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Class 248
SUPPORTS
Class Definition:
This class provides for devices which carry the weight of an
article or articles or otherwise hold or steady it or them
against the pull of gravity, and devices for holding an
article to its support, which are not otherwise provided
for.
(1) Note. Devices having structural features limiting them
to use in a particular art remain with the art.
LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
LINE BETWEEN CLASS 248, AND CLASS 362, CLASS 313/39, AND
CLASS 431
The line between this class and Classes 362, Illumination,
313, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices, subclass 39, and
431, Combustion is as follows:
Class 223, Apparel Apparatus, subclass 120 for supports,
bases and stands claimed in connection with means for making,
repairing or maintaining in condition articles of apparel.
Class 362 takes any combination of a support with significant
structure of the light distributing means or the combination
of the light distributing and generating means.
Class 313, subclasses 49+ is the generic class for the
combination of a support with significant structure of an
electric space discharge device. See Lines With Other
Classes, "Combined with a Support" of the class definition
for the other classes which provide for the combination of a
support and a discharge device.
The mere supporting structure goes to Class 248 and such
supporting structure may include conduits for fuel or energy
and mere cut-offs therefor. Supporting structures limited to
use with lighting devices are in Class 362. Supports for a
light generating device are in Class 248 unless a significant
structure of the light generator is claimed, in which case it
goes to Class 431 or Class 362.
The mere naming of a light or discharge device as the thing
supported will not operate to take the case out of Class 248.
If the support is in itself an essential part of the lamp or
discharge device such as are many lamp bases, it remains in
the art class. In Class 313, class definition, see the
following sections of Lines With Other Classes: "Combined
with Electrical Connector Structure,...(3) Electrodes
Combined with Connector Structure"; and see "Envelopes,
Casings, and Jackets for Lamps and Discharge Devices,...(1)
With Attached Base" for the classification of an envelope
with a base attached thereto.
LINES BETWEEN CLASSES 313, 248, AND 174
See Class 313, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices,
subclasses 49+ for electric space discharge devices in
combination with a mere supporting means therefor. See
subclasses 238+ which provide for electric lamp and discharge
devices which have supporting or spacing structure for the
electrodes or shielding members thereof. See Class 248,
subclass 50, which provides for supports for elongated
discharge or lamp tubes (e.g., neon) where no electrical
features are involved. See Class 174, Electricity:
Conductors and Insulators, subclass 138 which provides for
insulated supports for neon and similar elongated tubular
lamps where the support includes no structure limiting the
device to use with electric lamps. Also, see paragraph 1 of
Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class, above.
LINE BETWEEN CLASS 211 AND CLASS 248
Class 211 is a specific class under the class definition of
this class (248). In general, Class 211 is the generic
support class for plural articles and Class 248 is the
generic support class for single articles. However, Class
248, subclasses 235 - 250, inclusive, subclasses 309.1
-316.7, inclusive, subclasses 500 - 509, inclusive, and
subclasses 511 - 541 inclusive, additionally provide for
supports of plural devices of the same (i.e., nondiverse)
nature, and any of the subclasses in this class (248) will
take plural diverse supports where one of the supported
devices is ancillary to the main device supported (e.g.,
check, label and tag holders combined with an article
support); while in Class 211 additionally provides for
supports for single articles.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, 571.1, 589+, 592+,
621+, and 643+ for supports limited by structure to use with
basins or with bath tubs.
5, Beds, appropriate subclasses for beds and 127 for
supports limited by structure to use for supporting a
hammock.
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., appropriate subclasses
for fasteners. Fasteners such as pins, clasps, buckles, etc.,
are provided for in Class 24, whether simple or combined, as
clasp-pin, clasp-clasp, etc. Combinations of a fastener,
simple or combined with a bracket or stand, are in Class 248,
and cross-referenced to Class 24 when desirable. A mere
fastening means as a plate, integral with or attached to the
base of a clamp, is not considered as a bracket and such
combination goes to Class 24. Bracket hooks wherein the
article carrying portion thereof is in the form of a hook are
in Class 248.
27, Undertaking, subclass 25.1 for corpse chin supports.
30, Cutlery, subclass 231 for shears combined with a support
therefor.
33, Geometrical Instruments, subclass 299 for supports for
sight line instruments.
38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing, appropriate subclasses
for ironing devices combined with supports.
47, Plant Husbandry, 39, 41.01, 42+, and 44+ for plant and
tree supports and flower holders.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 27 for a specific
building structure in combination with a disparate article or
article support.
54, Harness, subclass 84 for fire harness supports.
56, Harvesters, subclass 431, for supports for shocks of
grain or hay in the field,
65, Glass Manufacturing, subclass 361 for glassworking molds
combined with supporting or carrying means; see the "Search
Notes" thereunder.
84, Music, appropriate subclasses, particularly subclass 280
and 421 for supports claimed in combination with musical
instruments or supports, structurally limited to use with
specific musical instruments.
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, appropriate
subclasses for a horizontally supported planar surface.
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, 50 and the
notes appurtenant thereto, for supports for safes, vaults,
etc.
114, Ships, subclass 363 for foot supports for boats.
122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers, subclass 510 for steam
boiler supports.
