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Class 043
FISHING, TRAPPING, AND VERMIN DESTROYING
Class Definition:
This class includes inventions which deal with the trapping
of wild animals, the catching of fish, especially food fish,
and the destruction of all animal life obnoxious or
pestiferous to man. It does not include catching and
restraining devices for use with domestic animals or fowls
nor the destruction of insects on such live stock. It does
not include bee- moth catchers.
The class is divided into three groups, as its title
indicates. The trapping group of inventions is further
subdivided into:
(1) Traps for general use or for animals other than fish and
insects.
(2) Traps peculiarly adapted for fish and not readily usable
on land without modification.
(3) Traps designed especially for insects and not useful in
capturing other forms of life.
(4) Traps designed to catch human beings, as thieves or
burglars.
The vermin-destroying group of inventions is subdivided
into:
(1) Inventions useful for the destruction of vermin of all
kinds;
(2) Inventions adapted to kill obnoxious insects only and not
useful for killing other forms of vermin.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
119, Animal Husbandry, subclasses 801+ for animal catching
devices and 156+ or anti-vermin devices for killing of
insects on livestock.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, appropriate
subclasses, for fluid distributors or discharge devices of
general utility. For a statement of the line between Classes
43 and 239 in regard to liquid vs. powder or dust discharge
devices see the class definition, Lines With Other Classes,
Fog or Smoke, Colloids, Generators, Areosols, " of Class
239.
449, Bee Culture, subclass 4 for bee moth catchers.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
and not provided for under the more specific subclasses which
follow.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
56, Harvesters, subclasses 333+ for pole supported, pivoted
jaw fruit gatherers.
Subclass:
2
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
designed primarily to allure all forms of animal life,
usually, though not necessarily, into danger, not
classifiable in the following subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1 for blinds to conceal hunters.
subclasses 7+ and 100+, for various nets and fish- traps
employing lights to attract fish where the light is not the
chief feature of the invention.
17.5 for illuminating fish-attracting devices.
subclasses 42+ for fish lures.
113 for illuminated insect traps.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
119, Animal Husbandry, particularly subclasses 707+ for a
lure or related device used to entice an animal or associated
with such a device.
446, Amusement Devices: Toys, subclasses 153+ for aquatic
figure toys; and subclass 268 for figure toys.
Subclass:
3
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Decoys formed
into a semblance of a duck and designed to attract wild ducks
within range of a hunter's gun. The subclass also includes
floating frames for supporting dead ducks in a lifelike
position to act as decoys.
Subclass:
4
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Apparatus and methods for hooking or gathering fish.
(1) Note. The term "fish" as used herein includes all
animals not classifiable as insects which breathe in water or
pass their lives in water.
(2) Note. The trapping of fish is not included herein but
will be found lower in the schedule, particularly in subclass
100; see the definition of subclass 58 for the distinction
between "trapping" and the subject matter of this and the
indented subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
64 and especially 65 for nonreturn entrance type traps.
85 for fish snares, and see (2) Note.
88 and especially 89 for suspended jaw type traps.
100 for fish traps, and see (2) Note.
Subclass:
4.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Methods for
hooking or gathering fish.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42.53 for methods of making artificial baits.
subclasses 58+ for methods of trapping fish.
Subclass:
5
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Devices having
means cooperating with line fishing tackle and functioning to
assist in "landing" or hauling in fish caught on the line.
(1) Note. These devices commonly are gaffs and grapples
designed to run on or be guided by the fishing line to engage
the fish.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17.2 for line and/or hook or lure releasing devices guided
by or sliding along the fishing line.
subclasses 85+ for fish snares and loops.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
56, Harvesters, subclasses 333+ for pole supported pivoted
jaw fruit gatherers.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 26
for fish grapples, when not modified for cooperation with
line fishing tackle.
Subclass:
6
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Those hunting or
fishing weapons which comprise a shank having a pointed head
and which catch aquatic animals by being thrown or thrust
into them.
(1) Note. Spring-actuated spears are found here.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5 for fish-grapples, and gaff hooks combined with the
tackle.
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30, Cutlery, for hand manipulatable cutlery.
102, Ammunition and Explosives, subclass 371 for bomb lances
used in whaling.
124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, for mechanical
projecting devices, per se.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 61
for spears for general use in material handling; subclasses
126+ for hayfork type harpoons.
Subclass:
6.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Apparatus having
means to catch or gather fish and convey the catch to a
boat.
(1) Note. Lines with hooks, net devices or hydraulic
currents are included as catching or gathering devices; in
the latter example, the current may also act to convey the
fish.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
37, Excavating, subclasses 315+ for shellfish dredgers
including means operating to remove or detach the shellfish
from the marine bed.
Subclass:
7
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Those open
fabrics of twine or equivalent material, woven or tied with
meshes of any size, designed and used for capturing fish or
other aquatic animals in their native element and
improvements closely allied to nets, such as net-stakes, and
not provided for in other subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
43.1 for floats and sinkers.
subclasses 100+ for fish traps constructed largely of
netting and for fish traps which are towed like certain
nets.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
87, Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making, subclasses
1-13 for such fabrics, particularly subclasses 3+ and
subclass 12 for intertwisted strand and knotted mesh types.
114, Ships, subclass 241 for nets used to protect ships from
torpedoes, mines, etc.
245, Wire Fabrics and Structure, appropriate subclasses, for
wire-netting.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses
175+, 190, 193, and 196+ for a stock material product in the
form of a web or sheet embodying mechanically interengaged
strands or strand-portions (e.g., weave, knit).
442, Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth,
etc.), subclasses 181+ and 304+ for a woven or knit fabric
and especially subclasses 43+ and 58 for a coated or
impregnated net or open mesh.
Subclass:
8
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Devices special
to the art of fishing for handling, hoisting, pulling, and
otherwise manipulating fish nets where the invention lies in
the handling apparatus by itself and not in the net.
(1) Note. Where the invention resides in the net chiefly,
appropriate subclasses below should be searched.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
15 for apparatus for manipulating fishing-lines.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
54, Harness, subclass 80.4 for animal protecting nets.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 370+ and
520+ for apparatus for winding a web material which may
include a net.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclasses 264+ for cable-pulling devices which are
in some instances disclosed as pulling in nets or purse
lines, but have no special structure adapting them to handle
the nets or controls adapting them to manipulate the nets or
lines for fishing purposes.
414, Material or Article Handling, especially subclass 137.7
for means for loading or unloading a marine vessel directly
from the sea, generally.
Subclass:
9.1
Trawl:
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Subject matter
wherein the open fabric of twine or equivalent material,
i.e., net, is shaped to form a large, flattened bag and is
adapted to be towed behind a boat-like vessel at a desired
depth, e.g., along the bottom of a body of water, etc., or
wherein structure closely allied to such a net is provided.
(1) Note. A device which digs into the earth along the
bottom of the body of water in order to dislodge fish is not
proper for this class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
104 for a towable fish trap.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
37, Excavating, subclasses 307+ for a device which digs
into the earth along the bottom of a body of water,
particularly subclasses 315+ for a shellfish dredger.
Subclass:
9.2
Having excluder device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.1. Subject matter
wherein the large, flattened, bag shaped net includes
structure for causing an unwanted item to either pass through
or by the net or be retained in a separate section of the net
so that a targeted fish or other aquatic animal may be
retained in the net or separated from the unwanted item.
(1) Note. The unwanted item may include debris or an
undesired fish or other aquatic animal.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
9.3 for a spiller type limiting device which releases excess
fish upon reaching a predetermined limit in the net.
Subclass:
9.3
Having limiting or limit indicating feature:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.1. Subject matter
wherein the large, flattened, bag shaped net includes
structure which (1) restricts the amount the net may
constrict or expand due to the stress caused by filling the
net, (2) restricts the quantity of fish or other aquatic
animal permitted to fill the net or (3) signals the amount of
fish or other aquatic animal caught upon reaching a
particular quantity.
(1) Note. Constriction or expansion of the net beyond a
certain limit must usually be avoided to prevent damage to
the net as the net is filled.
(2) Note. A device commonly known as a spiller which
releases any excess fish or aquatic animal upon the net
reaching a predetermined limit is included in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
9.2 for an excluder device which prevents unwanted items,
e.g., debris, fish, etc., from being caught in the net.
Subclass:
9.4
Bottom running sled:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.1. Subject matter
wherein the large, flattened, bag shaped net utilizes a
runner construction for supporting the net during travel
along the bottom of the body of water.
Subclass:
9.5
Bottom running roll:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.1. Subject matter
wherein the large, flattened, bag shaped net utilizes a
rotatably mounted element for supporting the net during
travel along the bottom of the body of water.
Subclass:
9.6
Utilizing electrical shock to control fish or aquatic
animal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.1. Subject matter
wherein the large, flattened, bag shaped net uses electric
current to provide a charge which may lure, reposition, stun
or otherwise influence the fish or other aquatic animal.
(1) Note. The electrical shock is never intended to kill the
fish or other aquatic animal.
Subclass:
9.7
Having specific flow affected board device for holding net
mouth open, e.g., an otter board, etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.1. Subject matter
wherein the large, flattened, bag shaped net includes
detailed panel structure which, when engaged by a stream of
water generated as the net is towed through the body of
water, helps hold an entry area of the net agape for the fish
or other aquatic animal to pass through.
(1) Note. A device of this type is commonly known as an
otter board, a gate or a door.
Subclass:
9.8
Having specific line element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.1. Subject matter
wherein significance is attributed to structure, e.g., a
float, weight, etc., attached to a rope-like member connected
to the large, flattened, bag shaped net.
Subclass:
9.9
Having specific chafe preventing element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.1. Subject matter
wherein significance is attributed to structure which helps
prevent abrasion damage to the large, flattened, bag shaped
net.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
9.8 for a line element used to prevent chafing of a line or
a line and the net together.
Subclass:
9.95
Fabric construction:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.1. Subject matter
wherein significance is attributed to the structural make up
of the large, flattened, bag shaped net itself.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
87, Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making,
particularly subclass 12 and 53, for the process or
apparatus for making a knotted mesh fabric or a knotted mesh
fabric, per se, absent any trawl net details.
Subclass:
10
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Nets set upright
in the water, as by stakes, in the meshes of which the fish
become caught by their gills. Usually gill-nets are set
crosswise of a stream or watercourse.
Subclass:
11
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Scoop, landing,
or hand nets designed to be used principally for landing fish
caught by hook and line or in a larger net, but also used for
catching and landing the smaller species of fish.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1 for frog-nets and the like.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses for a
loop-to-handle connection wherein only so much of the loop or
handle is included as is necessary to effect the connection
therebetween.
Subclass:
12
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Dip or landing
nets the parts of which are foldable or collapsible for
greater ease in carrying and sometimes for such manipulation
of the foldable parts as will catch fish.
Subclass:
13
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Revolving nets of
wheel-like structure operated by water or other power and
comprising a plurality of net-like dipping elements, which
capture fish, usually as the latter are ascending streams.
Subclass:
14
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Encircling
fish-nets held upright in the water by floats and sinkers and
designed to be hauled to the shore, a boat, or some other
landing-place by the ends or closed around a body of swimming
fish.
(1) Note. Includes purse-seines, which have bottoms closable
like a bag-mouth by heaving overboard a weight attached to a
rope, called the "purse-line", rove through rings attached to
the foot rope of the net which purses or closes the bottom of
the net and confines the shoal of fish around which the net
has been cast.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
104 for towable fish traps.
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254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclasses 264+ for cable-pulling devices which are
in some instances disclosed as pulling in nets or purse
lines, but have no special structure adapting them to handle
the nets or controls adapting them to manipulate the nets or
lines for fishing purposes.
Subclass:
15
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Devices which,
when a fish nibbles at a hook, act in such a way as to tend
to force the barbed end of the hook into the fish's mouth to
securely hook it.
(1) Note. This subclass includes also devices which go a
step further and not only hook the fish, but reel in the line
automatically, where such devices are not spring-operated
reels mounted on fishing-rods.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
18.1 for rods.
21 for motor operated reels.
Subclass:
16
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Automatic
hookers or catchers which give a visible or an audible signal
to let the fisherman know the fish has been hooked.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17 for other signals.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 573.2 for
condition responsive indicating systems automatically
responsive to fish.
Subclass:
17
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Devices which
make either a visible or an audible signal when the fish has
been hooked on a line.
(1) Note. Sounds made by mere reel-brake, drag, or clicker
mechanisms or mere visual movement of the reel have not been
considered as signal means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
16 for automatic hookers with signals.
58 for signal devices designed for animal-traps where the
invention resides in the signal device and not in the trap.
Signal devices attached to traps where the invention is in
the trap structure are to be found with the various types of
traps.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
116, Signals and Indicators.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 305+ for a
fishing reel with a signal or indicator, and subclass 912 for
an indicator or signal analogous to Class 242 in general
use.
340, Communications: Electrical, for miscellaneous electric
signals and signal systems which may be automatically
responsive to a condition, especially subclass 573.1.
Subclass:
17.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Apparatus
applying electric currents or sonic wave energy to the fish
or to the water to capture fish or to lure or to drive the
fish to a point where other catching or gathering means can
be brought into use.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17.5 for electric illuminating devices functioning to
illuminate the fishing apparatus or to lure fish by the
light.
98 for similar means for killing or disabling fish.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
119, Animal Husbandry, subclasses 219+ for a fish diverter
or barrier, especially subclass 220 for electric type.
Subclass:
17.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Devices adapted
to be mounted on or to slide along a fishing line and
functioning to engage the line or a line-attached body such
as a hook, lure, or sinker for the purpose of freeing the
line and/or body when held fast by a submarine obstruction.
