Class 206 is the residual locus for: (a) a container configured to hold a particular article or set of articles or material; (b) a mercantile unit - i.e., means in or by which goods (article or material) are displayed, protected, packaged or arranged in a particular manner, to facilitate sale, transportation in commerce, use or storage or (c) a packet, compact or case carried on the person of a user.
(1) Note. Containers of this class type must function, by disclosure, to hold contents which in turn are to be eventually removed from the container.
(2) Note. Generally, specific container (or retainer) structure as defined above, in combination with composition or stock material characteristics of said structure is considered classifiable in Class 206. However, mere
"nominal" inclusion of a container (or retainer) in such combination is not considered "specific". For example: "A gas bag of dacron mesh laminated between mylar films," is considered properly classified elsewhere. Similarly, "An acid tank with walls made of leak stopping composition x, y, z" and "A match safe with walls made of fireproof material x, y, z," are considered subject matter for the appropriate composition class. See Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class and References to Other Classes, below.
(3) Note. Included here is a bale, bundle, roll, pile, stack or nest of articles (or material) which arrangement must be destroyed for use of an individual component or its contents-e.g., a roll of severably connected fasteners, an article or receptacle configured to nest or stack with another article or receptacle, or the knockdown interfitted arrangement of a device or article.
(4) Note. Generally, unless provided for in some other class as partially indicated under "SEARCH CLASS" below, the combination of an article (or material) and its containment means is to be found in this (206) class. However, the claimed disclosure of content is ordinarily not a basis for intra class distinctions among the subclasses therein.
(5) Note. Included here is a package for (or with) a plurality of articles or material, or an arrangement of articles or material, which articles or materials are to be used together (successively or cooperatively) in any operation or to make a definite solution, mixture, composition or assemblage.
(6) Note. Included here is a container, package or packing element under the class definition having (a) means for displaying an article or material, (b) indicia, a sign, panel or simulation means or (c) an indicator relative to the container or contents.
(7) Note. Included here is a container wherein the content (article or material) included, or to be included therein, bears some relationship to the container other than mere containment.
(8) Note. Placement of patents within class schedule. Patents issued since 1940 have been classified, both for original and cross reference placement, in accord with the claimed disclosure. However, patents issued prior to 1940 have generally been evaluated as to total disclosure, and thus placement of these older patents does not necessarily indicate lines of classification.
(9) Note. The subclass schedule and definitions, as revised and published in late 1973, represent an initial effort toward a realignment of the several receptacle classes-both with respect to each other and to other related classes. See Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class, below, for a further discussion of this topic.

LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
The subclass schedule and definitions, as revised and published in late 1973, represent an initial effort toward a realignment of the several receptacle classes-both with respect to each other and to other related classes. Thus, as of this time (1973) no significant inter-class changes have been effected except with respect to the transfer from Class 220 into this (206) class of (a) portable carriers for plural beverage receptacles (subclasses 139+) and (b) nesting or stacking features (subclasses 499 - 520). As subsequent changes are completed they will be annotated in this section for emphasis.
Special attention is directed to the major receptacle classes listed below which, except as noted above, have not been modified as a result of this particular reclassification in 1973.
150, Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers
190, Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage
215, Bottles and Jars
217, Wooden Receptacles
220, Receptacles
229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure
As between Class 206 and the other receptacle classes, above, claimed disclosure of (a) content (article or material) in combination with the container or retainer structure or (b) specific retainer structure, per se, is classified in Class 206. However, the following language is not considered as "claimed disclosure" for Class 206.
"A container for (a named article or material) ..."
"A container adapted to hold (a named article or material) ..."
"A (named article or material) container ..."
Similarly, a mere multi-compartmented or partitioned container, is not "special" or specific retainer structure for Class 206.

REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES

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8, Bleaching and Dyeing: Fluid Treatment and Chemical
Modification of Textiles and Fibers, particularly 524 for compositions used in the processes named in the class title, which may be in the form of cakes, tablets, flakes, powders, etc.
30, Cutlery, 124 and 535 for cutlery combined with receptacles.
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, 312 for boxes having indicia thereon.
42, Firearms, particularly 49 and 87+ for magazines and magazine chargers.
43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying, subclass 26 for covers and containers to hold sections of jointed rods, subclasses 54.1+ for holders for bait, tackle and the catch, and subclasses 56+ for minnow buckets.
44, Fuel and Related Compositions, subclass 540 and 541 for a bundled, covered or wrapped fuel product.
47, Plant Husbandry, 66.1 for flower pots, and subclasses 50+ for sap buckets.
48, Gas: Heating and Illuminating, 59 for carbide cartridges, and subclass 174 for gas holders.
51, Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition, subclass 294 for an abradant-filled bag.
53, Package Making, particularly 394 for matchbook making and subclasses 396+ for methods of package making.
62, Refrigeration, 457.1 for a refrigerator specialized to a portable receptacle.
70, Locks, 456 for key holders.
71, Chemistry: Fertilizers, 64.01 and the notes thereunder for fertilizers in commercial forms.
73, Measuring and Testing, 426 for measuring vessels.
102, Ammunition and Explosives, particularly subclass 282 for bags adapted to contain explosive powder and subclasses 283+ for sticks or bars of explosive substance arranged to modify the rate or manner of burning or exploding.
112, Sewing, 400 for a stock material product of a sewing operation. See notes thereunder for the locus of other sewn products.
116, Signals and Indicators, subclass 72 for poison receptacles and alarms.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, 261 for heated lunch receptacles.
131, Tobacco, 347, particularly subclasses 349+ for packages of tobacco users' appliances combined with ash receptacles. The recitation of significant claimed tobacco product structure or composition-i.e., more than a named article such as a cigar or cigarette will effect classification in Class 131.
132, Toilet, particularly 79 for toilet kits.
149, Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges.
150, Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers, appropriate subclasses for receptacles used to carry money, credit cards or items of identification on the person, and for flaccid protective article covers not provided for elsewhere.
219, Electric Heating, 385 for an electric heating device combined with a container or enclosure.
220, Receptacles, and the notes appended to the class definition thereof for other receptacles.
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for article dispensers not otherwise provided for. Class 221 is the residual article dispensing class and takes receptacles having means to eject or release articles therefrom where not otherwise provided for. As between Class 206 and Class 221, if a container, otherwise classifiable in Class 206, includes a dispensing feature recognized as indicative of classification in Class 221, as set forth in the class definition of Class 221, patents are classified therein.
222, Dispensing, 3 for gas or vapor dispensing. See 20 in the class definition of Class 222 relative to collapsibility as a dispensing feature.
223, Apparel Apparatus, 106 for spool and implement holders.
224, Package and Article Carriers, for animal worn or vehicle carried receptacles which are package or article carriers.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 159 for a detail of a wound storage package, subclasses 588+ for a randomly oriented coil holder, and subclasses 137+ for a spool holding carrier in which material from a coil remains within in a reusable receptacle.
248, Supports, 200 for a bracket type soap holder, subclasses 317+ for a suspended type soap holder and subclasses 683+ for a holder which supports the soap while in storage position and remains with the soap while in use.
250, Radiant Energy, 475.2 for special ray photos:graphic cassettes.
252, Compositions, particularly subclass 176 for packages of compositions of the type included in that class.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, appropriate subclasses for package and article carriers which are not receptacles and which do not form a mercantile unit when holding the article.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 351 for a soap dish provided with means to support the soap in spaced relation to the bottom wall of the structure.
378, X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices, 167 for photos:graphic detector supports combined with X-ray devices.
396, Photography, 511 for means which hold sensitized surfaces during exposure.
401, Coating Implements With Material Supply, 88 for a holder or wrapper encasing a piece of self-sustaining coating material with an end of the piece exposed so as to apply to a surface by rubbing contact therewith; subclasses 118+, for the combination of a container for a supply of coating material and a removable hand-manipulable applicator for applying the material to a work surface; subclasses 196+, for a coating implement with material supply having a porous work-engaging portion, through which porous portion the material flows from the supply to the work surface (e.g., a mere porous pad with a pocket for soap, in subclass 201); and subclasses 268+ for a brush, broom or mop with means to retain a piece of soap in direct proximity to the filamentary tool elements.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, subclass 61 for chemical test package or kit; subclasses 99+ for laboratory receptacles; and other appropriate subclasses for containers for that class.
An alternative electronic search of U.S. patents based upon a modification of the European Patent Office Classification (ECLA) System for certain subject matter in this subclass may also be found in Class 422 Cross-Reference Art Collections 908-948. (There are no definitions associated with these Cross-Reference Art Collections. The most available disclosure as to the types of documents contained herein is given in any notes associated with the titles.)
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions, 14 for a medicine enclosed in an ingestible capsule, etc., and subclasses 16+ for a base (carrier or vehicle) coated or impregnated with a composition of that class (424).
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products, 70 for a food package. A food package for Class 426 must claim the content as a food either specifically or
on the basis of sole disclosure. Recital of food and nonfood as alternative content will effect classification in this (206) class.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate subclasses for structure falling within the Class 428 and further modified by the bare recital that such other structure is (a) in the form of a "roll", "reel", "drum", "coil", "stack", "pile", "bale", or (b) "packaged" or "within a container".
429, Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process, 163, especially 176 for vessels designed specifically for battery elements.
435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology, 243 for packages of products that contain ferments, that are living fungi.
446, Amusement Devices: Toys, 2 for money boxes, and subclass 11 for toys in the form of containers or for containers which may be converted into toys.
449, Bee Culture, subclass 17 for a container for marketing comb honey.
508, Solid Antifriction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions, for packages of compositions of the type included in that class.
510, Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions, particularly subclass 120, 140, 277, 293, 295+, 406, and 439 for packages of compositions of the type included in that class and subclass.
520, Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers, appropriate subclasses, particularly Class 523, subclass 134 for a composition containing a synthetic resin or natural rubber having utility as a battery container or battery container cover or to processes of preparing said composition.
588, Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment, appropriate subclasses for containment or storage of hazardous or toxic waste.
600, Surgery, 1 for radioactive substances applied to the body for therapy including radioactive seeds and holders.
604, Surgery, 403 for a medicator constituting a container or holder for a solid, liquid, or gas.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Receptacles and packages containing an infusing substance which may be infused directly from or through the walls of the receptacle or package.

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524.1 for a container with specified material for the cover or content, especially subclass 524.7 for a soluable container.

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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, subclass 226, 228-231 for disinfecting chemical holders for use in the flush pipes and flush bowls of water closets.
8, Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers, 524 for compositions used in the processes named which may be in the form of cakes, tablets, powders, etc.
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 561 for material applicators of general utility having a work contacting means and a material supply wherein the material permeates the work contacting means.
23, Chemistry: Physical Process, 267 for extracting or leaching apparatus.
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclass 323 for reusable infusion receptacles for use in preparing beverages.
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, subclass 93 for soap dissolving devices forming part of a cleaning apparatus.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, subclass 282 for removable cartridges or hand-manipulated containers for particulate material functioning as a separator, and subclass 484 for a unit comprising a filter medium within a foraminous container.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, 34 for holders for slow diffusers.
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions, 16 for a base (carrier or vehicle) coated or impregnated with a composition, e.g., insecticide, medicine, etc., of that class.
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and
Products, subclass 77 for tea, coffee and beverage bags.
604, Surgery, 403 for receptacles designed to hold medicaments, especially containers facilitating the charging of medicating device.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Receptacles and packages for storing gas.

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48, Gas: Heating and Illuminating, 174 for gas holders.
62, Refrigeration, 45.1 for process and apparatus for handling liquefied gas as a commodity including steps or means involving pressure or temperature control special to liquefied gas and more than required for other liquids.
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, appropriate subclasses for processes and apparatus for filling a receiver with gas.
169, Fire Extinguishers, particularly subclass 11 and 12, for fire extinguishers in which the extinguishing agent is a gas.
222, Dispensing, 3, for other gas dispensing.
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions, 43, for an effervescent composition of that class.