128, Surgery, 581 for devices accommodating shoes to foot
deformities and remaining in the shoe upon removal of the
shoe from the foot.
131, Tobacco, subclass 329, particularly subclasses 257-260,
for supports and stands, combined or peculiarly adapted for
use with tobacco users' appliances.
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, subclass 106 and 364 for means for
supporting inverted supply receptacles upon receivers for
draining.
142, Wood Turning, subclass 48 and 49 for wood-working tool
rests; subclass 57 for work holders for use in wood turning.
164, Metal Founding, 397 for centering or supporting means
for a metal shaping core.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, for supports
for electrical conduits, cables, conductors, housings and
insulators limited by claimed structure to electrical use.
180, Motor Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for a motor
vehicle having means for supporting an accessory or component
of the vehicle.
181, Acoustics, 200 and 208+ for sound attenuating means,
per se.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, appropriate
subclasses, for a workman's support of ladder or scaffold
type.
188, Brakes, 205 for supports for vehicle brake elements.
192, Clutches and Power-Stop Control, subclass 115 for
clutch supports.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, 300 for supports limited by
structure to use with conveyors.
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, subclass 285,
286+ and 297 for supports specialized for electrodes and work
being treated in electrolytic devices.
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, 409 and
subclass 508 for supports for sifting elements and
stratifies.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, 241 and 249+ for
separators having supports there provided for, and see
subclass 94 of this class.
211, Supports: Racks, for supports for plural articles; see
subclass 29 for supports for shocks of grain or hay in the
field.
212, Traversing Hoists, subclass 189 for auxiliary supports
limited by structure to use with traversing hoists.
220, Receptacles, 3.3, 3.9+, 476+, and 628+ for supports tied
up with the structure of a receptacle as such, and for lap or
leg supported pail holders, see subclasses 17.1+. In
general, as between the receptacle classes and the support
classes, the receptacle classes provide for the combination
of a receptacle plus support: except, the support classes
will accept a claim to a support combined with a receptacle,
wherein the claim (a) nominally recites the receptacle, or
(b) recites only so much of the receptacle structure as is
needed to cooperate with the support, or (c) recites only
those receptacle features which have been modified
specifically to cooperate with the support.
221, Article Dispensing, 186 for article dispensers, not
otherwise provided for, and in which the supply container is
movably mounted for dispensing, and subclasses 282+ for
article dispensers provided with particular casing or support
features in combination.
222, Dispensing, 92 for supports for collapsible wall type
receptacles; 160+ for supports for movably mounted dispensing
receptacles; 173+ for supports for other dispensing
receptacles; and 577 for an inkstand comprising a dispensing
inkwell and a support therefor.
238, Railways: Surface Track, 264 for railway rail
supports.
241, Solid Material Communication or Disintegration, 285.1
for supports for comminutors or comminutor parts. See the
Class Definition of class (241).
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 398 for a support for
a reeling device, and subclasses 130+ and 134+ for a spool or
bobbin support.
249, Static Molds, 205 for mold adjuncts which function to
support mold parts.
250, Radiant Energy, 428 for a fluent material support for
the purpose of irradiating the support with nuclear or
invisible electromagnetic radiation with or without an
irradiating source, subclasses 453.11+ for an object support
for the purpose of irradiating the supported object with
nuclear or invisible electromagnetic radiation with or
without a support for the radiation source or a support for a
detector of radiation from the source, and subclass 522.1 for
supports for nuclear or electromagnetic radiation.
269, Work Holders, appropriate subclasses for work holders as
the generic place for work holders, per se. Patents to a
support capable of general utility, though disclosed as
supporting a work holder but, which support does not include
elements which contact the work, are classified in
appropriate subclasses of Class 248 on the basis of the
claimed support structure.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 137
for article supports having a portion adapted to be gripped
by the hand for lifting and carrying the support.
296, Land Vehicle: Bodies and Tops, subclass 35.1 for
vehicle body hold-downs and supports.
297, Chairs and Seats, appropriate subclasses for a support
device limited to use by a seated occupant especially 187
for a kneeling stand of the prie-dieu type, subclasses 391+
for a stool with resilient surfaces, disclosed as used by a
seated occupant, and subclass 411.1 for armpit engaging props
disclosed as used by seated persons.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, appropriate subclasses for
supports, cabinets.
313, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices, 49 provides for
electric space discharge devices in combination with a mere
supporting means therefor. See subclasses 238+ (of class 313)
which provide for electric lamp and discharge devices which
have supporting or spacing structure for the electrodes or
shielding members thereof. See Lines With Other Classes and
Within This Class, for the lines between Classes 313, 248,
and 174.
343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas, subclass 869 for
loop type antennas with a rotatable support, and subclasses
878+ for antennas with a support for the antenna, reflector
or director. See (1) Note under subclass 700 of this class
(343) for the classification lines between antennas and
supports.
351, Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting,
subclass 38 for adjustable stands or bases which support
ophthalmic diagnostic test instruments or test charts.
352, Optics: Motion Pictures, 34, 197 and 243 for motion
picture apparatus with structural cooperation with supporting
structure.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
409 for binoculars with body support or handle and
subclasses 811+ for lens supports.