(1) Note. The device may operate to cut or break the line
itself.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5 for fish gaffs and grapples adapted to run on or be guided
by the fishing line to engage a fish caught on the line.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
114, Ships, subclass 21.1 for devices for cutting a ship's
cable when the anchor is caught or for other reason.
166, Wells, subclass 54.5 for devices for cutting a rope or
cable in a bore hole.
Subclass:
17.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Apparatus having
means to illuminate the apparatus or to give off light rays.
(1) Note. The illumination may be associated with the
apparatus to lure fish to the vicinity of the catching or
gathering device and need not directly illuminate such
device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17 for signal devices which give off light rays when
actuated.
113 and 139, for insect traps having illuminating features.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, subclasses 541+ for
illuminated and luminous signs.
362, Illumination, for illuminating devices claiming no
significant features of fishing apparatus or tackle.
Subclass:
17.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 17.5. Devices in the
form of an artificial bait or lure wherein the light source
is in or on the lure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42.32 for lures modified to reflect external light,
especially subclasses 42.33 for transparent lures with
reflecting means, and 42.34, for metal lure bodies with
faceted exterior to produce a multiple reflecting surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, subclasses 541+ for
illuminated and luminous signs.
250, Radiant Energy, subclass 462.1 for self luminous
articles.
Subclass:
18.1
Rod:
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Apparatus usually
in the form of a rod or pole (1) of such length or shape as
to facilitate or promote handling a fishing line for casting
or for playing a fish, or (2) having the line attached or
supported in such a manner as to take advantage of the
elasticity or "spring" of the rod or pole.
(1) Note. This and the indented subclasses include fishing
rods, per se, and also attachments therefor not elsewhere
classified.
(2) Note. Joints for fishing rods are classified in the
appropriate joint class unless more of the rod is included
than is structurally necessary to define the joint.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 15+ for automatic hooking devices frequently
including a rod.
17 for signal devices frequently including a rod.
27.4 for fixed support line handling means other than rods.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, subclasses 65+ for
rodlike canes.
231, Whips and Whip Apparatus, subclass 2 and 3 for rodlike
whips.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 223+ for a
fishing reel, per se, and subclasses 345+ for a hand-held
reeling device of general use.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, appropriate subclasses
especially subclasses 399+ for socket type joints, wherein
the joint involves significant internal wall structure of one
of the coupled members; see (2) Note above, for the line with
Class 43.
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses, for rod
joints and connections in general; see (2) Note above, for
the line with Class 43.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, particularly
subclasses 364+ for a stock material product in the form of
a rod, strand or fiber which is either coated, or has similar
structure.
Subclass:
18.5
Fiber glass or graphite fishing rod:
This subclass is indented under subclass 18.1. A rod or pole
formed or made from material having a portion thereof
utilizing (1) a spun glass fiber or (2) a graphite fiber,
particle or strand as a structural component.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
23 for a fiber glass or graphite fishing rod having specific
details of the handle or butt portion being claimed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, particularly
subclasses 364+ for a stock material product in the form of
rod, strand or fiber which is either coated, or has similar
structure.
Subclass:
19
This subclass is indented under subclass 18.1. Fishing-rods
having means for automatically expelling or feeding the
fishing-line at the will of the operator, so that the line is
dropped at the desired spot in the water.
(1) Note. Includes also automatic means which may not only
cast the line, but may also draw it in after the fish has
hooked itself--i.e., where there is no automatic hooking of
the fish.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21 for spring-revolved reels which reel in a fish-line and
which may unreel it in addition.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, for mechanical
projecting devices, per se, appropriate subclasses.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 223+ for
rods having spring-operated reels integral therewith, which
merely rewind a cast line.
Subclass:
19.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 18.1. Fishing rods,
having means other than or in addition to mere line reeling
means coacting with the rod to rotate, reciprocate, or move
the line or rod and line in such a manner as to impart motion
to a bait or lure attached to the line; the motion imparting
means may be actuated by the reeling means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
19 for line trajecting or casting means.
21 for motor operated reels.
42.11 and 42.46, for lures or artificial baits rotating as a
unit and possibly rotating or twisting the line.
43.13 for line-attached bodies reacting with the surrounding
fluid media to control or prevent rotation of the fishing
line.
Subclass:
20
This subclass is indented under subclass 18.1. Improvements
relating to fishing-rods having a portion modified
structurally to receive a reel, which is built in or
otherwise made a permanent integral part of the rod.
(1) Note. Frequently the reel is turned by hand operated
mechanism forming a part of the rod. Mere reels and
improvements directed to detachable line winders are not
included.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
15 for automatic reels which are used in a fish-catching
apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, subclass 625
for driers having winding reels.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 223+ for a
fishing reel adapted to be mounted on an unspecified rod, and
subclasses 386+ for a reel of general use which may include
fishing.
Subclass:
21
This subclass is indented under subclass 20. Rods whose
reel-section includes a spring or other motor, which turns
the built-in integral reel to rewind the line upon the reel
after it has been cast.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
19 for rods which impel a fishing-line outwardly to make a
"cast" which, however, do not depend on a reel for the
throwing of the line.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclass 225 and 250+
for reels, per se.
Subclass:
21.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 18.1. Fishing rods
having means for supporting, steadying, or holding the rod
other than, or in addition to the usual handle portion on the
rod.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 15+ and 17, for fishing rod holders including
features for automatic hooking of fish and for signalling a
strike or bite, respectively.
23 for fishing rod handles or butts.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
224, Package and Article Carriers, appropriate subclasses,
particularly subclass 200 for body or belt attached supports
for fishing rods.
248, Supports, subclasses 511+ for a supporting device
having means for receiving a staff, which may be a fishing
pole or rod. However, this subclass (21.2) is proper if the
supported member has a nonstaff-like feature (e.g., a finger
grip, reel mount, etc.), common to a fishing rod and which
feature the supporting device must cooperate.
Subclass:
22
This subclass is indented under subclass 18.1. Modification
of fishing-rods which permit a reel to be detachably mounted
thereon.
(1) Note. Unless the reel-mount is the essence of the
invention or unless the mount is designed specially for
fishing rods the patent is not classified in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclass 316 for
reels, per se.
Subclass:
23
This subclass is indented under subclass 18.1. Fishing-rods
where the invention is confined to the handle or butt or to
the modification of the butt, by which the latter is united
to the rod, where such modification is peculiar to
fishing-rods and not to rods in general.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 448+ for
attaching the eyelets to or otherwise winding on a fishing
rod.
Subclass:
24
This subclass is indented under subclass 18.1. Devices for
guiding the line as it moves along the fishing-rod and for
guiding and easing the strain on the line where it leaves the
rod at the tip thereof. Mere antifriction devices for guiding
lines not peculiar to fishing rods are excluded.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, subclass
196.1 for a passive guide combined with a material feeder.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 157+ and
615+ for line guiding means of general utility, and
particularly subclasses 241+, 273+, 397+, and 476.7+ for line
guide traverse mechanism.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclasses 389+ for a device or a member intended to
guide a moving cable; the cable is attached to or supports an
object being pulled by the cable from one position or
location to another.
Subclass:
25
This subclass is indented under subclass 18.1. Miscellaneous
attachments for fishing-rods not classifiable elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclass 442 for a
handheld device for winding an article and subclasses 448+
for a particular holder for holding an article being wound.
Subclass:
25.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 25. Devices
functioning to (1) support the line, hook, lure, and/or any
line-attached body for purposes of facilitating
transportation of the rod, or (2) to provide convenient
stowage for hooks, lures, bait, and other articles used in or
on fishing tackle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
55 for catch or bait holders not adapted for attachment to a
fishing rod.
57.1 for holders for flies and hooks when not adapted for
attachment to a fishing rod.
Subclass:
26
This subclass is indented under subclass 18.1. Covers and
containers peculiarly adapted to hold the sections of jointed
fishing-rods, and sometimes other fishing equipment as well,
such as reels, tackle, etc.,.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, appropriate subclasses
for similar cases or holders.
Subclass:
26.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Apparatus with
relatively movable parts which are actuated by a motor.
(1) Note. The term "motor", as used here, includes electric,
spring, fluid, or other motors, and mechanisms for deriving
energy from the relative motion of the surrounding media and
transmitting it through shafts or relatively movable parts to
move the apparatus or part of it.
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3 for motor-operated duck decoys.
6.5 for motorized devices for catching or gathering fish and
conveying them to a boat.
subclasses 7+ for motorized netting apparatus.
18.1 for fishing rods including motor means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
446, Amusement Devices: Toys, subclass 158 for a
motor-operated aquatic figure toy.
Subclass:
26.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.1. Devices in the
form of an artificial bait or lure.
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42.11 42.19+, 42.46, and 42.51, for lures shaped or provided
with fins or vanes directly secured thereto to cause rotation
of the whole lure or a part thereof as it is drawn through
the water.
Subclass:
27.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Apparatus having
a standing line extending from the angler to a remote anchor
or securing point and including means to run a catching or
gathering device along the standing line.
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17.2 for line or lure releasing devices including a line
guided device which runs along the line.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
37, Excavating, subclasses 400+ for trolley type
cable-operated dredging or excavating apparatus.
Subclass:
27.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Apparatus having
line attached catching or gathering means and means for
mounting said line on a support, said line being accessible
to the fisherman for handling and securing.
(1) Note. The support must be something other than a
fisherman, such as a boat or the ground, etc.
(2) Note. The apparatus must be intended to be used while
actively engaged in a fishing operation as paying out or
pulling in the line.
(3) Note. If the apparatus is a holder which is intended to
be used while actively fishing and also for transportation or
storage, classification in subclass 27.4 results if the means
for mounting the line on a support is claimed, otherwise
classification is subclasses 54.5+.
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18.1 for fishing rods, and especially 21.2 for steadying or
supporting means for rods.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 223+ for a
fishing reel and subclasses 370+ for a reeling device in
general use.
Subclass:
34
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Devices having at
least one hook or hook-like device mounted on a base or
supporting part in a nonhooking or housed position for
movement relative thereto to hooking position and including
means for causing the relative motion.
(1) Note. The motion causing means may comprise hooks biased
to operative position and having catch or other releasable
means holding the hook in inoperative position.
(2) Note. Hook apparatus including means and arrangements
guarding against the catching or snagging of plant growth,
rocks, etc., usually called "guarded" or "weedless" devices
are classified below except when the apparatus includes means
for moving a hook as defined above.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
15 for apparatus for automatically hooking fish, which
apparatus does not depend on the structure of a hook to
function.
42.1 for artificial bait lures made of flexible material for
housing or protecting the hook and being compressible or
collapsible to allow fish to be hooked upon taking the bait.
42.4 for artificial bait lures having guarded or weedless
hook arrangements, and see (2) Note above.
43.2 for guarded and weedless hook arrangements and see (2)
Note.
81 for impaling or smiting traps with swinging striker.
89 for trap-hooks of the closing-jaw type.
Subclass:
35
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Trap-hooks
usually of the spring-actuated type, which are combined with
and form an integral part of an artificial bait. The
invention here resides in the trapping feature and not
primarily in the artificial bait.
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subclasses 42+ for artificial bait.
42.4 for artificial bait having hook-guards.
Subclass:
36
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Spring-actuated
trap-hooks comprising two or more hooks normally held close
together and tending to spread apart from each other to snag
or catch a fish biting at the same.
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35 for artificial bait having trap hooks combined
therewith.
77 for impaling or smiting traps.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, subclass 302 for expanding pliers and tongs.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclasses 93+
for expanding grapples.
Subclass:
37
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Trap-hooks
actuated only by a pull, either from the fish or from the
fisherman, or both, and not by a spring or weight. The
trap-hooks in this subclass comprise, usually, a baited hook
and a pivoted snagging-hook.
Subclass:
41
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Bait-holders
designed to protect live or food type bait so as to conserve
the bait for prolonged use as in repeated casting or
successive strikes.
(1) Note. These holders may be in the form of a harness,
case, netting or the like for live bait such as frogs and
minnows, or may be holders for edible bait which allow the
fish to smell or taste the bait without eating it. Edible
bait in an inedible bait holder of wrapper, cloth sack or the
like form are here.
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44.99 for bait distributors or chumming devices.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and
Products, subclass 1 for edible baits and processes relating
to same.
Subclass:
41.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Bait holders
which protect the bait during the cast but permit it to
become free and unguarded after the bait is in the water.
Subclass:
42
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Artificial or
imitation bait designed to attract fish and catch or aid in
catching the same. Such lures frequently look like, or when
moved through the water, take on the appearance of live
bait.
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17.4 for lures with movable parts which are actuated by a
motor.
17.6 for lures which give off a light by illuminating means
within or adjacent to the body.
35 for lures with trap hooks.
41 for fishing lures in the form of containers for live bait
and/or fish food frequently having the external appearance of
artificial bait.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and
Products, subclass 1 for edible baits and processes relating
to same.
446, Amusement Devices: Toys, subclasses 153+ for aquatic
figure toys and subclasses 268 for figure toys.
623, Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts
Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor, appropriate
subclasses for artificial members for living bodies.
Subclass:
42.02
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures with
movable body parts or attracting means which are actuated by
a surge of the fishing line and which are biased to return to
their original position when the line is given slack.
(1) Note. The biasing means must be in addition to the
natural resilience of parts and may be afforded by springs,
buoyant members, etc. It does not include mere gravity return
of pivoted or flexible parts except when there is a
relatively movable connection between the line and the part
or between the part and a return weight.
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42.03 for constant line pull actuated parts which are
shifted to and fro by a vane which is turned at each shift to
oppose the fluid current prevailing in the changed direction
of the lure, and thus returned to its previous position,
where it is again opposed as the lure again changes
direction.
