,
or hanging member.
| | (1)
Note. The structure to which the tether, arm, or suspending
structure is rotatably anchored is often called a pylon, tower, pole,
pedestal, etc., but is never a human being. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 32+, | for a roundabout having a carrier which rotates
about a vertical axis and which includes a suspended occupant or
article carriage. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 40, | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, particularly
subclasses 430+ and 473+ for a motorized card, picture,
sign, ornament, or other display object balancing mobile not requiring
interaction by a child viewing it. |
| 446, | Amusement Devices: Toys, particularly
subclasses 30+ for a tethered, fixed-wing, toy aircraft where
a child holds one end of the tether as the aircraft moves along
a circuitous path. Also see the Class 446, class definition, Search
Class note to Class 40. |
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| 15 | Trainer for foot travel (e.g., for walking, skating, etc.): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Subject matter wherein the apparatus helps the circuitous
movement causing person to learn to locomote in a step by step manner
over an underlying surface area.
| | (1)
Note. The person may be a baby, a novice, an invalid, etc.,
learning or relearning how to walk, skate, etc. The roundabout may
be used to stabilize the person during the learning process and may
carry only a portion of the person"s weight, or may carry
it only when the person falls, or begins to fall. See the Search
Note to Exercise Devices below. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 104, | Railways, particularly
subclass 62 for a railway vehicle traveling along a fixed track
and used for physical training. |
| 135, | Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, particularly
subclasses 65+ for subject matter relating to a cane, stick, crutch, or
the like designed to aid in human locomotion and to similar structure
in umbrella shafts and swagger sticks when useful for aiding human
locomotion and subclass 67 for a walker, per se, i.e., an aid to
locomotion which is a free standing support having two handles by
which it is gripped and is operated by lifting from, moving across
and replacing on the ground, floor, or the like and which does not
have a seat, path control or propulsion facilitating means, e.g., wheels,
casters, etc. |
| 280, | Land Vehicles, particularly
subclasses 7.1+ for a walker vehicle propelled by a seated occupant
and convertible to a different device, e.g., a stroller, etc., subclasses
43+ for a walker having retractable wheels, subclasses
87.021+ for a wheeled walker propelled by the contact of
a hand or foot of a child with a surface over which the walker travels
and that is unrestricted as to path, except by a wheel or wheel
mounting, subclasses 200+ for a wheeled vehicle having other
types of positive propelling means, subclasses 809+ for
a skier or skater appliance or attachment including a hand held
ski pole and subclasses 841+ for skates and skis, per se.
Also see the below search note to Class 297. |
| 297, | Chairs and Seats, particularly
subclasses 5+ for a walker provided with a seat whereby the user
may either stand or sit. The seat may be occupied for resting between
successive exercise periods of walking, skiing, skating, etc., and
may include a mere recitation of wheels or running gear. See the
Class Definition and the Search notes thereunder of Class 297 for
the line between that class and Class 280, Land Vehicles, regarding similar
apparatus found in those classes. |
| 482, | Exercise Devices, for similar art to this subclass (15) where the person
is not limited to following a circuitous path; also see particularly
subclasses 66+ for an occupant propelled support frame having
a movement facilitating feature and subclass 69 for user translation
apparatus which suspends the occupant from above, e.g., by a body harness,
etc. See (1) Note, above. |
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| 20 | Occupant support pivotally suspended from above: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 19. Subject matter wherein the circuitous movement causing person
is carried upon structure hung below an axial region about which
it may swing.
| | (1)
Note. The structure may be hung from a flaccid cable, rope,
etc., or a rigid rod, bar, etc., in a swinging manner thus maintaining
the person in a generally upright position due to the effects of gravity
thereon. While the occupant support may swing radially outwardly
under the influence of centrifugal action, it is not required to
do so to be proper for this subclass. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 33, | for a roundabout having a carrier rotating about
a vertical axis and which includes a suspended, swinging carriage
or support which follows a circular path under the influence of centrifugal
action. |
| 45+, | for a roundabout having a carrier rotating about
a horizontal axis and which includes a suspended occupant or article
carriage, e.g., a ferris wheel, etc. |
| 118+, | for a mechanically actuated oscillating amusement
type swing. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 297, | Chairs and Seats, particularly
subclasses 273+ for a seat having an oscillating suspension means
which supports, or is supported by, a component other than the seat
bottom, e.g., by an armrest, back, etc. |
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