362, Illumination, subclass 314 for lamp chimney supports,
and subclasses 453+ for shade and bowl supports.
378, X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices, subclass 20, 68+,
79+, 177+, 195, 205, and 208+ for various means to support an
object combined with X-ray devices.
379, Telephonic Communications, 454 for supports limited by
structure to use with telephones.
381, Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices,
361 and 386+ for a microphone or speaker support or
mounting.
384, Bearings, 428 for bearing mounting, or supports.
396, Photography, 419 for a support limited by structure to
use with photos:graphic cameras.
399, Electrophotography, 377 for holder of original and
subclass 393 for copy medium input tray; all support
structure is limited to use with an electrophotos:graphic
device.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclass 7 for bilge
and keel blocks for supporting a marine vessel in dry dock.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, subclass 297 and
300+ for racks or supports combined with a sterilizer.
431, Combustion, 298 for a candle holder and subclass 343
for a burner having a supporting bracket or leg.
439, Electrical Connectors, appropriate subclasses for
electrical connector; especially 527 for an electrical
connector with mounting or supporting means therefor.
452, Butchering, 185 for supports for meat and animal
carcasses.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
27.1
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for holding an instrument in a panel board opening.
This subclass may include devices where the instrument casing
is modified solely for the purpose of holding it in the panel
opening.
Subclass:
27.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 27.1. Supports in
which the means for holding an instrument in a panel includes
a biased clip means.
Subclass:
27.5
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for washboards. These supports may or may not be
permanently attached to the washboard.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, 223 for washboard
structure.
Subclass:
27.8
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports, peculiarly adapted for use in supporting wreaths,
sprays, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
47, Plant Husbandry, subclass 41.01, for cut flower supports
having watering means. See also the notes to that subclass
for search fields for other types of cut flower or plant
holders also search subclasses 63 and 66.1+ for growing plant
supports.
Subclass:
37.3
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
for supporting cutlery, table forks, spoons and similar
articles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 70.6 for a device which
supports single or plural pieces of cutlery in a stored or
nonuse position.
Subclass:
37.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 37.3. Device having
means for attachment to a primary support and an article
supporting portion projecting therefrom, said article
supporting portion carrying the entire weight of the
supported article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
200 for brackets of general utility.
Subclass:
48.1
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for eaves troughs usually attached to the roof or
wall.
Subclass:
48.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 48.1. Supports of
the wall bracket type secured to the wall of the building or
the downwardly extending portion of the roof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48.1 for both a wall bracket and roof attaching member in a
single device.
Subclass:
49
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for a pipe or cable.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
75 for hose supports.
353 for clothes line props.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
104, Railways, 106 for trolley rails and their supports,
particularly subclass 111.
137, Fluid Handling, subclass 342 for fluid handling systems
combined with support for workmen or nonsystem material, and
subclasses 393+ for fluid handling apparatus with a support
therefor.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, subclass 108 and 113 for a
pipe or cable support correlated with the structure of the
pipe.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, appropriate
subclasses, particularly 40 and 48+ for electric cable and
conductor supports limited by claimed structure, such as
insulation etc., to electrical use, and subclasses 137+,
particularly subclass 158 for electrical insulator supports.
191, Electricity: Transmission to Vehicles, 40 for cable
supports limited by structure to use with trolley cables.
256, Fences, 47 for connections attaching a strand of the
fence to a post, pole, stay, or the like upright having a
structural shape.
Subclass:
50
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Supports for a
vapor discharge tube.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, 541 where the support
is combined with the structure of a sign.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 138
where the support includes electrical insulating structure.
313, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices, 49 where the
discharge device supported is not a lamp and significant
structure of the discharge device is claimed.
362, Illumination, 217 where the support is combined with an
elongated (e.g., fluorescent) lamp.
439, Electrical Connectors, 226 for an electrical connector
to receive a fluorescent or a neon lamp.
Subclass:
51
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Supports which
support the conductor cord or tube of an electrically or gas
energized tool and hold it away from the work.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing, subclass 142 for the
cord holder combined with a sadiron stand.
174, Electricity: Conductors, and Insulators, subclass 69
for extensible conductor structures.
191, Electricity: Transmission to Vehicles, 12 for
conductor cord take-ups.
439, Electrical Connectors, 445 for an electrical connectors
having a flexible or pivoted cable guard; subclasses 449+ for
an electrical connectors having stress relieving provision.
Subclass:
52
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Supports which
are mounted on the tool.
Subclass:
53
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Supports for
the coupling head of a train pipe.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
137, Fluid Handling, 347 for a supported, valved, train
pipe.
213, Railway Draft Appliances, subclass 76 for the
combination of a railway car coupling and a train pipe
coupling.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, 24 for a pipe joint or
coupling with means to guide the parts during assembly and
means to support the same, and subclass 63 for a pipe joint
or coupling supported from a railway vehicle.
Subclass:
55
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Supports which
have an antifriction element, such as a roller, etc., to
provide for movement of the pipe relative to a fixed
support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
130 and 131, for receptacles rotatable on antifriction
elements.