42.11 42.19+, 42.46, and 42.51, for baits having vanes
effective to cause rotation when the lure is drawn through
water. The vanes may comprise the entire lure or part thereof
or be rigidly attached thereto.
42.22 for rudder type vanes which may be attached in more
than one relation to the body to give the lure a different
course through the water.
42.47 for rudder type vanes rigidly attached to solid body
baits to influence the path taken through the water in
response to a pull on the line.
43.4 for line operated hook guards.
Subclass:
42.03
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures having
vanes, bodies or body parts operated by continuous movement
through the water to swing or flex from side to side by the
pressure of the water on them each time the lure changes its
direction, causing the lure to turn immediately in the
opposite direction, the lure being thereby given a wobbling
motion.
(1) Note. The directing member may be either a pivotally
connected vane or a flat member pivotally mounted at or near
its ends so that the center part is flexed back and forth.
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42.02 for lures having parts which shift in response to a
pull on the line and which have means to return them to the
first position when the pull is released.
42.15 for pivotally connected rigid bodies or body parts
which have wobbling motion.
42.47 for solid body lures with rigidly connected vanes or
plates.
Subclass:
42.04
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures with a
shiftable body, body part, or hooks which are normally held
in one position either by releasable detents, friction, or
the pull of the line, but which are actuated and moved
relative to one another upon the strike of a fish, either to
free the hook from the lure or separate it enough so that the
fish can be held securely.
(1) Note. Hooks releasably held adjacent to the lure body to
be shifted by the strike of a fish are included in this
subclass.
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36 for lures with trap hooks.
42.1 for flexible body hook guards which collapse on
strike.
42.4 for lures having weed guards relatively movable with
respect to the bait.
Subclass:
42.05
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.04. Lures loosely
and slidably mounted on the line or hook and line connector
to allow the lure body to move away from the hook or hooks.
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42.08 for lures relatively movable on a line or hook
connector for shielding the hook and line connection to
prevent accidental separation of the hook.
42.36 for hook to line connections fixed relative to lure.
Subclass:
42.06
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures which (1)
give off, in their passage through the water, an attracting
material originally contained within or on the body, and/or
(2) which have an inlet and outlet for the passage
therethrough of water through which the lure is moving.
(1) Note. The attracting material given off may be a colored
liquid, a scent, gas bubbles produced by chemical action,
etc.
(2) Note. The water passage through the lure may produce
such effects as diving, spinning, guiding, bubbling, movement
of flexible parts, etc., or aid in the dissemination of the
attracting material.
(3) Note. Those flat bodies, such as spoons, which are
apertured for the flow there through of water, the apertures
having no other function, such as spinner, line or hook
receiving, are included in this subclass.
(4) Note. The channel for the passage of water through a
solid body not giving off an attracting material must be
closed at least in part, not a mere groove, though it may be
a groove with a closure plate.
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41 for bait bodies containing food or live bait and having
means for the passage of water therethrough.
42.05 for bait bodies slidably mounted on a line or hook.
42.12 for relatively rotatable body members, one mounted in
an aperture or passage in the other.
42.36 for bait bodies apertured only for the passage of a
line, hook, and/or hook connector there through.
42.45 and 42.5+, for plugs and spoons, respectively, which
produce a bubbled wake in their passage through the water.
Subclass:
42.08
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures in which
(1) the lure must be shifted relative to the hook connection
to give access to the hook holding means before the hook can
be disconnected, or (2) the means for holding the line on the
lure and the means for holding the hook on the lure are so
interrelated that one must be moved from operative position
before the other can be removed or disengaged from the lure
or operated to release the hook or line held by it.
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42.22 for lures manually adjustable to give any one of a
number of effects or degree of effects in the water, such as
diving, wobbling, etc.
42.49 for lures equipped with line attaching means other
than mere eyes or holes at the extremity of the lure.
Subclass:
42.09
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures which have
interchangeable lure parts for the substitution of parts of
different form, color, etc., or means permitting ready
interchange of such parts.
(1) Note. Disconnectable or shiftable body parts for the
attachment of various attracting elements and bodies with
multiple covers which are removable and expendable are
included in this subclass.
(2) Note. Patents in which the entire bait is removably
mounted on the line, hook, or other support, or in which an
auxiliary lure, such as a spinner or pork rind, is detachably
connected to the main lure, have been classified on the basis
of the particular mounting or bait form.
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42.29 for detachable bait strips, such as pork rinds. See
(2) Note.
42.38 for baits detachably mounted on a hook. See (2) Note.
Subclass:
42.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures which are
made of a flexible material and which either house the hook
or protect it by preceding and/or shielding the hook points
or barbs. The bait is compressible or collapsible to allow
fish to take the hook.
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42.24 for flexible appendages for lures which may also have
the effect of guarding the hook.
42.4 for lures having auxiliary guarding members which are
not of a nature to attract fish, and especially subclass
42.41 for rigid bodies having a hook or hook point lying in a
slot or indentation in the body.
Subclass:
42.11
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures comprising
a plurality of lures all connected to a single line or to
each other, or a plurality of rigid lure members movably
connected to one another.
(1) Note. Plural lures comprise only (1) plural duplicate
complete lures, or (2) plural lures, two or more of which
have at least one lure member of rigid material.
(2) Note. The rigid members may or may not be body
simulating parts, and may be of solid form, spoon-like, in
shape of an impeller with oppositely directed blades; e.g.,
spinners, etc.
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42.09 for interchangeable or disconnectable body parts.
42.24 for lure bodies with flexible appendages and rigid
lures associated more remotely with flexible lures, such as
pork rinds. See (1) Note.
Subclass:
42.12
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.11. Lures
comprised of plural members, at least one lying within
another, one or more of which members are designed to rotate
as the bait is drawn through the water.
(1) Note. If the inner member or members rotate, their
bearings or shaft ends or points of attachment must be within
the confines of the outer body.
(2) Note. If the outer member rotates, it must have bearings
or points of attachment at both extremities of the inner
member or members.
(3) Note. If more than one member rotates, their motion must
be independent.
Subclass:
42.13
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.11. Lures
comprising a lure with two or more movably or pivotally
connected rigid members either offset from the body or
attached intermediate the ends of the body to rotate or swing
about a pivotal connection. The members may be spoons,
spinners, or mere vanes or appendages.
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42.26 for bait bodies with flexible side appendages.
42.4 for outrigger type weed guards which do not rotate or
swing about their connection.
Subclass:
42.14
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.11. Lures with a
plurality of body parts or elements, two or more of which are
designed to revolve or rotate independently.
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42.12 for plural independently rotating lure members when
one lies within the confines of the other.
42.13 for plural rotating appendages offset from or mounted
at the sides of the lure, usually wing or fin simulations.
Subclass:
42.15
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.11. Devices
comprising a plurality of lures or rigid lure members movably
connected in tandem one behind the other.
(1) Note. The second and succeeding lures or members may be
connected either to the preceding member, or the members may
be connected in succession to the line, hook, and/or hook
connector.
(2) Note. This subclass includes multiple solid bodied lures
with a hinged or pivotal connection between bodies or body
parts.
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42.02 for pivotally connected bodies flexed by line surge
and biased to return to original position.
42.03 for pivotally connected directing vanes which move
automatically.
42.11 for plural lures connected to the line at a single
point or plural bodies rigidly connected.
Subclass:
42.16
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.15. Lures, one of
the bodies or body parts being freely rotatable or revolvable
about longitudinal axis, either its own or that of the
assembly.
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42.19 for spinning lures rotating about the shaft on which
they are mounted.
42.46 for solid body lures vaned or shaped for spinning.
42.51 for spoon type lures vaned or shaped for spinning.
Subclass:
42.17
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.16. Lures in
which the member which rotates (1) is of sheet material form,
(2) is mounted on the hook or hook connector, and (3)
precedes and rotates independently of the other lure
members.
(1) Note. The other lure member is usually the main
attracting element of the lure, such as a plug or spoon or
simulation of a live bait as a minnow, shellfish, etc.
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42.19 for spinners rotatably mounted on a shaft.
Subclass:
42.18
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.15. Lures which
are constructed of sheet material or material the
cross-section of which forms a line rather than an area.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42.24 for baits of flexible sheet material.
42.5 for spoon type lures.
Subclass:
42.19
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures which are
attached to a shaft so as to rotate or revolve about this
shaft in its passage through the water.
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42.11 for plural lures or lure members, one or more of which
may be spinning bodies.
42.5 for spoon type lures.
Subclass:
42.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.19. Lures in
which the body is caused to rotate either by vanes or blades
turned oppositely thereon or by reason of the spiral shape of
the body.
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42.17 for similar sheet material spinning baits combined
with other lures or movably connected rigid lure members.
42.51 for spoon-type spinning bodies having a spiral shape
or oppositely turned vanes.
Subclass:
42.21
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.2. Lures in which
the rotating body has a cross-section which forms an area
rather than a line.
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42.16 for similar baits combined with other lures or movably
connected rigid lure members.
42.46 for solid body lures which do not have a central
shaft, but rotate around their longitudinal axis.
Subclass:
42.22
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures with
directing parts, buoyancy devices or line connections
adjustable to vary the path of the bait through the water.
Diving, guiding, depth below the surface, etc., may be
affected.
(1) Note. The adjustments are made manually when the lure is
not in the water.
(2) Note. Hollow bodies containing variable weights, valved
hollow bodies into which air or water may be introduced, and
adjustable vanes or other directing means are included.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42.03 for bodies provided with a movable directing vane by
which they automatically change direction.
42.15 for bodies or parts pivotally connected in series
which have continuous wobbling effect.
42.31 for lure bodies containing loose material or objects,
the shifting of which may cause noise and/or change in the
path of the lure.
42.47 for bodies having attached thereto a rigid vane
susceptible of being bent to different positions.
Subclass:
42.23
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.22. Lures having
an adjustable connection for the line.
(1) Note. The connecting means on the bait can be either a
series of eyes to which the line can be attached selectively
or a means manually adjusted to a plurality of positions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
28 for means for attaching hooks and leaders, etc., to
lines.
42.49 for other special means for attaching lines to lures;
i.e., means other than apertures at the margin or extremities
of the bait or mere attached eye forming means.
Subclass:
42.24
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures in which
either the entire body or a body appendage is made of a
flexible material.
(1) Note. Lures composed entirely of flexible material as
pork rind strips, and simulations of worms and other legless
live bait are included in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42.1 for flexible bodies housing or guarding a hook.
42.15 for bodies formed by a plurality of rigid parts
movably or pivotally connected.
Subclass:
42.25
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.24. Lures
constructed of flexible materials, such as feathers, strands,
fibers, etc., secured together or to the shank of a hook or
other linear support, without the use of lure members of
other material.
(1) Note. So-called flies are included in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42.24 for lures comprising a single flexible strand or
strip.
42.27 for solid bodies with flexible wing simulations, many
of which imitate insects. See (1) Note.
42.28 and 42.3, for solid lure bodies with flexible trailing
appendages which may be composed of strands, feathers, etc.
42.37 for other lures mounted on a hook.
42.53 for methods of making or putting together flies.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 430+ for a
process or apparatus for tying flies.
Subclass:
42.26
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.24. Lures
comprising a body with plural flexible elements or appendages
attached intermediate its ends.
(1) Note. The device is usually a simulation of live bait
with legs, fins, or similar members.
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42.13 for rigid appendages movably attached to the lure body
between its ends.
42.3 for lures with plural rearwardly directed appendages
usually simulating frogs. See (1) Note.
Subclass:
42.27
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.26. Lures having
flexible side attached appendages shaped or positioned to
simulate wings such as those of an insect.
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42.13 for plural movably attached rigid members intermediate
the ends of a lure body.
42.25 for fly type lures constructed solely of fibers,
strands, feathers, etc., attached to a hook or other support,
without lure members of other materials.
Subclass:
42.28
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.24. Lures
comprising a body having one or more elongated members of
flexible material at or near its rear end to be trailed
rearwardly in its passage through the water.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42.15 for pivotally connected rigid trailing members,
especially subclass 42.1 for spinning tail members.
42.25 for lures consisting of strand, fiber or feather
members secured together or to a support.
Subclass:
42.29
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.28. Lures, having
trailing appendages in the form of detachable, flexible
strips of material, such as a pork rind.
(1) Note. Bait with holders for such strips are included
even if the strips are not claimed.
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42.09 for interchangeable body parts, where the substitution
of parts of different appearance is facilitated.
42.24 for such strips comprising the entire bait.
44.2 for bait holders and retainers for natural food of
fishes.
Subclass:
42.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.28. Lures
comprising a body with two flexible, trailing appendages,
usually simulating a frog.
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42.02 for frog simulations which appear to swim in response
to intermittent line pull.
Subclass:
42.31
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures having (1)
means producing a noise during the passage of the bait
through the water, or (2) material loosely confined on or in
the body to shift during the changing position of the bait,
usually to produce a sound effect.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42.22 for lures in which the amount of material or the
number of weights or bodies can be changed or the weight or
body is adjustably secured in place.
Subclass:
42.32
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures
constructed with a special surface or embellished in various
ways for the attraction of fish.
(1) Note. Features other than or in addition to the basic
subject matter of the group, which comprises a lure body,
whether solid, hollow or of sheet material hook and/or line
connections, guards and weights, are included here; e.g.,
rigid projections, as eyes, feelers, ears, legs, etc., real
or artificial skins covering bait bodies, and other surfaces
simulating scales, etc., reflectors, which are not mere
polished lure members, special materials as wire mesh or
shells, and multiple layer effects, including certain
coatings. Coatings are included only if they cover a
reflector or pattern or form a patterned effect.