This subclass is indented under subclass .6. Devices containing an absorbent, adsorbent or solvent in which the gas is stored.
(1) Note. A device for storing hydrogen in the form of a metal hydride, suitable for decomposition in situ to produce hydrogen gas, is classified in this subclass.

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252, Compositions, subclass 364, for solvents.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, 31, for containers for nongaseous materials having slow diffusers or absorbents.
423, Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds, subclass 658.2 for a method for producing elemental hydrogen by direct decomposition of a metal hydride.
502, Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making, especially 60, 400+ and 526 for a sorbent composition

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Receptacles and packages for containing or holding coins. For example, in this subclass are mats or pads specially constructed to facilitate picking up of coins lying thereon.

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37 for pocket and personal use receptacles for articles other than coins.
557 for trays for articles other than coins.

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150, Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers, subclass 37 for a coin-holding pocketbook.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 49.1 for racks for stacking poker chips and other disc form devices similar to coins.
229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, particularly subclass 87.2 and 92.9 for coin receptacles, packages and wrappers of paper and for coin cards.
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, particularly 55 for coin traps and 64+ for devices for dumping change into a customer's hand.
235, Registers, subclasses 2-49 for cash and fare registers.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, for money drawers.

This subclass is indented under subclass .8. Devices combined with other features, e.g., with a receptacle or pocket for paper money and things other than coins, with
indicia, with a mirror, etc.

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38 for a combined pocket or personal use container for articles other than coins.

Bulk coin receptacle having a coin insertion slit or slot (e.g., savings bank type):
This subclass is indented under subclass .8. Receptacle or package which includes a relatively long narrow opening sized to accept a coin and which is intended to hold randomly arranged coins (i.e., the coins are not held in position).

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229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, subclass 92.9 for a coin card.
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, 4 for a savings box in which money is inserted through an opening one item at a time and is removed in bulk through a different opening.
446, Amusement Devices: Toys, 8 for a toy money bank.

This subclass is indented under subclass .8. Devices having either means for closing the same or means for fastening the coins in place.

This subclass is indented under subclass .82. Devices having two or more compartments or pockets for coins.

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.81 for devices that have one or more pockets or compartments for coins and one or more for other things.

This subclass is indented under subclass .8. Devices having two or more pockets or compartments for coins.

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.81 for devices that have one or more pockets or compartments for coins and one or more for other things.
.83 for multiple pocket or compartment devices with closing or fastening means.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container in which the structure is modified to effect a locked condition, the unlocking not being effected by conventional means, but generally by a manipulation of the container or a part thereof.

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262 for a tobacco product (or pipe) casing formed of hinged covers released by translation of said covers.

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70, Locks, 289 for an operating lock mechanism of a complex or puzzle type.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container which is constructed or configured to hold materials and appliances especially for use by artists.

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312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, appropriate subclass for artists' receptacles which include features, beyond that for holding the artists' supplies, such as supporting structure for the receptacle or the work.

This subclass is indented under subclass 1.7. A container in the form of a box provided with a plurality of spaced receptacles, each receptacles holding a paint tablet or a container of liquid paint.

This subclass is indented under subclass 1.7. A container for a disc or wafer of paint put up as a package and sealed against the entry of dust and other foreign matter by means of a protective cover.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container specifically restricted to the function of containing ammunition for storage and shipping.

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42, Firearms, particularly 87 for devices holding fixed ammunition ready for insertion into magazines of firearms.
217, Wooden Receptacles, 18 for cell structures for receptacles.
224, Package and Article Carriers, appropriate subclasses, particularly subclass 196, 199, 223, 239, 600+, and 660+ cross-reference art collection 931 for carriers and holders for cartridges and caps.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container comprising cases or covers for a face carried, vision correcting, optical device.

This subclass is indented under subclass 5. A container for a small eyeglass of the type that is worn against the eyeball itself.

This subclass is indented under subclass 5. A container involving hinged parts.

FOR JEWELRY:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising either a container for, or a package including, one or more items of personal adornment.

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205 for a container including an ancillary article contacting medium (e.g., anti-tarnish composition).
301 for a container for a watch or clock.
553 for a container for silverware eating utensils.
566 for a tray type (i.e., open, shallow) container for jewelry.

This subclass is indented under subclass 278. A container comprising hat boxes and cases. Also forms and special devices for retaining hats, etc., in boxes.

This subclass is indented under subclass 8. A container for packing a plurality of hats, etc. Also constructions of rings or bands placed around any individual hat to protect it when it is nested or packed with other hats. Includes cases and frames for hats which are modified to permit the display of the hat, provided the packing function is retained.

This subclass is indented under subclass 278. A container constructed to contain sets of furs, muffs, collars, etc.

This subclass is indented under subclass 314. A container for violins and like instruments. Also devices for holding violin-bows in the cases.

This subclass is indented under subclass 307. A container provided with means for holding cylindrical phonograph-records, either a case for a single record or for a plurality of records.

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309 for holders for phonograph-disks not forming articles of furniture.
314 for portable cases for holding any other part of a phonograph.

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211, Supports: Racks, subclass 40, for phonograph record type racks.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, 9, for phonograph record cabinets.

This subclass is indented under subclass 361. A container in which the closure for the receptacle is provided with means to statically support the brush or brush head.

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215, Bottles and Jars, 228 for receptacles of the type classifiable in Class 215 wherein a brush is supported by the closure.
401, Coating Implements With Material Supply, 126 for the combination of a container for a supply of coating material, a removable closure for the container, and an applicator to apply the material to a work surface, which applicator depends from the closure in a position to receive coating material from the supply.

This subclass is indented under subclass 15.2. A container in which the receptacle closure is provided with an opening through which the brush handle may extend when it is supported in the receptacle.

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401, Coating Implements With Material Supply, subclass 127 for the combination of a container for a supply of coating material, a removable closure for the container and an opening in the closure to receive material from the supply and apply it to a work surface.

This subclass is indented under subclass 301. A container inclosing and protecting watch-movements. Commonly the case is provided with elastic supports for the watch-movement to prevent injury from shocks.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container specifically arranged for sacerdotal use.