Subclass:
56
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Supports in
which the pipe or cable extends through an opening in a plate
and the support holds the pipe or cable in the opening.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, 17, 50+ and 66+
for electrical boxes, housings, and face plates having
conduits or cables secured thereto.
220, Receptacles, 3.2 for boxes, and subclasses 241+ for
face plates having means for connecting thereto pipes or
cables where no electrical characteristics are claimed.
250, Radiant Energy, subclass 466.1 for self-luminous
fluorescent or phosphorescent face plates, and subclasses
483.1+ for fluorescent or phosphorescent devices generally.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, 154.1 for a pipe or cable and
box coupling, subclasses 136.1+ for a pipe or
rod-to-pipe-to-plate coupling, and subclasses 189+ for an end
to plate coupling, where no feature of the receptacle in
addition to those necessary to define the coupling are
claimed.
Subclass:
57
This subclass is indented under subclass 56. Supports in
which the pipe or cable is positioned between two joists of a
floor or wall.
Subclass:
58
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Supports in
which the pipe or cable is hung from above.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48.1 for suspension devices for eaves troughs.
65 for mere brackets attached to a ceiling or other overhead
support.
317 for other suspended supports.
Subclass:
59
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Supports in
which the pipe or cable may be adjusted in a vertical
direction.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48.1 for eaves trough supports.
Subclass:
60
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Supports in
which the support is flexible by reason of the material from
which it is made or by special joints.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61 for a flexible element which supports a pipe or cable
from an overhead or messenger cable.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, 202 for flexible suspensions means.
Subclass:
61
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Supports in
which the pipe or cable is suspended from an overhead cable.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 41
for messenger cable supports restricted to electrical use,
and subclass 160 for strand supported insulators.
191, Electricity: Transmission to Vehicles, 40 for trolley
line supports.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 119.12 for supports for
clothes suspended from a taut clothesline.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclass 387 for means supported by, and maintaining
the relative spacing between, longitudinal runs or an endless
cable.
Subclass:
62
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Supports which
have as a part thereof a clamp for gripping the pipe or a
ring through which it extends.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61 for a ring or clamp used to suspend a pipe or cable from
an overhead or messenger cable.
74.1 229.1+, and 313, for other supports with rings or
clamps.
Subclass:
63
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Supports which
have as an element thereof a clamp to grip the cable.
Subclass:
64
This subclass is indented under subclass 63. Supports in
which the clamp automatically releases when the strain is
greater on one side thereof than on the other.
Subclass:
65
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Supports in the
form of a bracket.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48.2 for eaves trough wall brackets.
103 115, 200+, and 674, for other brackets.
534 for a bracket type of supporting device having means for
receiving a staff.
Subclass:
66
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Supports for
holding a road guard cable to its post.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
256, Fences, subclass 13.1 for the support with the
structure of a fence as such.
Subclass:
67
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Supports for
supporting the pipe and angle cock of a train air-brake
system.
Subclass:
67.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Supports in
which two or more parts are assembled so as to secure the
pipe or cable therebetween.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, 156 for
insulating parts with conductors received or clamped
therebetween.
Subclass:
67.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Supports in
which the pipe or cable holding element is positioned between
and secured to two substantially parallel arms.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 162
for an insulator positioned between two arms.
Subclass:
68.1
Plural pipe or cable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Support in
which more than one pipe or cable is supported.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
512 for a supporting device having means for receiving a
plurality of staffs.
Subclass:
69
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.1. Supports in
which the pipes or cables are supported by means of a ring
ancillary to the main bracket.
Subclass:
70
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Supports in
which the support has provisions whereby the pipe may be
moved to various positions relative to its fixed support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48.2 for eaves trough wall brackets.
Subclass:
71
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Supports which
have means permanently secured thereto for piercing the fixed
support or penetrating a preformed opening therein to secure
the bracket thereto. This subclass does not include mere
nails or screws.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48.2 for eaves trough brackets, with support-piercing
means.
69 for cable clamps and bridle rings having support piercing
means.
546 for a support piercing or cutting means comprising means
to aid in the installation thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, 164 for
insulator brackets having support penetrating means.
Subclass:
72
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Supports in
which the bracket is clamped to a beam.
Subclass:
73
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Supports in
which the bracket is interlocked with the fixed support,
usually without the use of bolts, etc., but a bolt or screw
may be used to hold the bracket in interlocked relation.
Subclass:
74.1
With ring or clamp:
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Support which
has as an element a holding means for gripping the pipe or
cable or an annular means through which it extends.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56 for a pipe clamp for holding a pipe in a plate opening.
62 for a suspended pipe or cable support with a ring or
clamp.
66 for a road guard cable clamp.
67 for a clamp for the pipe and angle cock of a train pipe
system.
69 for a bracket with a bridle ring for plural pipes or
cables.
71 for a pipe or cable ring or clamp having support piercing
means.
Subclass:
74.2
Resilient gripping clip or clasp:
This subclass is indented under subclass 74.1. Support which
is formed, at least in part, of flexible material and wherein
clamping portions are biased into engagement with the pipe or
cable by the flexibility of said resilient material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
316.1 for a bracket in general wherein the article engaging
portion comprises a resilient clip or clamp.
560 for resilient supports in general.