(2) Note. Rigid fins which may be guiding vanes are
classified as such in succeeding subclasses, even though
disclosed as simulations.
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42.24 for flexible bodies and body appendages which
frequently have the effect of simulating live bait.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
D22, Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting, and Fishing Equipment,
subclasses 126+ for designs for fish lures.
Subclass:
42.33
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.32. Lures with a
special attracting body or body surface formed by either a
transparent coating over an attracting surface or a body made
of transparent or translucent material with a backing of
reflecting material or patterned to give an attractive
effect.
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17.6 for transparent bodies with luminous means.
41 for transparent bodies enclosing live bait.
Subclass:
42.34
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.32. Lures having
a body (1) formed with a pitted, roughened, ridged, etc.,
surface, for attracting fish, usually by imitating the skin
of a fish or other live bait or by reflecting light, or (2)
provided with indentations or projecting members which may be
reflectors or simulations of eyes, feelers, or similar body
parts.
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42.02 for movably attached rigid appendages actuated by line
surge and with biased reaction.
42.11 for movably attached rigid appendages on lure bodies.
42.24 for flexible appendages on lure bodies.
42.45 for fixed, rigid vanes on solid bodies.
42.5 for fixed, rigid vanes on spoon-type bodies.
Subclass:
42.35
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures
constructed with a hollow interior for various reasons, such
as buoyancy, materials and methods of construction, etc.
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26.2 for hollow bodies containing motors to operate the lure
or members thereof.
41 for food containing hollow baits.
42.06 for lure bodies having openings or passages for water
flow or carrying substances to be emitted during use.
42.07 for hollow bodies containing luminous substances or
illuminating means.
42.1 for hollow, flexible bodies housing or guarding hooks.
42.22 for hollow bodies having means for changing the air,
water or weight content to adjust buoyancy.
42.33 for hollow transparent or translucent bodies
containing reflectors or ornamental material.
Subclass:
42.36
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures having a
direct hook to line connection which either passes through
the body of the lure or is fixedly attached along the length
of the body.
(1) Note. When the hook to line connector is merely an eye
or loop to which the lure is also connected, the patent is
classified on the characteristics of the bait itself.
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42.05 for hook and line connections extending through the
lure body, the body being shiftable along the line or line
connector when a strike is made or by the pressure exerted by
the fish.
42.08 for interlocked hook, lure and line connections.
42.19 for lure bodies rotatably mounted on a shaft which
forms the hook to line connection.
Subclass:
42.37
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures formed by
a body mounted solely on a hook, the hook being directly
connected to the line or to a leader connected to the line.
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42.1 for flexible lure bodies mounted on hooks to house or
guard the same.
42.25 for fly type lures made of fibers, strands, feathers,
etc., secured to a hook shank.
Subclass:
42.38
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.37. Lures, in
which the body is detachably mounted on the hook.
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42.24 for detachable, flexible bait strips mounted on hook
and forming the body of the lure.
42.29 for detachable bait strips, such as pork rinds,
mounted on the lure body.
44.8 for holders for natural bait mounted on, integral with,
or rigidly connected to the hook.
Subclass:
42.39
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures which have
weights as components of or additions to the body of the
lure, for reasons such as balance, diving, etc.
(1) Note. Lure bodies consisting of a sinker or weight and
bodies shaped for unbalance are not considered weights in the
meaning of this subclass.
Subclass:
42.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures with means
or arrangements for guarding the body or the hook or both,
against the catching or snagging of weeds, marine plant
growth, submerged logs, or for nonuse, constituted either by
multiple hooks arranged to guard each other or by the
relation of the lure body to the hook or by wire or other
projecting or opposed elements protecting the lure body, hook
or hook points.
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25.2 for rod attached hook holders which guard the point of
the hook while not in use.
42.04 for lures with hooks shiftable on strike from a
guarded position to a position better adapted to hold the
hooked fish.
42.1 for flexible body hook housing and guarding means.
42.28 for lures with flexible trailing means which precede
or surround the hook and act as a guard.
43.2 for guards for hooks and guards for bait holders for
natural bait.
Subclass:
42.41
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.4. Lures with a
weed guard element for the attached hooks constructed so the
hook or hook point is guarded by being housed within or
located adjacent to a slot or depression in a lure body. The
hooks are either loosely or flexibly attached so they can
impale the fish upon its strike.
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42.1 for hooks guarded by being housed in or closely
associated with a flexible body.
42.44 for hooks pivotally attached to a lure and having
motion limiting means which tend to keep the hook from
becoming entangled with weeds, etc.
Subclass:
42.42
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.4. Lures with
weed guard elements projecting downwardly to guard the hooks
or body and hooks against vegetation passing underneath or
fend the bait off the bottom.
Subclass:
42.43
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.42. Lures, with
weed guards formed by elements projecting from a point
forward of the hook point, and which substantially close or
cover the point of the hook.
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43.6 for hooks with hook closing guards.
Subclass:
42.44
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures with
pivotally attached hooks and means to limit the plane or
extent of swing of the hooks, as by abutments provided by the
edges of a recess or slot, or by stops on the hook holding
clamp, etc.
Subclass:
42.45
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures, the
cross-section of which is an area rather than a line; for
example, minnows and blunt nosed bodies such as plugs.
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42.15 42.16, and 42.17, for such lure members forming one or
more members of a movably connected series.
42.21 for solid body spinners mounted for rotation on a
shaft.
42.35 for hollow lure bodies.
Subclass:
42.46
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.45. Lures of the
type in which the main body part either is in the form of a
spiral or has integral or rigidly attached oppositely turned
vanes to produce body rotation.
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42.11 for plural lures or movably connected rigid body
parts, one or more of which may be designed to spin.
42.2 for spiral bodies or bodies vaned for spinning about a
shaft.
42.51 for spoon bodies in spiral shape or vaned for
spinning.
Subclass:
42.47
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.45. Lures in
which the body has rigidly attached sheet material plates or
vanes for diving, guiding, etc.
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42.22 for similar plates or vanes adjustably mounted on the
lure body.
Subclass:
42.48
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.45. Lures in
which the lure has the nose and sometimes also the body
proper formed for producing erratic motion or diving and
rising when the bait is drawn through the water.
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42.47 for solid body lures having an attached plate or vane
for producing erratic motion.
Subclass:
42.49
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures adapted
(1) for attaching the lure to the line by means other than a
mere eye or loop on the line or line connector, or a mere eye
or hole on or in the lure body, or (2) for attaching the lure
to the line at points other than the margin or extremity of
the lure body.
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42.08 for interlocked line, lure and hook connections.
42.19 for lines rotatably mounted or attached to a shaft.
42.23 for adjustable or selective lure to line attachments.
42.36 for lures having a hook to line connection extending
through or along the body.
44.83 for attaching devices for hooks only.
Subclass:
42.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Lures, the
cross-section of which is a line rather than an area, and
which have a curved or troughed cross-section in at least one
plane.
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42.18 for plural lures or movably connected rigid body
parts, all of sheet material.
42.19 for sheet material spinners rotatably mounted on a
shaft.
Subclass:
42.51
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.5. Lures either
in the form of a spiral or with fixed oppositely turned vanes
to produce body rotation.
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42.11 for plural lures or movably connected lure members,
one or more of which may be vaned or shaped for spinning.
42.2 for spiral bodies or bodies with oppositely turned
vanes for spinning about a shaft.
42.46 for solid bodies in spiral shape or vaned for
spinning.
Subclass:
42.52
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.5. Lures in which
the hook or hooks are attached rigidly or for nonpivoted
movement, or in which the hook or hooks are attached at a
point inward from the margin of the spoon.
Subclass:
42.53
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Methods of
making and constructing lures not otherwise classified.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
28, Textiles: Manufacturing, appropriate subclasses, for
methods of preparing strands, fibers, and other materials
which could be used to form bodies or body parts of lures.
29, Metal Working, subclass 9 for machines and processes for
making fishhooks.
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, appropriate
subclasses especially subclass 362 for methods of covering
or wrapping materials which could be used to form the body of
a lure or cover it.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
appropriate subclasses for laminating methods of covering
lure bodies.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 439+ for
winding an article by orbiting an elongated material about
the article and subclasses 443+ for winding an article by
rotating the article, which winding may be for the purpose of
snelling a fishing hook, making an artificial lure, or
holding a hook or lure during winding.
300, Brush, Broom, and Mop Making, appropriate subclasses for
methods and machines for making brushes, brooms, and the
like, generally involving arranging the fastening fibers,
feathers, and the like.
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and
Products, subclass 1 for edible baits and processes relating
to same.
Subclass:
42.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Apparatus having
a plurality of hooks or tines arranged on a rigid support or
mounting means in such a way as not to be taken into the
mouth of the fish, but to snag or pierce the body of the fish
or shell fish.
(1) Note. Shellfish, sponges, etc., may be taken by these
rigs. In the case of shellfish, the tines may enter the open
shell to be gripped thereby.
(2) Note. There may be bait or lures associated with the
device, but it is not "set" in the usual manner in the mouth
of a fish.
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43.16 for hooks, and particularly subclass 44.82, for those
having plural piercing points adapted to be taken into or
"set" in the mouth of a fish.
Subclass:
42.72
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Line fishing
apparatus having a resilient element or organization usually
in the hook or line to absorb shocks and ease the stresses on
the tackle.
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18.1 for fishing rods having resilient features.
Subclass:
42.74
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Line fishing
apparatus utilizing a plurality of hooks or hook-carrying
lines and having means functioning to keep the hooks or lines
spaced apart from each other to prevent or minimize fouling
of the rig.
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27.4 for a "set" or "trawl" line carrying a plurality of
hooks or hooked lines.
Subclass:
43.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Fishing apparatus
including (1) devices attachable to and usable on fishing
lines to perfect or promote control of the line or capture of
the fish, and (2) line rigs or outfits utilizing such
devices.
(1) Note. The term "attach" as used herein is intended to be
generic to "affix" but the latter term is used with the
connotation of securing or non-movably attaching.
(2) Note. Hooks, sinkers, floats, guiding vanes, stops and
similar means which are employed on the line during the
fishing operation are included in the term "devices".
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subclasses 15+ for fishing floats and other line attached
bodies which include automatic hooking features.
subclasses 42+ for artificial lures.
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24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., appropriate subclasses
particularly subclass 115, for fasteners, per se, used for
line end or leader end connections.
59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, subclass 95 for
fishing swivels having simple loops or hooks for line
connections; other swivels which include a specific fastener
are found in Class 24, in the appropriate fastener
subclasses.
73, Measuring and Testing, subclasses 305+ for float type
gauges functioning solely to measure liquid level or depth.
Subclass:
43.11
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.1. Line attached
bodies having a reel or other line storing means.
(1) Note. The line may be the main fishing line or may be a
separate line.
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subclasses 15+ for automatic hooking devices which may
include a line-storing float.
Subclass:
43.12
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.1. Line attached
bodies so constructed or so connected to the line as to
release the entire body or a separable portion thereof from
attachment with the line without any direct manual handling
of the body.
(1) Note. The release may be caused by contact with the
water, as by frangible or water soluble means or by a pull or
strain on the line.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42.04 for artificial baits, shiftable or releasable on
strike.
44.88 for bodies releasable from fixed to sliding connection
with the line in response to line motion or strain.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclasses 572+ for
separable fastening devices, per se.
Subclass:
43.13
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.1. Line attached
bodies having vanes, or otherwise shaped or arranged, to
react with the water upon relative motion thereto to guide or
control the line as to depth, direction, or twist about the
axis of the line.
(1) Note. This subclass includes line rigs having pendulous
weights so arranged as to control axial twist of the line or
rig; these are usually associated with a swivel in the line.
(2) Note. Swivel devices, per se, are excluded and will be
found in the appropriate fastening or coupling class.
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42.11 42.19+, and 42.45+, for artificial baits shaped for
spinning or irregular motion.
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24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., see (2) Note.
59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, see (2) Note.
403, Joints and Connections, see (2) Note, above.
Subclass:
43.14
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.1. Bodies having
means for adjusting or varying the weight and/or buoyancy of
the body.
(1) Note. Frangible sinkers are included where the tearing
or breaking is for the purpose of adjusting the weight to be
attached to the line.
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42.22 for artificial baits having means for adjusting
weight, buoyancy or position of the lure body.
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102, Ammunition and Explosives, subclasses 406+, and
particularly subclass 414 for means for adjusting the
buoyancy of a submarine mine.
Subclass:
43.15
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.1. Apparatus
including a plurality of bodies separately attached to a line
or strand, the bodies being of diverse types.
(1) Note. The bodies may be formed in the line, as knots,
and may include arrangements such as a sliding body on the
line and a knot in the line acting as a stop.
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subclasses 42+ for similar combinations where one of the
elements is an artificial lure.
44.81 for weighted hooks where the sinker is formed with the
hook and the assembly has a single point of attachment to the
line.
44.82 for hooks with plural piercing points which may
include a plurality of individual hooks assembled into a
unitary device or body.
Subclass:
43.16
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.1. Line fishing
apparatus having devices usually in the form of a hook with a
pointed bill arranged to be connected to the line or to a
lure and adapted to be engaged in the mouth of a fish to
permit the capture of the fish.
(1) Note. So-called "crab hooks" which usually have means
for retaining a bait and which depend on the tenacity of the
grip of the crab rather than being engaged in its mouth are
excluded from this and the indented subclasses and will be
found in subclass 43.1 above.
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5 for gaff hooks guided by the fishing line to "gaff" a fish
caught on a line attached hook.
6 for harpoons and spears.
subclasses 34+ for trap hooks and see the definition and
notes to that subclass for the line.