FOR POCKET OR PERSONAL USE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container which is so constructed or configured that it is conveniently carried in the pocket or otherwise on the person of a user.
(1) Note. A great many of the containers classified in this (206) class are "small" and can be considered as for pocket or personal use. In part, the rules of subclass schedule superiority have resulted in patents to such containers falling into subclasses higher in the schedule. Only a representative sample of those patents have had a cross reference placed in subclasses 37+ and 38+. Therefore, a full search for features considered of import with respect to size must include such higher subclasses.

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5 for a container for eyeglasses.
38 for a pocket or personal use container configured to hold two or more diverse articles or materials.
85 for a container for tobacco with an igniter.
96 for a match packet or container for matches.
242 for a container for tobacco, cigarettes, a pipe or a cigarette holder.
352 for a container for a razor blade.

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150, Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers, 131 for a pocket or purse carried container for relatively small personal items (e.g., money, credit cards, items of identification, etc.).

For a key:
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Subject matter wherein the container is intended to hold a keys or keys.

Including external element for ejecting key:
This subclass is indented under subclass 37.1. Subject matter wherein the key container includes means located exteriorly thereof for forcing the key into its use
position.

Key frictionally retained in container:
This subclass is indented under subclass 37.1. Subject matter wherein a key is held in position by pressure from opposing portions of the container.

Compartmented:
This subclass is indented under subclass 37.1. Subject matter wherein the container includes means for separating two or more keys from one another.

Includes key retainer of two elements movable relative to each other and to the container:
This subclass is indented under subclass 37.1. Subject matter wherein the container includes two parts which can be moved in relation to each other and the container.

Includes plural, serially aligned key retainers:
This subclass is indented under subclass 37.1. Subject matter wherein the container includes a plurality of elements for securing keys therein, which elements are linearly arranged.

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37.8 for a key container having an element for securing a plurality of keys therein.

Removable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 37.6. Subject matter wherein the key securing elements are separable
(detached) from the container.

Including key retainer for common mounting of plural keys:
This subclass is indented under subclass 37.1. Subject matter wherein the container includes an element for securing a plurality of keys therein, said element extending through each key.

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37.6 for a key container having a plurality of elements for securing keys therein.

For pocket or personal use:
This subclass is indented under subclass 216. A container for pocket or personal use provided with two or more compartments specifically arranged to hold diverse articles; or a box or case, having only a single compartment but also including some article of personal use, such as a comb, knife, compass, etc.

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37 for a container for pocket or personal use. See the notes under subclass 37.

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150, Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers, subclass 106 for a purse combined with personal items, and subclasses 131+ for a pocket or purse carried container for relatively small personal items (e.g., money, credit cards, items of identification, etc.).
221, Article Dispensing, 92 for article dispensing devices having plural sources, stacks or compartments.
222, Dispensing, 129 for fluent material dispensers having plural sources or compartments for the material to be dispensed.

Key case:
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. A container under subclass configured either as to shape, interior arrangement, or retaining device for holding a key.

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0.81 for a combined coin and key container.
37.1 for a key container, per se.

This subclass is indented under subclass 37. A container specially constructed to hold tickets, cards, stamps, etc.
(1) Note. Included here is a patent for a currency or note case made of other than cloth, or leather; for which see reference to Class 150 below.
(2) Note. A container for a "large" sheet is classified in subclasses 449+. See (1) Note under subclass 37.

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425 for a file for plural sheets or cards.

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150, Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers, 131 for a wallet-type container and subclasses 147+ for a pocket carried card container with no specific relationship between the container and the card (e.g., no retaining means).
225, Severing by Tearing or Breaking, appropriate subclasses for a ticket dispensing container combined with a blade or other severing means.
402, Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet, appropriate subclasses for an apertured or notched sheet retainer, which sheet can be removed without mutilation of said sheet.

This subclass is indented under subclass 39. A container including structure for holding or securing a portion-usually with a record indicia-of the ticket or card that is removed from the container.

This subclass is indented under subclass 39.1. A container wherein the structure to hold or secure a stub portion includes an element stuck through said portion or through an aperture in said portion.

This subclass is indented under subclass 39. A container for two or more separate groups of tickets, cards or stamps.
(1) Note. Generally, each group is so held that an individual item may selectively be removed or separated from a desired group.

This subclass is indented under subclass 39. A container including structure engaging content so that manipulation of said structure projects a portion of the content from the container.

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221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for a device to eject a single item from a group.

This subclass is indented under subclass 39. A container including an aperture exposing at least part of a top, bottom or outer content item so that it may be shifted by frictional finger action to expose either (a) a single item or (b) a desired portion of strip content.

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357 for a razor blade container with mid-blade access for finger.
555 for a "large" plate or sheet container with access means for manual content removal.

This subclass is indented under subclass 39.5. A container wherein the aperture is at a container end wall - e.g., a notch - so that an exposed end portion of content is frictionally engaged.

This subclass is indented under subclass 39. A container for a distinct content item which is doubled over - at least in part - so as to fit the container.

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492 for a folded blank container where the article, or content, is folded with the blank.
494 for a container for a folded sheet-like article.

This subclass is indented under subclass 39. A container for a band of tickets, cards or stamps in either a roll configuration or doubled over in accordion-like fashion.

This subclass is indented under subclass 736. A container provided with a cover which is convertible to or includes or carries means to form a support or easel for holding the container in inclined or elevated display position.

This subclass is indented under subclass 45.2. A container of the folder blank type.

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229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, 100 for a folded, blank paperboard box.

This subclass is indented under subclass 45.21. A container comprising multiple blanks.

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229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, 122.21, 122.27+, and 122.32+ for multiple blank paper boxes.

This subclass is indented under subclass 45.2. A container in which the cover is hinged to the container or is connected thereto by pivoted links.

This subclass is indented under subclass 44. A container provided with a support or easel for supporting the entire container in display position, the support being foldable or movable to an inoperative position to provide with the container a compact shipping or storage unit.

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45.2 for covers which are convertible to easels.

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248, Supports, appropriate subclass, for supports, per se.

This subclass is indented under subclass 45.24. A container of the folded blank type.

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221, Article Dispensing, subclass 305 for similar structures including a dispensing type outlet.
248, Supports, subclass 152 for supports, per se, of sheet material and subclass 198 for easels formed of sheet material.