Subclass:
74.3
Flexible encircling band:
Support under 74.1 which is formed, at least in part, of a
playable ring which entirely surrounds the pipe or cable.
Subclass:
74.4
Separable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 74.1. Support
wherein the ring or clamp comprises a plurality of members
which are readily spaced from each other and which in the
normal operation of the device are apart when the pipe or
cable is installed in the support.
(1) Note. This subclass does not provide for a ring or
clamp comprising a threaded element, e.g. set screw, which is
capable of separation from the rest of the structure but is
not ordinarily separated therefrom when the pipe or cable is
installed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
316.6 for a separable article engaging clamp of general
application.
Subclass:
74.5
Cleat:
This subclass is indented under subclass 74.1. Support which
includes a resilient strip or projection that holds the pipe
or cable in engagement with a structural member or panel.
Subclass:
75
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for a hose and/or nozzle in either stored or
operative position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
137, Fluid Handling, subclass 355.18 and 355.19 for fluid
handling systems comprising a hose support and a flow control
element, with actuation of the flow control being responsive
to hose movement.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, subclass 196
for hoses combined with support means therefor and flow
control elements which are actuated in response to movement
of the hose to or from its support.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 398 for a support for
a reeling device.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 4 for flow regulation
comprising tube compressors.
Subclass:
76
This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Supports which
have provisions for supporting the hose and nozzle partly in
the hands of the operator and partly on the ground or other
fixed support and also means to support them on a ladder.
Subclass:
77
This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Supports which
have means for securing the hose and nozzle on a ladder.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
210 for other ladder secured brackets.
Subclass:
78
This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Supports which
also have means whereby the hose and nozzle may be carried by
the operator.
(1) Note. For handgrips or holders attached to spray flow
lines or spray nozzles, see Class 239, Fluid Sprinkling,
Spraying, and Diffusing, subclasses 525+ for handles on a
supply container and attached spray nozzle see Class 239,
subclasses 375+; for hand carriers for hose and nozzles, see
Class 294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements,
subclass 16.
Subclass:
79
This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Supports in
which the hose and/or nozzle is supported on a receptacle,
such as a pail, tub or analogous device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
205.1 for receptacle-supported brackets.
Subclass:
80
This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Supports in the
form of a stand.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
127 for other stands.
Subclass:
81
This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Supports which
have a pivoted standard.
Subclass:
82
This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Supports which
have a hose or nozzle clamp swingably mounted thereon.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
84 86 and 88, for other swinging clamp hose or nozzle
supports.
Subclass:
83
This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Supports in
which the stand has more than one leg.
Subclass:
84
This subclass is indented under subclass 83. Supports which
have a hose or nozzle clamp swingable mounted thereon.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
82 86 and 88, for other swinging clamp hose or nozzle
supports.
Subclass:
85
This subclass is indented under subclass 83. Supports in
which the legs are made to be inserted into the ground.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
87 for other ground inserted hose or nozzle stand supports.
545 for a support comprising a ground inserted anchor and
means to aid in the insertion thereof.
Subclass:
86
This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Supports which
have a hose or nozzle clamp swingable mounted thereon.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
82 84 and 88, for other swinging clamp hose or nozzle
supports.
Subclass:
87
This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Supports in
which the standard thereof is adapted to be inserted into the
ground.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
85 for other ground inserted pipe or nozzle supports.
547 for a ground inserted anchor and means to aid in the
insertion thereof.
Subclass:
88
This subclass is indented under subclass 87. Supports which
have a hose or nozzle clamp swingably mounted thereon.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
82 84 and 86, for other swinging clamps hose or nozzle
supports.
Subclass:
89
This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Supports in the
form of a rack for storing the hose.
Subclass:
90
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Supports in
which the hose is folded on the rack.
Subclass:
91
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Supports in
which each fold of the hose is supported by a link.
Subclass:
92
This subclass is indented under subclass 91. Supports in
which the link swings or folds to release the loops of the
hose in succession.
Subclass:
93
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Supports in
which all of the links move to release the hose at the same
time.
Subclass:
94
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for a strainer or funnel.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
95 when the funnel forms part of bag holder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, 340 for the support in combination with the
structure of the funnel as such, i.e., where the funnel is
included by more than name only.
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, 409 for
the support tied up with the structure of a sifter.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, 241 and 249+ for
defined separators having supports, subclass 470 for filters
with handles and subclasses 473+ for filters resting on a
supporting receiver.
Subclass:
95
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for bags. These supports may have means for holding
the mouth of the bag open. A spout, chute, funnel, hopper or
equivalent material directing element to which the bag is
attached may be included as an element thereof.
(1) Note. For body supported bags, see Class 224, Package
and Article Carriers, subclass 5 and Class 383, Flexible
Bags, subclasses 33+ for a bag having structure which
maintains the mouth of the bag in an open configuration.
(2) Note. Where the spout is modified to hold and fill the
bag or where structural features of the spout, funnel, etc.,
are claimed, or where flow control, material delivery or
packing means are included, see Classes 141, Fluent Material
Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, and 193,
Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
94 for strainer bag supports.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
119, Animal Husbandry, 65 for animal feed bag supports.