42.7 for snagging or jigging hook devices.
43.1 see (1) Note.
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294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 26
for fish gaff hooks.
Subclass:
43.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.16. Fishing hooks
with means and arrangements guarding against the catching or
snagging of weeds, marine plant growth, submerged logs, etc.,
constituted, for example, by single and multiple wire
elements preceding or adjacent to the hooks and arrangements
of multiple hooks to guard each other.
(1) Note. Certain of these are known as "weedless", hooks.
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25.2 for rod attached hook holders which guard the point of
the hook when not in use.
35 for trap-hooks which act as guards.
42.1 for flexible bait body hook guarding means.
42.4 for artificial baits combined with guards.
43.15 for plural diverse separately attached members one
being a hook and the other a nonuse guard.
57.1 for guards or like elements to house an individual hook
or fishing fly when not in use.
Subclass:
43.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.2. Fishing hooks
with weed guarding means (1) constituted by an elastic,
collapsible element extending from the shank of the hook to
cover the hook point, (2) having a shiftable connection
between the guard and the hook allowing them to slide bodily
relative to each other on a strike of a fish, or (3) having
means whereby the pull on the line operates to shift the
guard.
Subclass:
43.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.2. Fishing hooks
which are guarded against the snagging of weeds, etc., by a
single wire or similar element extending from adjacent the
shank of the hook to substantially cover or close the point
of the hook.
(1) Note. Some of these guards serve also to retain the bait
on the hook.
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42.43 for hook closing guards combined with artificial
baits.
44.2 especially subclass 44.8 for means closing the hook to
retain bait thereon but not so placed as to make the hook a
"weedless" type. See (1) Note.
Subclass:
44.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.16. Modifications
of and attachments to hook structure designed to hold bait in
place. If the bait is live, the device is designed to
maintain it in a natural position in that state.
(1) Note. The baits are either the natural food of fish or
are actual foods which are intended to be eaten by the fish
and do not include natural materials which, while possessing
flavor and the possibility of food use, are intended to
remain on the line indefinitely, as pork rinds.
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41 for foods baits which are substantially entirely enclosed
in a retaining device.
42.24 for flexible artificial baits or appendages to
artificial baits which, in many cases, are pork rinds or
other artificial foods of fishes. See (1) Note.
Subclass:
44.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 44.2. Bait holders
and retainers in which at least one element substantially
encircles the bait and holds or assists in holding it on the
hook or hook connectors.
(1) Note. Additional bait holding means of other types may
also be provided on the device.
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41 for baits enclosing live bait or other natural food of
fishes.
Subclass:
44.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 44.2. Bait holders
and retainers comprising separable members which receive the
bait between them and which are either resiliently biased to
closing position clasping the bait or are held in closed
relationship by a latch, slide, or other equivalent device.
(1) Note. The members may or may not have penetrating
points.
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36 for trap hooks comprising two or more hooks normally held
close together and tending to spread apart from each other to
snag a fish biting at the same, where bait could be held
between the hooks.
44.4 for opposed clasping bodies which substantially
encircle the bait.
Subclass:
44.8
This subclass is indented under subclass 44.2. Bait holders
and retainers comprising a hook which has bait retaining
means integral therewith or movably or rigidly mounted
thereon, said means usually consisting of a movable hook
opposing member, a clasp, a prong, point, or second hook, and
the bait having no other support except the fishhook.
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42.29 for artificial baits with means for holding a
detachable flexible bait strip, such as pork rind.
43.6 for resilient or guarded hooks in which a member
opposed to the point of the hook may also serve as a bait
retainer.
Subclass:
44.81
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.16. Fishing hooks
having a weight or sinker attached thereto.
(1) Note. The weight may be used to fasten together the
associated parts of a hook.
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43.13 for hooks with weights in the form of vanes or
otherwise shaped or arranged to guide the hook or control
twist thereof in trolling.
Subclass:
44.82
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.16. Hooks having
more than one point for piercing the mouth of the fish.
(1) Note. The hook may have only one shank or may comprise a
plurality of individually complete hooks intimately
associated.
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42.7 for snagging or jigging devices not intended to be
taken into the mouth of the fish.
Subclass:
44.83
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.16. Hooks
including means for rigging or attaching to a line or
leader.
(1) Note. Mere swivels or fastening devices adapted to be
serially connected in a fishing line are classified in the
appropriate outside class where there provided for, with the
exception of the special types set out in the indented
subclasses.
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24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., particularly subclasses
369+ for double-ended or multiple type fasteners, and
subclasses 598.4+ for a snap hook type separable - fastener,
and see (1) Note for the line.
59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, subclass 95 for
mere swivels having eyes or open hooks for line attachment
and see (1) Note for the line.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 439+ for
winding an article by orbiting an elongated material about
the article and subclasses 443+ for winding an article by
rotating the article, which winding may be for the purpose of
snelling a fishing hook, making an artificial lure, or
holding a hook or lure during winding.
403, Joints and Connections, subclass 164 for a swivel
wherein a rod or strand end forms a part of the swivel
joint.
Subclass:
44.84
This subclass is indented under subclass 44.83. Connections
for connecting hooks laterally into the fishing line.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclasses 115+ for
other cord and rope holders, some of which might be useful
for connecting hooks laterally into a fishing line.
Subclass:
44.85
This subclass is indented under subclass 44.84. Connections
wherein the point of attachment to the line is adjustable
along the line.
(1) Note. The connection is considered to be adjustable even
though it requires that the connection be undone in order
that it may be moved, provided however that the undoing
requires no cutting of lines or untying of knots in the line.
Usually the line is merely looped or laced or led through a
tortuous path.
Subclass:
44.86
This subclass is indented under subclass 44.83. Hook
connections in which the hook shank or some part of its
connecting devices is gripped by a chuck or is otherwise
secured by a sleeve or ring element which moves to grip or
enclose some part of the fastening to prevent displacement or
separation of the elements.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclass 126 and 136 for
cord and rope connectors or holders in which the rope is
gripped by a sliding collar on a tapering member, and
subclasses 598.4+ for a snap hook type separable - fastener.
Subclass:
44.87
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.1. Line attached
bodies so constructed and arranged that (1) by change in
position or addition, deletion, or substitution of parts, or
(2) by change in the rigging thereof on the line, relative
motion between the body and the line may be selectively
permitted or prevented.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42.04 for artificial baits shifting relative to the line on
the strike of a fish.
43.12 for line attached bodies wherein the whole or any
separable part thereof may be released from attachment to the
line.
Subclass:
44.88
This subclass is indented under subclass 44.87. Line attached
bodies wherein a strain imposed on the line or motion
imparted to the line functions to actuate an affixing
connection between the line and the body.
(1) Note. The connection may be actuated by contact of the
body with the tip of a fishing rod as the line is reeled in.
(2) Note. The affixing connection may be actuated to grip or
to release the line.
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73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 315 for float type
gauges functioning solely to measure liquid level or depth
and provided with means to lock the float against motion.
Subclass:
44.89
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.1. Bodies,
usually sinkers wherein the line attachment is effected by
bending or deforming the body or some part thereof, the
material of which is not resiliently elastic and tends to
remain in the bent or deformed position.
Subclass:
44.9
Bodies under subclasses 43.1+ having an opening through the
center thereof, usually axially of an elongated body, for the
passage of the line therethrough.
(1) Note. The opening may be in the form of a hole or bore,
or may be in the form of a slot or kerf if the slot provides
a line passage at the center or axis of the body.
Subclass:
44.91
This subclass is indented under subclass 44.9. Bodies having
means effective to grip the line to affix the body thereto.
(1) Note. These bodies usually are floats or "fishing
bobs".
Subclass:
44.92
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.1. Bodies having
two or more parts relatively movable one to another, or
having resilient material which is temporarily deformed to
effect the attachment to the line.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
44.9 for bodies with relatively movable parts or resilient
construction wherein the line passes through the center of
the body.
Subclass:
44.93
This subclass is indented under subclass 44.92. Bodies
wherein one of the movable parts is a wedge or ring type
element and is arranged to effect the attachment of the body
to the line.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
44.91 for bodies wherein the line passes through the center
of the body and a movable or resilient part engages the line
to affix the body to the line.
Subclass:
44.94
This subclass is indented under subclass 44.92. Bodies having
a stem extending therefrom and means in the form of a coil,
spiral, or pigtail usually of resilient wire surrounding the
stem whereby the line may be manipulated to lie between the
stem and the coil means to effect the attachment of the body
to the line.
Subclass:
44.95
This subclass is indented under subclass 44.92. Bodies having
resilient portions or devices for gripping or clamping the
line.
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44.91 for bodies wherein the line passes through the center
of the body and a movable or resilient part engages the line
to affix the body to the line.
44.94 for bodies wherein the resilient means is in the form
of a coil or the like, wrapped around a stem on the body.
Subclass:
44.96
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.1. Line attached
bodies constructed and arranged to sink in the water and to
rest on the bottom and having means to engage in the material
on the bottom; for example, flukes or spikes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
114, Ships, subclasses 294+ for anchors disclosed for uses
other than or in addition to fishing.
Subclass:
44.97
This subclass is indented under subclass 43.1. Line attached
bodies constructed and arranged to sink to the bottom of a
body of water and having means (1) to prevent or minimize
fouling or catching on rough bottoms or on marine growth or
other obstacles, or (2) to permit the effective line
attaching point to shift or otherwise cause the sinker to
tend to free itself from obstacles upon mere pulling of the
line by the fisherman.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
43.12 for sinkers and the like which are detached from the
line when caught on an obstacle.
Subclass:
44.98
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Apparatus
including determinate lengths of line and the like
constructed and arranged to promote or facilitate the
handling of the line and/or fishing rig, as in casting or the
catching of fish as by "invisible" leaders.
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57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, subclasses
200+ for a twisted or twined strand of indeterminate
length.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses
364+ for a coated or structurally defined strand or
filament not specifically provided for in another class.
Subclass:
44.99
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Apparatus having
provisions for containing a supply of food or other material
to attract fish and being arranged to discharge or diffuse
the material into the water.
(1) Note. The line between this subclass and related arts,
such as dispensers, diffusers, and material containing and
handling, is sole disclosed use; where the disclosure
indicates uses other than for chumming, the apparatus will be
classified in the appropriate outside class and
cross-referenced to this class.
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42.06 for artificial bait lures which give off, in their
passage through the water, an attracting material originally
contained within or on the body of the lure.
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206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass .5 for infusion
containing receptacles and see (1) Note.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, subclass 198.1 for
apparatus for adding water purification agents, and see (1)
Note.
222, Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for dispensers of
general use, and particularly 630+ for fluid flow discharge
type, and see (1) Note.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, subclass 34
and see (1) Note therein.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, subclasses 255+
for extracting and leaching apparatus, and see (1) Note.
Subclass:
53.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Devices for
assisting the fisherman in loosening a hook from a fish's
mouth.
(1) Note. The disgorges classified here are implements
designed for the single purpose specified and not of general
surgical application; nor are they parts of combination
tools. Gags are implements for holding open a fish's jaw
while the hook is being removed. Only gags specially designed
for fish are found here.
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600, Surgery, subclasses 184+ and 202+ for surgical devices
related to fish gags.
Subclass:
54.1
Holder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Apparatus
comprising a receptacle or support specifically designed for
use in fishing for holding the catch, bait, tackle, etc.
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21.2 for rod holders, supports or steadying devices.
25 2, for hook and tackle holding attachments for rods.
26 for rod cases which may also contain tackle.
subclasses 41+ for enclosed or protected bait holders.
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206, Special Receptacle or Package appropriate subclasses
for holders of other types of articles.
224, Package and Article Carriers, appropriate subclasses for
holders for carrying other types of articles.
297, Chairs and Seats, particularly subclasses 188+ for
chair or seat type devices with holders or receptacles for
articles.
Subclass:
55
This subclass is indented under subclass 54.1. Holders for
(1) live bait holders and natural bait holders designed to
keep such bait in a fresh condition and (2) holders designed
to keep alive the fish caught by the angler.
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119, Animal Husbandry, subclasses 201+ for aquatic animal
handling and transportation devices, especially fish
transportation.
Subclass:
56
This subclass is indented under subclass 54.1. Live-bait
holders designed especially for minnows which are to serve as
bait. Frequently some means for freshening or aerating the
water and for protecting the minnows against special harm
form a part of the invention. These holders for the most part
are adapted to be transported over land, as well as placed in
water; but in no case is mere fish- transporting apparatus
included.
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119, Animal Husbandry, subclass 203 for fish transportation
included under aquatic animal culturing and subclass 263 for
an aquarium including aerator means.
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and
Products, subclass 1 for edible baits and processes relating
to same.
Subclass:
57
This subclass is indented under subclass 56. Buckets having
an air pump attached, designed to introduce air into the
water contained in the bucket, so as to revivify the
minnows.
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261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, for aerators of
general utility even though disclosed for use in minnow
buckets where no structure which specializes it for use in a
minnow bucket is claimed.
Subclass:
57.1
Hook:
This subclass is indented under subclass 54.1. Apparatus
wherein the specific receptacle or support is for holding a
hook or the hook of a lure, fly or snell.
(1) Note. The specific holding means may also guard or
protect either the hook, the hook of the lure, fly or snell
or the user thereof when the hook or hook portion is not in
actual use.
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25.2 for holders attached to the fishing rod which support
the hook or tackle for facilitating transportation of the rod
or storage of the hooks or tackle.
43.2 for fishing hooks with means and arrangements guarding
against the catching or snagging of weeds, logs, etc.