This subclass is indented under subclass 45.25. A container in which the support is cut from one or more of the box walls.

This subclass is indented under subclass 45.25. A container comprising multiple blanks.

This subclass is indented under subclass 44. A container provided with a cover which when opened functions as an upstanding display card.

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217, Wooden Receptacles, 60 for hinged closures having support means to hold them in open position.

This subclass is indented under subclass 45.28. A container of the folder blank type.

This subclass is indented under subclass 45.29. A container comprising multiple blanks.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container including embroidery, laces, trimming, etc. Commonly the package prevents the lace or ruching from being crushed and also provides for a display of a portion of such lace.

This subclass is indented under subclass 389. A container including a holder applied to rolls or spools of ribbon, braid, etc., for preventing the unrolling of the fabric.

This subclass is indented under subclass 53. A container including a holder secured to the center of the roll or spool.

This subclass is indented under subclass 53. A container with one member of the clamp engaging between the layers of the ribbon or braid to retain the clamp in position.

This subclass is indented under subclass 438. A container of filamentary material, generally aseptic, specially adapted for use in stitching wounds and other surgical operations.

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242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 134 for a device for holding spools, subclasses 141+ for a twine holder, and subclasses 159+ for a wound storage package.
606, Surgery, 228 for sutures and lightures.

This subclass is indented under subclass 438. A container of dental materials and articles adapted for use in dental work. Includes also waste receptacles for dental materials and articles.

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364 for a syringe container.
368 for a dental tool container.
379 for a bit or drill container.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container for a mantle for incandescent lighting.

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431, Combustion, 100 for an incandescent mantle, per se.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container for a rubber bag or tubing commonly water-bags, fountain-syringes, and the like with tubing.

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364 for a hypodermic syringe container.

This subclass is indented under subclass 301. A container for a watch-spring. Commonly a casing encloses the spring and maintains the same in coiled condition ready for insertion into a watch-barrel.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container for "books", rolls, and other packages of metal leaf for gilders' use.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container provided with means to facilitate the lifting or removal of a piece of soap from the container.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container designed to disclose colors or coatings, as paints, varnishes, etc., for the purpose of comparison or exhibition.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A container for the display and comparison of artificial teeth.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A package comprising pressed masses of compressible material formed into packages or bales for transportation or storage and not provided for in preceding subclasses. Such bales may be either self-sustaining (e.g., having no restraining ties or receptacles) or they may include some external means for restraining the compressed mass.
(1) Note. Relative to self-sustaining masses or blocks of compressible material in which the specific material thus prepared for shipment or storage is significantly claimed, such subject matter is classifiable in the appropriate composition class and should be placed in this subclass only if no existing composition classification provides for the specific material or materials claimed.

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597 for a container with a pallet feature including a binder wrap for content.

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428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 2 for bales or bundles identified as being for trash or refuse, subclass 571 for metallic stock material provided along its length with portions of reduced fracture resistance, subclass 576 for an article comprising a mass of metallic material shaped to facilitate its melting, subclass 583 for an intermediate metallic article held together by a mechanical fastener, subclass 588 for a metallic workpiece having parallel components stacked together, and subclass 594 for metallic stock having layers held together by mechanical fastening.
604, Surgery, 1 for swabs; subclasses 286+ and 904 for tampons; subclasses 358+ for absorbent pads; and subclass 369 for foam or cellular structures, which are for surgical use but have similarities in their structure to holes.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Container for tobacco or tobacco product (e.g., cigar, cigarette, pipe plug) combined with means to start combustion of said tobacco or product.
(1) Note. See subclass 86, below, for a further combinational feature relating to additional content or configuration for such content.

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96 for a match packet, container or holder, per se.
242 for a container, per se, for tobacco, pipe or cigarette.

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131, Tobacco, subclass 351 for a significant tobacco product or composition combined with an ignition facilitating means; subclass 185 for a smoking device combined with an igniter; subclass 234 for a smoking device combined with an ash receiver and an igniter and subclass 249 for a cigar or cigarette end cutter combined with an igniter.
221, Article Dispensing, 136 for an igniter combined with a cigar or cigarette dispenser.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 86 for a removal facilitating magazine type cabinet for a slender cylindrical article combined with an igniter.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, 247 for igniting systems.
431, Combustion, 129 and 144+ for a mechanical (e.g., fluid-flint) lighter, per se.

This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Container including either (a) an additional content (article or material) or (b) an additional container configuration for such other content.
(1) Note. Such added content may be within or outside the tobacco container.

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102 for a match packet or container combined with other than igniter means or ash tray.
216 for other combinations with container or package structure.

This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Container wherein the combustion means is of the friction-spark and capillary-fuel-supply type.

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431, Combustion, 267 for a friction type igniter and subclasses 298+ for a fibrous wick type flame holder.

This subclass is indented under subclass 87. Container wherein means for operating an igniter also exposes the tobacco content.

This subclass is indented under subclass 87. Container wherein both igniter and tobacco content are exposed by removal or displacement of the same cover element.

This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Container wherein the combustion means is a slender piece of flammable material tipped with composition capable of igniting when said composition is abraded.

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96 for a match packet, container or holder, per se.

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44, Fuel and Related Compositions, 507 for a match, per se.

This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Container wherein the content holder is further encased in a translatable sleeve-like member.

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121 for plural matches grouped in a box, per se.

This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Container wherein a match is exposed by pivoting a closure member.

This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Container wherein both product and igniter are encased within a cover construction by erecting the scored or marked portions of a single sheet of material.

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229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, 100 for a folded blank paperboard box.

This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Container wherein a match is secured outside the content casing.

This subclass is indented under subclass 94. Container wherein a match securement means engages a swingable portion of a match folder.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Container for a slender piece of flammable material tipped by
a combustible composition which composition is ignited by friction.
(1) Note. Included here is a comb-type match packet, a box of loose stick matches and holder for loose matches.

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85 for an igniter for tobacco content.

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131, Tobacco, subclass 185, 234, 239, 249, and 251 for match, igniter or scratcher features combined with a tobacco user's appliance.