220, Receptacles, 9.1 for a bag permanently united with a
three dimensional self-sustaining framework.
221, Article Dispensing, 282 for article dispensing device
combined with casing or support structure therefor.
258, Railway Mail Delivery, 23 for mail bag delivery
supports.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, 50 for cabinet supports
for stacked folded bags.
482, Exercise Devices, particularly 87 for a support for a
multidirectionally movable, striking bag or pad.
Subclass:
96
This subclass is indented under subclass 95. Supports which
are adapted to be secured to and/or support a conventional
golf bag.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, 315.3 for a golf bag,
per se, or a golf bag combined with a support where the golf
bag is more than nominally recited.
280, Land Vehicles, 47.131 for wheeled carriers for golf
bags.
Subclass:
97
This subclass is indented under subclass 95. Supports in the
form of a stand.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
128 and 146+, for receptacle stands.
Subclass:
98
This subclass is indented under subclass 97. Supports having
wheels.
Subclass:
99
This subclass is indented under subclass 95. Supports
comprising frames for holding the mouth of a bag open. The
funnel or spout may be included as a part thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, subclass 390 and 391 for a removable filling
aid which holds the mouth of a bag open. This Class 248,
provides for a similar device which also either holds the bag
against the pull of gravity or holds the bag to its support.
383, Flexible Bags, for a flexible or flaccid bag, per se,
and 33 for a flexible bag having permanently attached means
to maintain the bag mouth in an open configuration.
Subclass:
100
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Supports having
prongs or hooks for engaging the bag.
Subclass:
101
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Supports having
a clamp for holding the bag.
Subclass:
102
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for supporting a baby's nursing bottle, usually in a
position accessible to the baby.
Subclass:
103
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Supports in
the form of a bracket.
Subclass:
104
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Supports in
which the bracket has an element which is flexible so that
the bottle can be readily moved to the desired position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
274.1 for other adjustable brackets.
Subclass:
105
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Supports in
the form of a stand.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
128 and 146+, for other receptacle stands.
Subclass:
106
This subclass is indented under subclass 105. Supports in
which provision is made for the moving of the bottle to
various positions relative to a fixed support.
Subclass:
107
This subclass is indented under subclass 105. Supports made
of wire.
Subclass:
108
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for supporting paste tubes in a convenient position
for use or display.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, 92 for the support with facilities for
dispensing the paste from the tube.
Subclass:
109
This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Supports in
the form of a stand.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
128 and 146+, for other receptacle stands.
Subclass:
110
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for a brush or broom.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
359.1 for a support which remains with the brush or broom.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
132, Toilet, subclass 290, 308+ and 313 for toilet kits
having brush holders.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, 361 for a brush
container.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, 206 for brush and broom
cabinets.
401, Coating Implements With Material Supply, 123 for the
combination of a receptacle to hold a supply of coating
material and means to support an applicator in a nonuse
position.
Subclass:
111
This subclass is indented under subclass 110. Supports which
have a socket for the reception of the brush or broom.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
314 for other socket article holding means.
Subclass:
112
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Supports made
of wire.
Subclass:
113
This subclass is indented under subclass 110. Supports in
which a clasp is provided to grasp the handle or support or
both.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
229.1 316.1+ and 540+, for other supports with clamps.
Subclass:
114
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for a conventional watch or clock. They may include
an auxiliary casing for the conventional watch or clock.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27 for supports for mounting a watch or clock in a panel
opening.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
224, Package and Article Carriers, appropriate subclasses,
particularly 164, 180, for watch and clock holders for
carrying a watch or clock on the person.
368, Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices, 316 for
the support with the structure of the casing as such or a
modified casing.
Subclass:
115
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Supports in
the form of a bracket.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
200 for other brackets.
Subclass:
116
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Supports in
the form of a stand.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
127 for other stands.
Subclass:
117.1
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for a sadiron or an iron for melting solder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing, subclass 142 for such
supports combined with devices to facilitate a smoothing
operation.
Subclass:
117.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 117.1. Supports in
the form of a stand or base.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
127 and 346.01+, for other stands and bases.
Subclass:
117.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 117.2. Supports in
which the stand or base is heat insulated.
Subclass:
117.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 117.3. Supports
with hold-down means.
Subclass:
117.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 117.2. Supports
which hold the iron in a position with the ironing face
directed upward.
Subclass:
117.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 117.2. Supports
with hold-down means.
Subclass:
117.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 117.1. Supports
with clamp or hold-down means.
Subclass:
118
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for a person's arm or for a person's head.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
5, Beds, 600 for armrests used by bed occupants and for
devices attached to or combined with tables comprising mere
body supports for surgical or undertaking operations.
297, Chairs and Seats, 391 for a headrest for a seated
person and subclasses 411.2+ for an armrest for a seated
person. The line between these classes (248 and 297) is one
of disclosure of the position of the person supported.
Subclass:
118.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Device to
support the hand or arm of a person when writing.
(1) Note. This subclass, and the indented subclasses,
provide for supports used in writing in spaces in which it is
difficult to write without special support; also, supports
designed to prevent fatigue from writing or to keep the hand
out of contact with the paper.