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2, Apparel, subclasses 171+ for a head covering in general
and subclasses 175.1+ for a head covering having a crown and
crown encircling band; especially, subclass 175.3 for a head
covering having a crown, brim, and hat band, not specifically
designed as holders for use in fishing.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, appropriate subclasses
for holders not designed for use in fishing.
223, Apparel Apparatus, subclasses 106-109, for holders for
sewing equipment.
Subclass:
57.2
Holder for snelled hook under tension:
This subclass is indented under subclass 57.1. Apparatus
wherein the specific receptacle or support is for holding a
hook and its attached leader line, i.e., a snelled hook,
through a pulling, i.e., tensile, force applied thereto or
provided therefor.
(1) Note. The tensile force may be applied by either a
resilient element or portion of the holder or the snelled
hook or by a mechanical force applying means, e.g., a lever.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force particularly subclasses 264+ for apparatus of a more
general nature for applying tensile force to line or cable.
Subclass:
57.3
Trotline holder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 54.1. Apparatus
wherein the specific receptacle or support is for holding a
relatively long fishing line which has attached along its
length a plurality of shorter fishing lines with hooks
attached to them.
Subclass:
58
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
which lure animals not domesticated or take advantage of some
habit of the same and which by reason of some voluntary
action on the part of the said animals catch or wound or
paralyze or kill the same or in general render them helpless,
that man may work his will upon them.
(1) Note. By "animals" is meant all sentient living
organisms which have the power of voluntary motion whether
mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, or insects. While many traps
destroy, they are distinguishable from vermin destroyers by
the fact that animals approach traps of their own free will,
whether impelled by curiosity, hunger or habit. Destroyers
seek out the animals to exterminate them and force them, in
spite of themselves, to destruction. Devices in the nature of
traps for domestic or farm animals--as cattle, poultry, or
bees--are not included. Devices which hold animals for the
express purpose of releasing the same are not considered to
be traps within the meaning of the term as here used. Mere
poison-holders, although the poison will attract animals, are
considered more properly classifiable under
"Vermin-destroying", which see.
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116, Signals and Indicators, subclass 22 for devices for
repelling animals, fish, and insects by means of sound
waves.
119, Animal Husbandry, subclasses 339+ for poultry trap
nests, and subclasses 801+ for catching and holding tools.
292, Closure Fasteners, appropriate subclasses for trap
closure fasteners.
293, Vehicle Fenders, subclasses 15+ for body and animal
catchers and retainers for vehicle-fenders.
Subclass:
59
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices designed
to catch thieves and burglars and prevent their escape and
having no function additional to entrapping and sometimes
raising an alarm.
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subclasses 60+ and 64+, for animal-traps which might be
used to catch thieves and burglars.
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49, Movable or Removable Closures, appropriate subclasses for
closures of the type provided for.
105, Railway Rolling Stock, subclass 394 for
train-robber-trapping devices.
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, subclasses
3+ where the trap is manually actuated to release position
by an outside intelligence; subclass 47 for devices wherein
the safe itself is removed from the immediate position upon
attack by an outside source; and subclasses 29+, especially
subclasses 31 and 32 for fluid ejecting devices to prevent
train robberies.
116, Signals and Indicators, subclasses 75-99 for
burglar-alarms if mechanically operated.
340, Communications: Electrical, subclasses 500+ for
electric alarms which are automatically responsive to a
condition. Note especially subclasses 541+ for intrusion
detection, and subclass 574 for holdup detection.
Subclass:
60
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Traps which
capture or make prisoners of animals, especially fur-bearing
animals, so that they are not harmed or injured in any way.
These traps must be set after each capture and are cage-like
in structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 65+ for nonreturn entrances for self and ever
set traps.
74 for rotating door or platform for self- reset traps.
76 for victim reset traps with special entrance features.
Subclass:
61
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Traps which make
captives of animals by the closing of a door or the like,
which is hinged or is slidable at the trap entrance. The
animals usually bring about the movement of the closure by an
attempt to reach bait.
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74 for rotating door or platform for self- reset traps.
76 for special entrance features for victim reset traps.
Subclass:
62
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Traps which
comprise an elevated cage-like structure adapted to fall and
capture the animal when it moves some element of a trigger,
usually in an effort to reach bait.
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68 for traps having an entrance section which sinks with the
victim to carry it to a lower level.
78 for an elevated striker which descends on the victim with
a straight line motion.
Subclass:
63
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Traps comprising
two jawlike parts movable toward each other to inclose and
capture the animal, where the jaws do not grip any part of
the animal's body, but form in the closed position a kind of
a cage.
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88 for jaw-traps in general.
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293, Vehicle Fenders, subclasses 15+ for body or animal
grasping devices on vehicle fenders.
Subclass:
64
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Traps, which
because of their peculiar construction are not set manually,
but reset themselves under the influence of gravity.
(1) Note. Includes also those traps which catch any number
of animals up to the capacity of the trap and by reason of
their peculiar construction need no setting. These traps
unlike imprisoning traps, may capture more than one animal
and frequently injure or even kill the animal.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
77 where some traps are classified which might be regarded
as self and ever set, but which are not within the definition
of the present subclass.
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210, Liquid Purification or Separation, appropriate
subclasses, especially subclasses 348+ for means for
separating solids from liquids.
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, subclasses 47+ for
letter box traps and subclasses 55+ for coin traps.
Subclass:
65
This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Traps having an
entrance so made that once the animal is inside he finds it
impossible to return by that entrance, whether through
physical impossibility or because of some peculiarity of
habit or the like. Tilting trap-doors are not regarded as
entrances.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 100+ and particularly subclasses 101, 103, and
105, for fish traps adapted to be set in water, which are
generally characterized by such entrances.
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232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, subclasses 47+ for
letter box traps and 55+ for coin traps.
Subclass:
66
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Traps whose
entrance is normally closed, as by a gravity door or gate,
which is opened by the animal's effort to get in the trap and
which closes behind him, thus capturing him.
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69 for tiltable platform self-set traps. 71 and 74, for
rotatable platform self and self-reset traps.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, subclasses 47+ for
letter box traps and 55+ for coin traps.
Subclass:
67
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Traps whose
entrance is normally open to the free passage of the animal,
but is closed automatically as soon as the animal is within
the trap; there is a second entrapping compartment designed
to receive the animal, which is frightened by his capture in
the first compartment; as soon as the animal enters the
second compartment or leaves the vicinity of the trap
entrance the latter resumes its open state; but the
arrangement is such that if the animal turns back the
entrance closes in front of him.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
76 for victim reset traps.
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232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, subclasses 47+ for
letter box traps and 55+ for coin traps.
Subclass:
68
This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Traps in which
the animal as it enters steps into a compartment or cage that
descends to a lower level because of the weight of the
animal, thus cutting off his escape, and allows him to leave
the compartment at a lower level, whereupon the compartment
ascends to its original position, thus leaving the animal
trapped in a cage or otherwise disposed of.
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60 for cage-like traps which must be set after each
capture.
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119, Animal Husbandry, subclass 158 for means for dumping
live stock into a medicated or disinfecting bath.
Subclass:
69
This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Traps including
one or more trap-doors or platforms normally held in a
substantially horizontal position by gravity, springs,
weights, etc., but capable of tilting under the weight of the
animal to precipitate the latter into a container below.
(1) Note. These traps are distinguishable from the
nonreturn-entrance traps having victim-opened gates by the
fact that here the animals are precipitated into a container
below.
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74 for self-reset traps with a rotating door or platform.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
119, Animal Husbandry, subclass 158 for means for dumping
livestock into a treating bath.
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, subclass 47 for
letter box traps and 55, for coin traps.
Subclass:
70
This subclass is indented under subclass 69. Traps in which
the platforms are normally held against tilting and will not
tilt to precipitate the animal until the latter has moved
some portion of a trigger mechanism, such as a bait-holder, a
treadle, or the like.
(1) Note. The word "trigger" as here used is given its
broadest significance to mean any element or group of
elements performing the functions of a trigger or catch.
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72 for similar traps having a rotatable platform.
74 for self-reset traps having a rotatable platform.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
119, Animal Husbandry, subclass 158 for means for dumping
animals into a treating bath.
Subclass:
71
This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Traps having a
rotatable structure with wings or webs forming a plurality of
platforms operated by the weight of the animal to revolve
about a horizontal axis, the arrangement being such that the
animal is precipitated into a receptacle below, while the
rotating structure stops only because of friction.
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74 for similar self-reset traps.
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232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, subclasses 60+ for
rotatable coin traps.
Subclass:
72
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Traps having a
trigger mechanism actuated by the animal to release the
platform on which it stands and to prevent indefinite
rotation by stopping the rotating element in position to
present the succeeding platform to the next victim.
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70 for trigger-released trap platforms which merely tilt.
Subclass:
73
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Traps which are
originally set by the operator, usually by winding up a
spring or the equivalent, which are capable of catching a
number of animals, and which reset themselves without any
attention after each animal is disposed of.
(1) Note. These traps are distinguishable from self and ever
set traps by the fact that they must be originally set and
that they eventually run down, whereupon they must be set
again.
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76 for victim reset traps.
Subclass:
74
This subclass is indented under subclass 73. Traps having a
door rotated on a vertical axis or a platform rotated on a
horizontal axis by means of a spring or the like.
(1) Note. In either case the animal is forced or
precipitated into a receiver, from which it is prevented from
escaping by the closing of the trapdoor or by other means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 69+ for self and ever-set traps having a tilting
platform.
71 for self and ever-set traps having a rotatable platform.
Subclass:
75
This subclass is indented under subclass 73. Traps which kill
the victim by a sharp blow, usually on the head or back. The
blow usually throws the animal clear of the trap or else
within a receptacle.
(1) Note. This subclass is distinguishable from other
smiting-traps chiefly by the fact that the traps here are
self-reset and from other self-reset traps by the fact that
the animal is killed by a blow and is not captured bodily.
The smiting element in these traps never holds the victim, as
in the case of other smiting traps.
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subclasses 77+ for impaling or smiting traps which retain
the victim.
Subclass:
76
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Traps which are
reset by one victim, so as to be in condition to catch the
next victim, where the resetting is accomplished wholly by
the muscular force of the animal or by the weight of the
animal's body and not by a spring or weight or similar
auxiliary power source.
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subclasses 73+ for self-reset traps.
Subclass:
77
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Traps which
stun, wound, make helpless, or kill animals by delivering a
blow, which may or may not impale the animals.
(1) Note. The blow which these traps deliver usually comes
from above, and the instrument which strikes the animal
usually holds it fast, so that it cannot escape and soon
dies.
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75 for smiting traps which do not retain the body of the
victim under the striking element, though it may be retained
in a receptacle.
Subclass:
78
This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Traps in which
the striker moves in a straight-line path, usually being
guided and descending by gravity. The inventions in this
subclass crush or break the spinal columns of the animals.
Subclass:
79
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Traps whose
striker moves in a straight line and pierces the flesh of the
victim.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 34+ for fish hooks which automatically strike or
snag the fish.
Subclass:
80
This subclass is indented under subclass 79. Traps peculiarly
adapted to trap burrowing animals--as gophers, ground-hogs,
moles, and the like--as they move along their burrows.
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91 and 94, for other traps suitable for use in burrows.
Subclass:
81
This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Traps having a
striker which swings on an axis in the arcuate path, impelled
by spring or similar power. The striker is usually in the
form of a jaw and grips the victim.
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83, Cutting, subclass 372 for a trip-switch controlling the
operation of a cutting means of that class (83) type.
Subclass:
81.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Traps having
devices designed to hold the swinging striker of an impaling
or smiting trap temporarily in a position to permit setting
of the elements of the trap in their set positions.
Subclass:
82
This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Traps in which
the striker is held by a latch engaging directly therewith,
without intermediate elements, the latch itself being moved
by the victim either directly or indirectly in its effort to
get bait, whereupon the striker is released to catch the
victim.
(1) Note. Unless the element moved by the animal touches
some part of the striker and helps to hold the latter in set
position it is not considered to be a direct-engaging latch.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
93 for similar construction in a jaw trap.
Subclass:
83
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Traps of the
direct-engaging latch type in which the latch is so made that
when the striker is swung back to the set position the latch
automatically catches or engages with the striker to hold it
in that position without any aid from the operator.
(1) Note. The inaccurately-styled "self-setting" impaling
traps are classified here.
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83.5 for similarly operated latching elements not of the
direct-engaging type.
95 for similar mechanism in jaw traps.
Subclass:
83.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Impaling or
smiting traps of swinging striker type having means for
setting the striker, other than a direct-engaging latch, and
in which movement of the striker towards set position
automatically sets the trap without further manipulation by
the operator.
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83 and 95, for details of the latching element.
Subclass:
84
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Traps actuated
by explosive force to kill animals.
(1) Note. So called "trap-guns" are classified here. These
traps either kill the animal by means of a bullet or by a
striker impelled by the force of an explosive charge, usually
gun-powder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
102, Ammunition and Explosives, subclasses 200+ for
igniting devices to set off explosive devices.
116, Signals and Indicators, subclass 11, 15, 17, 78, 83, and
87 for detonating alarms.
Subclass:
85
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Traps which
catch the victim by the throat and choke it or which catch it
by some other portion of the body and hold it with a
squeezing action, so that it usually dies; these traps, while
structurally similar to many smiting-traps having a swinging
striker, differ therefrom in that they do not kill by a
neck-breaking or similar blow, but choke or squeeze to
death.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 81+ and 88+, for traps which might choke or
squeeze a victim to death, but which are not properly
classifiable as mere choking or squeezing traps.
Subclass:
86
This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Choking or
squeezing traps having a loop of wire or similar material,
which catches the victim, usually by rising and engaging with
its throat. "Wire-choker" traps are classified here.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
81 for "movable loops" which deliver a blow, usually upon
the spinal column.
