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as of June 30, 2000
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Class 231
WHIPS AND WHIP APPARATUS
Class Definition:
This class includes apparatus peculiar to the manufacture of
whips and also novel forms of whips.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
Machines peculiar to whip manufacture, mostly rolling,
pressing, and shaping machines.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
69, Leather Manufactures, subclass 9 for leather splitting
and skiving machines.
87, Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making.
Subclass:
2.1
Whip:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject
matter consisting of a device having a handle connected to a
goad or a lash, whereby selective contact of the goad or the
lash with an animal controls the movement or behavior of the
animal.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
119, Animal Husbandry, subclasses 712+ for a device related
to training, breaking or exercising a horse or other animal,
and subclasses 801+ for a device manipulated by an attendant
to catch and hold an animal.
280, Land Vehicles, subclasses 170+ for a whip socket
attached to a vehicle.
463, Amusement Devices: Games, subclass 47.2 for a striking
type of weapon for use on a human being (e.g., a police club,
billy, etc.).
Subclass:
3
Whips that can be readily converted into walking-canes.
Subclass:
4
Lashes or snaps for whips.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
87, Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making, subclass 8,
and indented subclasses where the novelty resides in a
peculiar braid or plat.
Subclass:
5
Means for fastening the lash or snap to the whip stock or
handle.
Subclass:
6
Caps, ferrules, or buttons and whip-joints.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying, subclass 18.1.
135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, subclasses 65+ for
canes, crutches and umbrella sticks, and tip structures
therefor.
Subclass:
7
Electric prod:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.1. Subject matter
wherein the device has a goad which is electrically charged
and which, when placed in contact with an animal, causes an
electric shock to be produced in the animal.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
232 for electric charge generating or conducting means
specifically designed to provide an electric shock to a
living being. Combinations of subject matter in Class 361,
subclass 232, with a specifically claimed art device are
classified with the art device. If the art device is not
provided for or is recited by name only (see class definition
of Class 361) the combination is classified in Class 361.
463, Amusement Devices: Games, subclass 47.3 for a striking
type of weapon for use on a human being which includes an
electric shock feature (e.g., an electric prod used by
police, etc.).
607, Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application,
subclass 1 for an electric chair for applying electricity to
the human body including those for electrocution purposes and
subclass 115 for miscellaneous devices for applying
electricity to the human body.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000