Subclass:
118.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 118.1. Device so
constructed that its height may be adjusted as the writer
wishes.
Subclass:
118.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 118.1. Device which
is movable along a writing surface, during writing, by the
hand or arm of the writer.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 437
for a pen having means, attached thereto, to support or
stabilize the pen and the hand of a writer while writing.
401, Coating Implements With Material Supply, subclass 48
for an implement of that class combined with
work-surface-contacting means to hold or stabilize the
implement during use thereof.
434, Education and Demonstration, and Cryptography, subclass
166 for a traveling hand or arm rest used in teaching
writing.
Subclass:
121
STAND AND BRACKET:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Support comprising a self-sustaining device having at least
one substantially upright standard or leg upon which an
outwardly extending article supporting portion is mounted.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
250, Radiant Energy, subclass 522.1 for invisible radiation
source supports generally.
343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas, subclass 869 for
loop type antennas with a rotatable support including stand
and bracket supports; subclasses 890+ for antennas supported
on a post, standard or tower; and subclass 892 for antennas
with a bracket support.
378, X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices, 193 for X-ray
source supports.
Subclass:
122.1
Having adjustable bracket:
This subclass is indented under subclass 121. Stand and
bracket in which the outwardly extending portion may be moved
relative to the substantially upright standard or leg.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
80 especially subclasses 82, 84, 86, and 88 for adjustable
brackets for supporting a hose on a stand.
106 for brackets adjustably mounted on a stand for
supporting nursing bottles.
Subclass:
123.11
Counterbalanced:
This subclass is indented under subclass 122.1. Adjustable
bracket wherein a load on the outwardly extending portion is
counteracted by a force or influence (e.g., spring, etc.).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
280.11 292.11, and 297.11, for adjustable counterbalanced
brackets.
560 for a support wherein the weight of the supported
article is sustained by a resilient means when in use.
Subclass:
123.2
Via a counterweight:
This subclass is indented under subclass 123.11.
Counterbalanced adjustable bracket wherein the load on the
outwardly extending portion is counteracted by a mass.
Subclass:
124.1
Vertically and horizontally:
This subclass is indented under subclass 122.1. Adjustable
bracket in which the outwardly extending portion may be
reciprocated in both an elevation plane and a level plane
relative to the substantially upright standard or leg.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
287.1 for brackets with horizontally and vertically sliding
joints.
Subclass:
124.2
Via a single device (e.g., one two-way clamp):
This subclass is indented under subclass 124.1. Vertically
and horizontally adjustable bracket in which one apparatus
allows the outwardly extending portion to be reciprocated in
the respective planes.
Subclass:
125.1
Vertically:
This subclass is indented under subclass 122.1. Adjustable
bracket in which the outwardly extending portion may be
reciprocated in an elevation plane relative to the
substantially upright standard or leg.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
295.11 for brackets with vertically sliding joints.
Subclass:
125.2
Bracket moved by mechanical operator (e.g., spring, threaded
shaft, pulley and rope, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 125.1. Vertically
adjustable bracket in which the outwardly extending portion
is relocated along the stand by means of a device intended to
move a load.
Subclass:
125.3
In fixed increments:
This subclass is indented under subclass 125.1. Vertically
adjustable bracket in which the outwardly extending portion
is relocated along the stand at spaced stops (e.g., holes,
cutouts, etc.).
Subclass:
125.7
Bracket specifically designed to rotate about a stand
vertical axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 122.1. Adjustable
bracket with adjustable article support in which the
outwardly extending portion revolves about either the upright
centerline or a line parallel to the centerline.
Subclass:
125.8
Having vertically adjustable stand (e.g., telescoping rods):
This subclass is indented under subclass 121. Stand and
bracket in which the upright extends along its vertical
axis.
Subclass:
125.9
And bracket rotatable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 125.8. Adjustable
stand in which the outwardly extending portion revolves in a
vertical or horizontal plane.
Subclass:
126
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports which may be used as a stand for supporting the
article from a generally horizontal surface or be attached to
a wall or other vertical member to hold the article thereto
in which position the support is in the form of a bracket.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
518 for a supporting device having mean for receiving a
staff, which device includes structure whereby it can be
supported by, alternatively, plural kinds of supporting
surfaces or objects.
558 for a support convertible to a different type by a
rearrangement, substitution, or removal of one or more
parts.
644 for a machinery support comprising means permitting the
support to be mounted in more than one manner.
645 for similar supports for machinery.
Subclass:
127
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports comprising self supporting devices which support an
article in substantially spaced relation to a generally
horizontal surface such as a table, floor or the ground.
They usually have an upright standard, pedestal or legs.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
80 97+, 105+, 109, 116, 117.2+, 469, and 676 for other
stands.
352 for devices in the nature of stands for holding
automobiles in raised position.
519 for a stand or base type of supporting device having
means for receiving a staff.
676 for easels.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
5, Beds, appropriate subclasses for a support designed to
support a person in a reclined position.
27, Undertaking, subclass 27 for burial casket stands also
having provisions whereby they may be carried.
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, particularly
subclass 664 and 239 for racks and stands combined with
added means for causing drying and/or gas or vapor contact
with the solids supported.