Subclass:
87
This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Choking or
squeezing traps in which the victim is held by a flexible
noose originally expanded when the trap is set and
constricted about some portion of the victim's body when the
trap is sprung.
(1) Note. Many of the traps in this subclass merely hold the
victim from escape and do not work any special injury on the
same.
Subclass:
88
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Traps which
comprise two jawlike catching elements separated when the
trap is set, which move toward each other to grip the animal
between them.
(1) Note. While many of these traps, when sprung, deliver
what amounts to a blow to the victim, they are
distinguishable from smiting-traps of the swinging-striker
class in that the present traps are designed especially to
grip and not to smite and have two jaws moving toward each
other, while all smiting-traps catch the animal between a
single striker and some base, which is stationary. Traps
including a stationary jaw and a movable jaw are not
classified as jaw-traps, but as smiting-traps.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 81+ for single-jaw traps delivering a blow to
the animal, but also holding it, as do jaw-traps, against
escape.
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293, Vehicle Fenders, subclass 16 for vehicle fenders having
laterally closable body traps.
Subclass:
89
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Jaw-traps which
are hung or suspended upon a line or similar support. The
jaws of many of these are hook-like in structure, and the
traps themselves are usually designed to catch fish.
(1) Note. All those trap-hooks which include two
spring-actuated hooks movable toward each other are
classified here.
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subclasses 34+ for other trap hooks.
96 for jaw-trap supports designed to hold the traps under
water in proper position.
Subclass:
90
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Jaw-traps where
the invention lies in some modification of the jaw
structure.
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81, Tools, subclass 186 for wrench jaw faces.
Subclass:
91
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Jaw-traps
comprising two parallel rods carrying jaws at one end and
oscillated, when sprung, to move said jaws toward each other
to entrap an animal. These traps are usually designed for use
in burrows.
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81 for burrow type impaling traps.
Subclass:
92
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Jaw-traps where
the invention lies in some modification of the trigger
mechanism or some part thereof. All elements which assist in
holding the jaws in set position and release the jaws when
the trap is sprung are considered parts of the trigger
mechanism.
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70 and 72, for other traps where the invention resides
largely in the trigger mechanism.
Subclass:
93
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Jaw-traps where
the invention lies in such a modification of the trigger
mechanism that one of the jaws or the trap-spring is engaged
directly by an element which is designed, to be moved by the
victim in its effort to get the bait, whereupon the jaws are
released to catch the victim.
(1) Note. If there are intermediate parts between the
element moved by the victim and the element which holds the
jaws set, the trigger is not regarded as a direct-engaging
trigger.
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82 for similar devices for traps with swinging striker.
Subclass:
94
This subclass is indented under subclass 93. Jaw-traps having
a trigger introduced between two spring-jaws and holding the
latter part by its interposition.
(1) Note. The trigger may be a rigid element (wedge-trigger)
designed to be knocked out of engagement with the jaws of the
victim, whereupon the jaws close upon the latter. It may be a
joined element (toggle-trigger) parts of which are in a
straight line when the trap is set, and which is moved by the
victim at the joint or hinge, whereupon the trigger bends and
the trap-jaws approach each other to catch the animal. The
traps in this subclass are specially adaptable for burrows.
Subclass:
95
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Jaw-traps
frequently but not necessarily, of the
direct-engaging-trigger type, in which the trigger mechanism
is so fashioned that when the trap parts are swung to the set
position the trigger automatically engages with and holds
some part of the trap, so that it is maintained in the set
position without any further aid from the operator. So called
"self-setting" jaw-traps are classified here.
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83 and 83.5, for "self-setting" swinging striker traps.
Subclass:
96
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Devices
comprising attachments for jaw-traps not classifiable in
other jaw-trap subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
58 for miscellaneous trap attachments not classifiable
elsewhere.
Subclass:
97
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Jaw-trap
appurtenances designed to aid in setting the traps,
especially to hold the jaws while the trigger mechanism is
being manipulated. These devices may be permanent attachments
for the traps or may be separate implements.
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81.5 for auxiliary striker holders for swinging striker
traps.
83 and 95, for automatic catches.
Subclass:
98
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Traps which are
designed to attract animals to a position where they will
receive an electric shock, which either kills them at once or
so injures them as to make them helpless and kills them in
the course of time.
(1) Note. Here are classified also traps which paralyze
their victims by an electric current where the electricity is
the medium which is depended upon to capture, although other
means may eventually kill the animals. Electro cutting-traps
especially adapted for insects are excluded.
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112 for devices for electro cutting insects.
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256, Fences, subclass 10 for wire fences charged with
electricity.
Subclass:
99
This subclass is indented under subclass 98. Traps in which
the arrangement is such that the bodies of the paralyzed or
dead animals are removed by gravity or by power-operated
means or are at least concealed from sight, so that the trap
presents an inviting rather than an alarming appearance to
the next victim.
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59 68, 69, 71, 74, 75, and 76, for traps having
body-receiving features usually receptacles which conceal the
body.
Subclass:
100
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Traps specially
adapted for aquatic use to catch fish.
(1) Note. Traps which, while designed to entrap fish, are
equally well adapted to catch land-animals will be found
classified with ordinary animal traps.
(2) Note. By "fish" is meant all animals not classifiable as
insects which breathe or pass their lives in water, whether
cetaceans, crustaceans, mollusks, or echinoderms, or those
vertebrate animals with gills and fins more commonly called
"fish". All true fishtraps, however, catch only by reason of
the power of locomotion of their ultimate victims, and
devices for capturing fish which depend solely upon the
motion imparted to them through the water are regarded not as
traps, but as nets, and are so classified. Structures which
will entrap fish when stationary in the water and also when
towed through the water, if they have a trap-entrance or
nonreturn entrance, are classified as fish traps.
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subclasses 7+ for fishing nets.
65 and 66, for fishtraps which are well adapted to catch
land-animals without undergoing modification.
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2, Apparel, appropriate subclasses for costumes for hunters
and fishermen.
147, Coopering, subclass 48 for forms on which fishtraps and
eels-pots are to be made.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, subclasses 154+ for
fish-screens to keep fish out of flumes.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclasses 81+ for
fishways around hydraulic apparatus.
Subclass:
101
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Large fixed
fishtraps consisting of fences of stakes, with netting or the
like, forming successive inclosures, into which the fish are
directed by a prolonged fence called the "leader" and from
which they do not escape.
Subclass:
102
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Fishtraps
comprising a support, usually floating, and a cage, into
which the fish are enticed and which is lowered into the
water and elevated out of the water by hoisting means on the
support to catch the fish. Frequently the cage is guided, and
in all cases it is hoisted in a vertical direction. The cage
may be a fishtrap per se or may entrap only by reason of the
hoisting.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 8+ for net handling means.
subclasses 11+ for dip nets.
Subclass:
103
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Fishtraps which
are anchored in place and are so made that they may be moved
readily from one location to another, as to take advantage of
the tide or current, and which may be taken out of the water
without disassembling. These are to be distinguished from
weirs, which must be disassembled when removed from the
water.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 7+ for fishing nets.
101 for weirs.
Subclass:
104
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Traps which are
designed to be towed through the water by one or more
vessels. These are more than mere nets, being structurally
traps having nonreturn entrances, usually funnel-shaped, and
being by reason of their structure capable of use, when
stationary, to entrap fish.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
9.1 for nets of the trawl type.
14 for seines.
Subclass:
105
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Fishtraps
customarily manipulated by hand, usually baited, and
comprising a foldable net-like structure or a collapsible
frame which is open under water to permit fish to gather and
which is closed about the fish and then hauled up to the
surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
12 for foldable dip nets.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, subclasses 143+ for
foldable tents.
Subclass:
106
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Fishtraps
designed to catch porpoises, which have the habit, when
meeting an obstruction like a net, of jumping over the same.
Either the trap is so formed as to prevent this jumping or it
captures the porpoises after they leap.
Subclass:
107
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Traps designed
specially to effect the capture of insects, but which are not
adapted to catch animals in general.
(1) Note. These traps, as a rule, take advantage of certain
habits of insects which are peculiar to insects and are
unknown in other forms of animal life. Insect traps, like
other traps, are usually baited. By "insects" as used in this
art is meant not only true insects all of which are Hexapods,
or six-legged, but creatures, often confounded with insects,
belonging to the classes known as "Arachnida" and
"Myriapoda", examples of the former class being scorpions,
spiders, and mites and of the latter being centipedes and
millipedes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
47, Plant Husbandry, subclass 24 and 25 for insect guards
and baffles on trees.
114, Ships, subclass 221 for baffles on ships' cables to
keep vermin from reaching the vessels.
119, Animal Husbandry, subclass 156 for cattle fly traps.
449, Bee Culture, subclass 22 for the combination of a bee
hive with a moth control means, such as a moth trap.
Subclass:
108
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Traps designed
to be attached to tree trunks and to catch those insects
which crawl up the trunks.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
47, Plant Husbandry, subclasses 23+ for guards or baffles
for tree trunks.
Subclass:
109
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Traps attached
to and forming, usually, an integral part of some article of
furniture. Most of these traps are connected with furniture
casters.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
119 for insect traps for windows, screens and doors.
Subclass:
110
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Traps which
make prisoners of and frequently destroy insects only because
of some movement of the trap parts by an attendant or
operator, without which the insects would not be caught.
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135 for spring operated insect catchers.
Subclass:
111
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Traps having
moving parts driven by machinery or mechanism, frequently
like clockwork, which catch the insects because of these
moving parts.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
185, Motors: Spring, Weight, or Animal Powered, subclass 37
for spring motor, per se.
368, Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices, appropriate
subclasses for clock-works, per se.
Subclass:
112
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Insect traps
which lure insects upon an electrified surface and which
destroy the lured insects by electrocution.
(1) Note. Only electrocuting traps designed for insects
alone are classified here. Traps which are adapted to
electrocute either insects or other animals are found with
electrocuting traps.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
98 for electrocuting traps for either insects or other
animals.
Subclass:
113
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Insect traps
which capture and destroy insects, especially nocturnal
insects attracted by an artificial light forming a part of
the trap.
(1) Note. The insects may fly directly into the flame of the
light or may dash themselves against an illuminated obstacle
and fall into a receptacle, from which there is no escape, or
may fly toward the light and being dazzled, fall into such a
receiver. Usually a liquid or sticky substance is employed in
connection with the light to trap the insects. Unless an
artificial light or some light not daylight be depended upon
to lure the insects traps are not classified as
"illuminated". Insect traps which use indifferently bait or
artificial light to lure their victims and which entrap
insects whether or not such a light is used are not
classified here. Traps using phosphorescent of self-luminous
substance are found in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
112 for electrocuting insect traps.
119 for insect traps on windows, screens or doors.
subclasses 139+ for traveling suction machines for catching
insects, which may be illuminated.
141 for traveling machines for catching insects by using a
blast of air, and which may be illuminated also.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, subclasses 541+ for
illuminated signs.
362, Illumination, appropriate subclasses, for structural
details of lanterns.
Subclass:
114
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Insect traps
which are designed especially to catch winged insects, as
flies, by providing an inviting perch, or roost covered with
an adhesive substance, which will hold the insects which
alight on the same, or by providing a glossy adhesive-covered
surface having an attractive appearance or so placed as to be
where flies are likely to form the habit of alighting without
noticing the same.
(1) Note. The adhesive may or may not be poisonous. The
traps in this subclass catch insects whether or not they
poison.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
113 for similar devices which are illuminated.
131 for poison holders which do not catch the insects.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, appropriate subclasses
for adhesive compositions in general, not containing
synthetic resin or rubber.
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions,
appropriate subclasses for an insecticidal composition;
subclass 416 for an insect trap, which is no more than an
adhesive coated base; subclass 77 for an adhesive trapping
composition and subclass 84 for a nonfood lure or bait
composition.
520, Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers, for synthetic resin
or natural rubber containing adhesives.
Subclass:
115
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Insect traps
comprising ordinary fly-paper of the "Tanglefoot" type and a
holder or guard for the same.
(1) Note. This subclass does not include mere means by which
fly-paper may be safely transported; nor does it include
insect-catchers which are hand-wielded to catch insects on
the wing or at rest, where such catchers use fly-paper.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
113 for illuminated devices of this type.
Subclass:
116
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Traps for
insects which consist of a receptacle, usually containing a
supply of adhesive, or of a reel-like holder carrying a
flexible band, tape, cord, or the like, withdrawable from its
holder.
(1) Note. Frequently the withdrawn or exposed section of the
tape or band is severed when covered with insects, to be
destroyed like any other used flypaper.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, subclasses 761+ for reel type
measuring tapes.
206, Special Receptacles and Packages, subclasses 52+ for
roll packages and 58 for paper roll dispensers.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclass 390.2 for a
reeling apparatus of general use.
Subclass:
117
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Traps for
insects which comprise an upright more or less rigid pole or
rod serving as a perch or roost for the insects, which rod
has a receptacle for an adhesive slidable thereon. The
receptacle, when moved up and down, coats the rod with the
adhesive and removes caught flies and when in its lowest
position catches any surplus adhesive which may run down the
rod.
Subclass:
118
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Insect traps
designed to catch winged insects, especially house flies, and
composed chiefly of reticulate wire fabric and not
classifiable elsewhere. Most of these traps depend upon bait
to attract the insects.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
107 111, 119, and 121, for flytraps of special types
employing reticulated fabric in their construction.
Subclass:
119
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Insect traps
especially designed to be used in connection with a window,
window-screen, door-screen, or door and which cannot be
readily used elsewhere without modification. Usually the
screen is modified. Also includes screens having integral
traps and traps serving as screens.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
113 for illuminated traps of this type.