This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Container including a means to shield the match flame against air current.

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431, Combustion, 350 for a flame holder with windshield means and see search notes thereunder for the loci of other windshield structure.

This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Container wherein a friction or scratch surface is contacted by a match tip as said match is removed from its holder.

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131, Tobacco, subclass 351 for a tipped tobacco product ignited by a withdrawal of said product from its holder.

This subclass is indented under subclass 98. Container wherein the match is one of plural matches whose individual elongated bodies are formed by parallel slits in an edge of a sheet or card to constitute tooth-like projections secured to
a unitary base, back, or strip; which back or base portion is secured to a cover member.

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103 for disparate articles combined with a comb-type match packet.
104 for a comb-type match pocket.

This subclass is indented under subclass 98. Container wherein there are two spaced friction or scratch surfaces between which a match tip moves.
(1) Note. A corrugated striker surface is considered to provide "opposed striker surfaces".

This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Container including means to fasten the container packet to the human body or clothing.
(1) Note. Included here are means to secure a match holder to a dress, skirt or that, or as to a finger ring mounting.

This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Container combined with (a) means to hold an article other than a match, tobacco product or debris; e.g., toothpick, notepaper or (b) means to facilitate visual exposure of content or adverting material.

This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Container wherein the match is one of plural matches whose individual elongated bodies are formed by parallel slits in an edge of a
sheet or card to constitute tooth-like projections secured to a unitary base, back or strip.

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99 for a comb-type match packet with the striker surface in the withdrawal path of the match.
104 for a comb-type match packet.

This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Container wherein the match is one of plural matches whose individual elongated bodies are formed by parallel slits in an edge of a sheet or card to constitute tooth-like projections secured to a unitary base, back or strip.

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99 for a comb-type match packet with the striker surface in the withdrawal path of the match.
103 for a comb-type match packet combined with a disparate article or display feature.

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44, Fuel and Related Compositions, subclass 509 for a match card, per se.

This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Container for two or more packets; i.e., each match comb or set of match combs, has its own cover structure in addition to means holding the packets together.

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122 for plural boxes.

This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Container
including structure or relative arrangement, other than a mere packet cover, to prevent unintended combustion of remaining matches in a packet while one match is being ignited.

This subclass is indented under subclass 106. Container including a separate case or retainer for the packet.

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118 for a comb-type match packet with a discrete holder.

This subclass is indented under subclass 106. Container including a means, or structure, to protect or cover the friction surface or portion of the packet.

This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Container wherein the friction portion is recessed or consists of parallel spaced elements.

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100 for an opposed striker surface structure in the withdrawal path of a match.

This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Container including means to translate or rotate the remaining matches.

This subclass is indented under subclass 106. Container wherein the cover or case for the matches is other than a "book" or ply or folder type.

This subclass is indented under subclass 106. Container wherein a friction surface is exterior of the ply, or folder portion, enclosing the match head.
(1) Note. In the typical comb-type match packet the match comb is secured between a "tuck" flap and an extended "cover" which is folder over the match and match head back to the tuck flap with the cover end inserted between the comb and the tuck flap. The cover end portion engaging under the tuck flap is called the "cover flap". The exterior of the tuck flap is usually treated to serve as a striker surface.

This subclass is indented under subclass 112. Container wherein the friction surface is at the outer end of the cover flap and is exposed by an opening in the tuck flap.

This subclass is indented under subclass 112. Container wherein the friction surface is at the outer end of the cover adjacent the comb-cover securement.

This subclass is indented under subclass 106. Container including a distinct means to cover or enclose the combustion composition at the tip of the match.
(1) Note. The "distinct" means is in addition to the folder or cover ply of the usual match packet.

This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Container wherein the match comb is rotatably, or swing, mounted for access.

This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Container including a unitary holder for spent matches or other trash.

This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Container including a separate case or retainer for the match packet-usually for pocket or purse.

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107 for an accidental ignition prevention means with a discrete holder.
131 for a match box with a discrete case.

This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Container including means to fasten or secure the packet to an article.

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19.5 for a vehicle attached container.
101 for means to secure a match container to the body or cloth.

This subclass is indented under subclass 119. Container wherein the article is a receiver for burnt tobacco product.

This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Container wherein an assemblage of matches are substantially completely wrapped or encased for shipment, sale, display or storage.
(1) Note. The term "box" includes a tray with a slide sleeve cover, a tray with a hinged or pivoted lid, or a tray, per se.

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134 for loose matches exposed in a holder for use.

This subclass is indented under subclass 121. Container for two or more boxes; i.e., each assemblage of matches has its own cover structure in addition to means holding the boxes together.

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105 for plural comb-type match packets.

This subclass is indented under subclass 121. Container including structure which allows matches to move, by their own mass, toward a low-positioned opening from which they may be removed from the box.

This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Container wherein match box structure may be rearranged to provide
match feed toward a removal opening.

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128 for match box structure which may be rearranged to provide support means for the box.

This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Container including holder for spent matches or other trash.

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130 for a match box support means with a debris receiver.
132 for a discrete match box case including a debris receiver.
133 for a match box with a debris receiver.
135 for a support for loose matches with a debris receiver.
136 for match packet with a debris receiver.
246 for a tobacco, pipe or cigarette holder with an ash receiver.
567 for a tray-type container for refuse.

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131, Tobacco, appropriate subclasses for other combinations with an ash receiver.

This subclass is indented under subclass 121. Container including structural means to move a match at least partially up out of its container.
(1) Note. Mechanistic is used to exclude a mere access opening through which one may shift the position of contents. Such an opening may be found elsewhere on the basis of other structure.

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129 for means to hold a match partially exposed in a box so
that it may be readily removed.

This subclass is indented under subclass 121. Container including structure to retain the match box in desired position.
(1) Note. Include here is a support means for a match tray, per se, or a match tray and its slide cover. The slide cover, itself, is not a support means for this subclass.

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19.5 for a vehicle attached container.
119 for attachment means for a comb-type match packet.
121 for a match tray and slide cover, per se.
131 for a discrete case for a box of matches.

This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Container wherein match box structure may be rearranged to provide box retainer means.

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124 for match box structure which may be rearranged to provide gravity match feed to an access part.

This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Container including means to make the match content accessible.

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121 for a match tray in a slide cover.

This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Container having a holder for spent matches or other trash.
(1) Note. See search notes under subclass 125, for the locus of other debris receivers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 121. Container including a separate case or retainer for the match box-usually for pocket or purse.

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107 for an accidental ignition prevention means with a discrete holder.
118 for a comb-type match packet with a discrete case.
121 for a match tray in a slide cover.

This subclass is indented under subclass 131. Container having a holder for spent matches or other trash.
(1) Note. See search notes under subclass 125 for the locus of other debris receivers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 121. Container including a holder for spent matches or other trash.
(1) Note. See search notes under subclass 125 for the locus of other debris receivers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Container consisting of structure to hold or position a plurality of individual matches or matches loosely grouped.

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127 for similar means to hold a box of matches.

This subclass is indented under subclass 134. Container including a holder for spent matches or other trash.
(1) Note. See search notes under subclass 125 for the locus of other debris receivers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Container including a holder for spent matches or other debris.
(1) Note. See search notes under subclass 125 for the locus or other debris receivers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Container including a distinct friction or scratch surface removable attached to the container.

This subclass is indented under subclass 137. Container wherein a friction surface is provided in plural strip, or roll, form so that an unused portion may be shifted into operation position.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. A transport device, receiver or carrier for two or more cylinder-like containers for potable liquid including both (a) means to maintain a desired spacing, or relative position, between at least two of said containers and (b) hand or finger engaging means to pendulously support the device.
(1) Note. Included here as "cylinder-like containers for potable liquid" are: beer cans, soda pop bottles, food cans, drinking mugs or glass tumblers.
(2) Note. The use of such terms as "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", etc., refer to the parts of the carrier in normal transport orientation.

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427 for a similar receiver without spacer means or pendulous hand support means.
561 for a tray-type container including partition means.
562 for a tray-type container including an aperture to hold an article.

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229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, subclass 934 for a cross-reference art collection of plural blanks of paperboard or similar material intended for use as a partitioned receptacle to transport bottles.

This subclass is indented under subclass 139. A carrier configured to keep its erected form, once assembled, and having wall panels extending around at least a portion of each retained receptacle a structure tab or edge on one of said panels being engaged in a slot, notch or aperture in another of said panels to secure the panels together.

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171 for a collapsible carrier having a similar type interlock.

This subclass is indented under subclass 139. A carrier including a flap portion, formed by a cut in and spaced from the edge of a portion of an upper panel of the carrier, and deflected from the plane of said panel for manual engagement.
(1) Note. As the cut is spaced from an edge of said panel this subclass includes a handle formed from a panel doubled upon itself where the cut extends to the crease or fold line.

This subclass is indented under subclass 139. A carrier wherein articulation between carrier and manual carrier support means plus contact with contents, effected by manual lift of said carrier support means, retains or further secures the carrier content.

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294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 164 for hand-held article carriers wherein the article gripping or retaining means is actuated by lifting the handle.

This subclass is indented under subclass 142. A carrier wherein opposite face portions of the manual carrier support means are sandwiched by adjacent containers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 139. A carrier including means connecting or joining one carrier to another for common transport.

This subclass is indented under subclass 139. A carrier which holds the contents by contact with (a) a bead or flanged extending radially outwardly from the end portion of each container, (b) a similar bead or flange or edge of the container closure or (c) a radial projection adjacent the end portion of each container.

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294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 87.2 for hand-held carriers for plural beverage containers and which engage a chime or flange on the container. Those carriers found in Class 294 are neither of the receptacle or the mercantile unit type.

This subclass is indented under subclass 145. A carrier including a further means to secure or hold a different thing; e.g., a can opener.

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216 for a container or retainer to hold diverse articles.

This subclass is indented under subclass 145. A carrier formed from (a) a panel with contour, aperture or tab elements, (b) a sheath, sleeve or tube, (c) an erectable scored or crease-marked sheet of material or (d) a strand, band or filamentary-like member.
(1) Note. The sheath, sleeve, band or tube is usually seamless, resilient and embraces the containers so that each and all are yieldably retained.

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229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, 100 for a folded blank paperboard box.

This subclass is indented under subclass 147. A carrier having a flap, cut and folded inside the carrier, and generally parallel to the cylindrical axis of the containers, to contact the chime, cap skirt or container projection.
(1) Note. The contact is made between flap and outward enlargement normal to the cylindrical surface.

This subclass is indented under subclass 147. A carrier having a flap, cut and folded inside the carrier, and generally parallel to the radial end of the containers, to contact the chime or cap skirt.
(1) Note. The contact is made between flap and inner cylindrical surface on the end of the container or closure.

This subclass is indented under subclass 147. A carrier including a flexible web, or strip, loop engaging outer cylindrical surfaces of containers and with at least one edge abutting radial surfaces of the chime or cap flange.

This subclass is indented under subclass 147. A carrier including portions which resiliently clasp a bead (or closure flange) around substantially the entire circumference thereof.
(1) Note. Included here is a carrier which grips only a diametrically opposed points on the perimeter.

This subclass is indented under subclass 147. A carrier including intermittent cuts or openings along a score or crease line, the edges of said cuts engage the chime or flange portions of the containers.
(1) Note. The cuts, slots, or openings-provided for in this subclass-merely allow for limited protrusion of container elements.

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158 for an aperture in carrier structure which embraces a whole container.
197 for a positioning cutout in a carrier wall which partially engages the outer cylindrical surface of a chime or closure cap.

This subclass is indented under subclass 152. A carrier wherein merely a single extremity of plural containers are held or positioned.

This subclass is indented under subclass 152. A carrier wherein the beads or flanges at opposite extremities of plural containers are held or positioned.

This subclass is indented under subclass 152. A carrier including terminal panels partially, or completely, closing the carrier.
(1) Note. Generally, the terminal panels are normal to the cylindrical axes of the containers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 147. A carrier including a hinged end portion of the sheet material, which portion provides the chime or flange engaging holder.