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49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclasses 58+ for a
closure combined with means for blocking, repelling or
chasing animals away from the closure or its opening.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
subclasses 12+ for flexible or portable panels and rigid
closures providing for exit of insects which exits are
intended to prevent re-entrance but do not trap.
Subclass:
120
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Insect traps
especially adapted for attachment to or association with
garbage receptacles, which serve as the means for attracting
the insects, usually flies. Most of these traps are attached
to the lids or covers of the receptacles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 58+ appropriate subclasses, particularly
subclass 66 for garbage can traps designed to catch animals
only.
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220, Receptacles, appropriate subclasses for metallic garbage
cans.
Subclass:
121
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Insect traps of
the non- return-entrance type the entrances of which are
reached and traversed by crawling insects.
(1) Note. These traps are specially designed to entrap
wingless insects--as ants, cockroaches, waterbugs, and the
like--though they may catch flies and other winged insects.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
108 for similar traps on tree trunks.
109 for crawling-insect traps on furniture.
123 for bedbug traps.
Subclass:
122
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Traps designed
especially for flies or other winged insects of like habits
and including a trapping-body of transparent material, as
glass, or a body made chiefly of such material.
Subclass:
123
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Traps
especially designed for those crawling insects which seek
shelter in cracks, crevices, and the like.
(1) Note. Bedbugs, chinches, larvae, etc., are the types of
insect life caught by these traps.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
109 for similar traps associated with furniture.
121 for traps for crawling insects which do not normally
seek shelter in cracks.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
47, Plant Husbandry, subclasses 23+ for tree trunk guards.
Subclass:
124
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
and processes the primary object of which is to destroy or
kill vermin without trapping them.
(1) Note. By "vermin" is meant all noxious or troublesome
animals, including insects which are injurious to game, to
vegetation or to domestic animals, and obnoxious or parasitic
to man. Burrowing animals, such as gophers, and insect pests
such as the cotton-boll weevil, are examples of vermin which
are destroyed rather than trapped. Vermin-destroyers, unlike
traps, as a rule seek out the pest, usually where it feeds or
lives, and forces the same to its destruction without making
any attempt to lure or attract it. Any device which first
attracts the animal and then destroys it is classified as a
trap, except as noted below. Poison-distributors are
classified as vermin-destroyers. Mere holders for poison are
also included as more properly vermin-destroyers than traps,
even though the vermin are necessarily attracted to the
poison.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
75 77+, 84, 85+, and 98+, for animal-traps which cause the
destruction of their victims almost invariably. Many other
animal traps, especially of the self and ever set and the
victim-reset types, frequently kill their victims by
drowning.
107 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, and 114+, for insect traps which
destroy the caught insects. Other types of insect traps may
also be searched for victim-destroying features.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
47, Plant Husbandry, subclass 23 for insect-destroying in
connection with treatment of trees and plants.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclass 101 for a
building construction combined with an animal (insect)
blocking structure.
102, Ammunition and Explosives, subclass 334 for smoke
generating for smoke screens or general use.
106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, subclass 15.05 for
insecticidal paints.
111, Planting, subclasses 130+ for apparatus somewhat
similar to poison-distributors and subclasses 118+, for
devices for impregnating the earth with a liquid or gas and
subclass 92 for manually operated dibbles.
116, Signals and Indicators, subclass 22 for devices for
repelling animals, fish and insects by means of sound waves.
149, Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges,
appropriate subclasses.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, subclasses 1+ for
processes and 243+ for apparatus, not elsewhere provided, for
disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing.
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions,
appropriate subclasses for a biocidal composition for killing
or disabling vermin.
Subclass:
125
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Apparatus for
creating or involving fumes or smoke when such fumes are used
for destroying vermin and not for general disinfecting or
similar purposes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
99, Food and Beverages: Apparatus, subclasses 467+ and 516+
for apparatus subjecting food to an enclosed modified
atmosphere and fluid application, respectively.
102, Ammunition and Explosives, subclasses 367+ for gas
generating ammunition and explosive devices.
119, Animal Husbandry subclasses 156+ for anti-vermin
treatment for animals.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, appropriate
subclasses for smoke-producing process or apparatus for that
class.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations
Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or
Inhibiting, subclasses 1+ for smoke or fog colloid systems
or agents for such systems or making or stabilizing such
systems or such agents, when generically claimed or when
there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for
the specifically claimed art.
Subclass:
126
This subclass is indented under subclass 125. Devices used in
fumigating trees, especially fruit trees, to destroy vermin
infesting the same.
(1) Note. Trees of the citrus species, which are attacked by
scale insect, are usually the ones fumigated. Hydrocyanic
acid is usually the insecticide employed. Includes tree tents
or covers, handling apparatus for the same, and all devices
designed especially for the fumigation of trees not of
general application.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
47, Plant Husbandry, subclasses 20+ for tree covers for
frost protection, etc.
135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, appropriate subclasses,
for tents and canopies of general utility.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, appropriate
subclasses for apparatus for discharging fluids generally and
especially subclass 77 and 78 for the mobile orchard sprayer
type which discharges a fluid insecticide or the like into
the path of an air blast for disseminating the insecticide
onto the foliage of trees.
414, Material or Article Handling, appropriate subclasses,
for tent handling apparatus.
Subclass:
127
This subclass is indented under subclass 125. Apparatus for
creating fumes or smoke by combustion, to destroy vermin
life.
(1) Note. This subclass may include apparatus designed
primarily to create a smoke which will stupefy bees, so that
they may be handled; but such apparatus is always capable of
being used to kill, the effect of the smoke being dependent
only on the mixture burned. Unless the fumes result from the
combustion of some substance they are not considered to be
"smoke".
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, subclass 213 for
skywriting devices.
102, Ammunition and Explosives, subclass 334 for devices
under the definition of that class for producing incendiary
or noxious gases or smoke for screens.
128, Surgery, subclass 203.26 for heated vaporizers for
medicaments.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, appropriate
subclasses for smoke-producing process or apparatus for that
class.
Subclass:
128
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Smokers
generally to smoke honey-bees, in which the combustion is
maintained by means creating an artificial draft.
(1) Note. Such means may be bellows, a piston-pump or a
rotary fan. Also includes smokers modified so that a forced
draft may be maintained by apparatus not specifically
disclosed. Usually the substance burned in these devices does
not burn freely and a forced draft is necessary to keep the
fire alive. The draft also expels the smoke, usually through
a nozzle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
417, Pumps, subclasses 472+ for bellows type pumps and
compressors.
Subclass:
129
This subclass is indented under subclass 125. Fumigators in
which the fumes are evolved in any way other than by
combustion from a liquid or solid material, where the fumes
are more or less toxic to vermin or where the heat of the
fumes is sufficient in itself or aided by the toxic nature of
the fumes to destroy life.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
128, Surgery, subclass 203.12 for vaporizers for
medicaments.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, subclasses
128+ for fluid distributing devices of general utility and
which may be disclosed for destroying vermin, and which by
the action of heat or a heated fluid may tend to vaporize the
fluid.
Subclass:
130
This subclass is indented under subclass 129. Vaporizers in
which steam alone is the vapor generated and having a nozzle
to direct the steam in a jet, so as to concentrate the heat
of the steam upon insects in their hiding places, whereby the
insects are killed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
128, Surgery, subclass 203.12 for vaporizers for
medicaments.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, subclasses
128+ for fluid distributing devices of general utility and
which may be disclosed for destroying vermin, and which by
the action of heat or a heated fluid may tend to vaporize the
fluid.
Subclass:
131
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Devices for
holding poisonous material, whether solid or liquid, adapted
to attract and kill vermin, such as rodents and insects.
(1) Note. These holders are not regarded as true traps,
because the poison does not necessarily deprive the vermin of
power to escape after eating the poison. Many of these poison
holders act as guards for the poison, preventing children and
domestic animals from partaking thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 114+ for poisoned fly-paper and adhesive used in
insect traps.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing subclasses 34+
for devices which slowly diffuse or disseminate materials
into the air.
Subclass:
132.1
Insect:
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Devices or
processes for destroying invertebrate animals, i.e.,
insects.
(1) Note. While the specific process of spraying liquid
insecticide is found in this subclass the sprayer apparatus
itself is more properly found elsewhere. See Search Notes
below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 107+ and particularly subclasses 110, 112, 113,
and 114+ for insect destroying traps.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, appropriate
subclasses, for liquid sprayer apparatus, and subclasses 1+
for processes of spraying of liquids which are not
insecticides.
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions,
appropriate subclasses for an insecticidal composition to be
sprayed upon a field or plant and for a method involving the
mere application or spraying of a biocidal composition. Also
see Class Definitions Lines With Other Classes, for the line
between the processes of that class and this.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations
Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or
Inhibiting, subclasses 1+ for smoke or fog colloid systems
or agents for such systems or making or stabilizing such
systems or such agents, when generically claimed or when
there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for
the specifically claimed art.
Subclass:
133
This subclass is indented under subclass 132.1. Apparatus for
seeking out and capturing insects for destruction thereof.
Most of the apparatus is traveling--i.e., it can be propelled
from place to place where the insects are likely to be
found.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
56, Harvesters, subclass 329 for fruit catchers and 330, for
berry pickers.
449, Bee Culture, subclasses 27+ for bee swarm catching
device.
Subclass:
134
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Instruments
carried or manually used which are designed to effect the
capture of insects, usually those infesting cultivated
plants, for the subsequent destruction thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
144 for insect burners.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
56, Harvesters, subclass 328.1 for fruit gatherers.
119, Animal Husbandry, subclass 87 for animal-curry combs
having vermin-traps.
Subclass:
135
This subclass is indented under subclass 134. Hand carried
and wielded insect-catchers having a spring which moves a
member to either crush or smash the insect or to catch the
insect on an adhesive surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
110 for operator-controlled insect traps.
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124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, appropriate subclasses
for rubber band or spring projecting devices, sometimes used
for crushing insects.
Subclass:
136
This subclass is indented under subclass 134. Insect catchers
comprising hand carried and wielded devices which are
operated to catch the insects on the wing or at rest by means
of an adhesive or sticky surface.
Subclass:
137
This subclass is indented under subclass 134. Insect catchers
comprising fly-swatters, except those having a
spring-actuated striker.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
110 for operator-controlled insect trap.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 159.1
appropriate subclasses, for brooms which are similar to
fly-swatters.
473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, subclasses 524+ for
tennis rackets which are similar to fly swatters.
Subclass:
138
This subclass is indented under subclass 133.
Insect-destroyers which catch the insect and which are true
machines or which include machines as part of the catching
mechanism.
(1) Note. By "machines" is meant an instrument composed of
one or more of the mechanical powers and capable, when set in
motion, of producing by its own operation certain
predetermined physical effects. A machine differs from all
other mechanical instruments in that its rule of action
resides within itself. It operates in a specific manner
through agents of a specific character.
Subclass:
139
This subclass is indented under subclass 138. Machines for
catching insects by pneumatic suction for the destruction
thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
113 for insect trapping devices using an illuminator; the
combination of a suction device with illuminating means is
classified in subclass 139 and cross-referenced in subclass
113.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 300.1
for air blast and/or suction devices not limited to insect
trapping or catching.
Subclass:
140
This subclass is indented under subclass 139. Machines of the
suction type for catching and destroying insects, which are
propelled to where the insects are likely to be. Includes
also machines of this type which first disturb or dislodge
the insects by an airblast and then suck them up.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for vehicle
structure, per se.
Subclass:
141
This subclass is indented under subclass 138. Machines,
usually traveling, which are taken to where the insects may
be found and which catch them by blowing them off their
resting-place with a blast of air.
(1) Note. Usually the machine takes the dislodged insects
and destroys them at once, as by some crushing means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
113 for insect trapping devices using an illuminator; the
combination of a blast device with illuminating means is
classified in subclass 141 and cross-referenced in subclass
113.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 300.1
for air blast and/or suction devices not limited to insect
trapping or catching.
Subclass:
142
This subclass is indented under subclass 138. Machines in
which a rotating agitator beats the plants, vines, or bushes
on which the insects are found, usually to knock said insects
into pans or troughs, where they are killed, or onto crushing
means or the like.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
171, Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects, subclass 4, 24, 28,
and 55+ for plant engaging structure which unearths plants,
comminutes plants or removes parts from plants and which may
incidentally crush or cut insects in or on the plants.
Subclass:
143
This subclass is indented under subclass 138.
Insect-destroying machines in which an oscillating agitator
beats the plants, vines, or bushes on which the insects are
found, usually to knock said insects into pans or troughs
where they are killed or from which there is no escape, so
that they may be subsequently killed.
Subclass:
144
This subclass is indented under subclass 132.1. Apparatus
which is used to seek out the insects and destroy them by
heat from a flame or by physical contact with the flame
itself.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 271.1 for surface
heaters, per se, even though disclosed solely for insect
burning and even though of the straddle row type.
431, Combustion, appropriate subclass for a burner or torch
structure, per se, particularly subclass 327 for a capillary
mass having a handle, subclasses 344 for a flame holder and
fuel tank assembly and 345 for a flame holder having an
attached handle.
CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
Subclass:
900
LIQUID INSECTICIDE SPRAYER:
Apparatus for dispersing i.e., spraying, a liquid mass or jet
of droplets used to destroy insects.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
132.1 for processes of destroying insects with liquid
insecticide sprayers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, appropriate
subclasses for liquid insecticide sprayer apparatus.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations
Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or
Inhibiting, subclasses 1+ for smoke or fog colloid systems
or agents for such systems or making or stabilizing such
systems or such agents, when generically claimed or when
there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for
the specifically claimed art.
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