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147 for a similar retaining flap not forming an end portion of the blank.

This subclass is indented under subclass 156. A carrier wherein the hinged end portion is sandwiched by files of containers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 147. A carrier wherein edge portions of an opening in an upwardly facing panel (i.e., in the usual carrying position of the carrier) encircles the cylindrical surface of a container and bear against the bead or flange of said container or closure thereof.

This subclass is indented under subclass 145. A carrier including a plurality of clasping or gripping holders acting in pairs or sets - which clench onto the beads or flanges of adjacent containers to maintain their side-by-side relationship.

This subclass is indented under subclass 145. A carrier including means interposed between containers, to maintain relative positions thereof, which means also engages the end beads or flanges of said containers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 145. A carrier including at least one specific aperture for manual support or handling of said carrier and its contents.

This subclass is indented under subclass 139. A carrier including a means disposed at the carrier top (i.e., in the usual carrying position of said carrier) for manual engagement so that in normal use the carrier is suspended below said means.

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294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, 27.1 for a lifter or carrier for a single container; and subclasses 87.1+ for a lifter or carrier for plural containers (e.g., bottles).

This subclass is indented under subclass 162. A carrier wherein the handle means can be moved up or down with respect to the carrier-usually between the containers.
(1) Note. This shift adjustment is usually for the purpose of carrier stacking.

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503 for structural features for vertical stacking of similar receptacles.

This subclass is indented under subclass 162. A container wherein the handle means includes an elongated bent end engaging the carrier.

This subclass is indented under subclass 163. A carrier wherein the handle means is (a) a plate-like member with an aperture for manual engagement or (b) secured to a plate-like member for movement therewith.

This subclass is indented under subclass 165. A carrier wherein the upper edge of the panel type handle can shift below, or even with, the upper edge of the carrier structure.
(1) Note. Included here is a carton, or a generally four-walled carrier with a bottom, wherein the plate-like handle can be shifted within the walls.

This subclass is indented under subclass 162. A carrier so articulated, or readily foldable, that portion may be relatively shifted to then permit insertion or removal of the containers.
(1) Note. A movable closure or barrier across all, or part, of the egress path is one form of such articulated portion.

This subclass is indented under subclass 167. A carrier including a panel or flap with at least one opening to receive the reduced-diameter outlet portion of a bottle.

This subclass is indented under subclass 167. A container wherein the means for manual engagement assumes a position for normal transport whereby containers cannot be removed.
(1) Note. Included here is a container where the handle causes side walls to move inwardly as the handle is lifted.

This subclass is indented under subclass 162. A carrier so articulated, or readily foldable, that in a nonuse state (i.e., without containers) it may be repeatedly rearranged without destroying a joint into a relatively flat or compact form for shipment storage.
(1) Note. Merely disassembling an interfitted or interlocked joint- which joint can subsequently be interlocked again by relative position of its element is not "destroying" in the sense of tearing, delaminating, deforming (beyond elastic limits), or removal of separate fastener elements.

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193 for a carrier erected from a folded blank which may be restored to its blank form without destroying any joint structure.

This subclass is indented under subclass 170. A carrier including a disengageable member which in its engaged position maintains the carrier in an erect or container receiving condition.
(1) Note. See (1) Note under subclass 170.

This subclass is indented under subclass 171. A carrier including as an element of the latch means, a panel normal to the base or carrier bottom and straddled by the containers therein.
(1) Note. Generally, the term "middle wall" is used with reference to a segregating panel medially situated between and parallel to, the container sides. (See sketch under subclass 175). In the oblong type carrier a segregating panel parallel to the longer length is called a middle or center wall while the shorter segregating cross panel is called a transverse, separator or strap wall.

This subclass is indented under subclass 172. A carrier wherein the interengagement of middle wall and base, or bottom, constitutes the latch means.

This subclass is indented under subclass 170. A carrier including a spacer or holding means for each of the containers therein.

This subclass is indented under subclass 174. A carrier formed from an erectable scored or crease-marked sheet of material.
(1) Note. The walls, panels, flaps and other carrier portions of the erected carrier are integral along fold lines and not made of separate pieces secured together.
Nomenclature Note. Shown below is atypical erected carrier and the terms applied to the several parts thereof.

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193 for a noncollapsible folded blank type carrier.
491 for a folded blank type container, and see search notes thereunder. [figure]

This subclass is indented under subclass 175. A carrier formed of a plurality of sheets.

This subclass is indented under subclass 176. A carrier including at least two portions of the erected structure formed by separation from a folded sheet; e.g., a handle member pushed out of a center or middle carrier partition.

This subclass is indented under subclass 176. A carrier wherein a transverse wall is formed from a sheet other than the sheet forming the side walls of the carrier.

This subclass is indented under subclass 178. A carrier wherein the separate sheet has a midportion parallel to and adjacent, the base (or middle wall) with two-leg portions erected parallel to each other - said erected portions being normal to the base and parallel to the carrier ends - constituting the transverse separators for containers.
(1) Note. Such U-shaped member may (a) be slit to straddle the middle or center wall or (b) be at the upper side of the carrier base or have the legs projected through slots in the base. [figure]

This subclass is indented under subclass 175. A carrier including a panel or panel portions, forming a partition medially situated between and parallel to walls of the carrier.

This subclass is indented under subclass 180. A carrier including a strap or separator panel erected from an integral extension of a side wall, (a) a first portion doubled up face to face with said side wall (b) and a second portion extending normal to both said doubled portion and the carrier
base. [figure]

This subclass is indented under subclass 180. A carrier wherein there is only one middle panel erected from a base panel.

This subclass is indented under subclass 180. A carrier including a pair of face to face middle panels erected from separate portions of the base.

This subclass is indented under subclass 180. A carrier including a middle panel generally extending directly from an end or transverse panel, doubled upwardly upon itself along a line parallel to the carrier base.
(1) Note. A flap folded from a middle panel through a handgrip opening and thence upward from said opening is not considered to constitute a middle panel double upon itself. [figure]

This subclass is indented under subclass 180. A carrier including a middle panel extending from an end panel and doubled upon itself along a line normal, or oblique, to the carrier base. [figure]