42, Firearms, subclass 94 for stands limited by structure to
use for supporting fire arms or stands forming an aiming rest
for fire arms.
47, Plant Husbandry, 39 for stands limited by structure to
use for keeping plants alive.
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, appropriate
subclass for a stand supporting a horizontal planar surface.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 40 for stands limited by
structure to use with liquid or gaseous fuel burners.
131, Tobacco, subclass 231 for stands combined with tobacco
users' appliances.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, 179.1 for a
self-sustaining workman's support.
191, Electricity: Transmission to Vehicles, 66 for street
car trolley stands.
297, Chairs and Seats, appropriate subclasses, for similar
devices limited, as by the presence of a back or armrest or
by the particular contouring of the surface, to supporting a
seated occupant; and particularly 391 for a stool with
padded support surface, and see the search notes to the class
definition of Class 297 for the line.
343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas, 890 for antennas
on a post, standard or tower.
355, Photocopying, 122 for stands limited by structure to
use with photos:graphic printing frames.
362, Illumination, 410 where the stand is limited by
structure to use with lights.
379, Telephonic Communications, subclass 436, 446, 449, 454,
and 455 for stands limited by structure to use with
telephones.
399, Electrophotography, 377 for holder of original and
subclass 393 for copy medium input tray; all support
structure is limited to use with an electrophotos:graphic
device.
449, Bee Culture, appropriate subclasses for a stand peculiar
to use in supporting a bee hive.
Subclass:
128
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Supports
specially designed for supporting a receptacle and in which
the receptacle is movable on the stand or with the stand
relative to a fixed primary support. The receptacle may be
movable on the stand or with the stand to dispense its
contents.
(1) Note. Where the receptacle is movable for the purpose
of agitating its contents, see Class 366, Agitating,
subclasses 53+, 92+ and 219+.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
97 for bag stands.
105 for nursing bottle stands.
109 for paste-tube stands.
127 and 155-188.91, for stands on which a receptacle may be
supported but not specially designed therefor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, 390 for plural supports for the
components of a package (e.g., receptacle and contents) for
access by an operator who manually forms a package.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, subclass 32 for a
ladder convertible for a wash stand.
211, Supports: Racks, 133.1 when the receptacle is a part
of a rack.
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 47.26, 47.31 and 79.2 when the
receptacle is the body of a vehicle.
Subclass:
129
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Supports
having special provisions for supporting and holding a
receptacle in position for use, storage, display or for
manipulating the same, in which wheels are provided to make
it more readily movable.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
98 for wheeled bag stands.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, especially subclass 35, 47.26, 47.31, and
79.2, when the receptacle constitutes the body of a vehicle,
and the appropriate subclasses for wheeled devices used
solely to transport a receptacle.
Subclass:
130
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Supports in
which the receptacle is rotatable about a horizontal axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 131.1 when the receptacle is
part of a rack and subclasses 77, 78, and 164 for other
rotatable racks.
Subclass:
131
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Supports in
which the receptacle is rotatable about a vertical axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
349.1 for other rotatable stands and bases.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 77, 78, 131.1, and 163+ for
rotatable racks.
Subclass:
132
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Supports in
which the receptacle may be moved vertically.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
149 for adjustable supports for stationary receptacles.
157 for vertically adjustable stands.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, 2 for hoisting trucks.
Subclass:
133
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Supports in
which the receptacle is tiltable on the stand.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 80, 81+ and 168+, for pivoted
racks.
Subclass:
134
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Supports in
which the closure for the receptacle is operated when the
receptacle is tilted.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 76, 82, 83, and 84, for racks
for receptacles with closures and closure operators.
220, Receptacles, 810 for receptacles with pivoted
closures.
Subclass:
135
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Supports which
are adapted to form a shipping crate for a receptacle and
which may be converted into a tilting support for the
receptacle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
143 for rocker stands convertible to casings.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
217, Wooden Receptacles, 36 for shipping crates, per se.
Subclass:
136
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Supports in
which the stand proper may be folded.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
166 for other folding stands.
Subclass:
137
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Supports in
which the axis of tilt passes through some part of the
receptacle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
141 for similar tilting cradle supports.
Subclass:
138
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Supports in
which the receptacle is tiltable about either of two
horizontal axes.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
184.1 for stand heads adjustable on double horizontal axis.
Subclass:
139
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Supports in
which the receptacle is mounted on a separate tilting frame
or cradle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
185.1 for stand heads adjustable on a horizontal axis.
Subclass:
140
This subclass is indented under subclass 139. Supports which
are also provided with some positive means for tilting the
receptacle or with means to latch it in tilted and/or normal
position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
142 for other tilting or latch means.
Subclass:
141
This subclass is indented under subclass 139. Supports in
which the axis of tilt passes through some part of the
receptacle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
137 for similar tilting supports.
Subclass:
142
This subclass is indented under subclass 141. Supports which
also have some positive means for tilting the receptacle or
some means for latching it in tilted and/or normal position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
140 for other tilting and latch means.
Subclass:
143
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Supports which
have a rocker so that the receptacle can be more easily
placed on the stand and/or tipped.
Subclass:
144
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Supports in
the nature of bases which swing about a vertical axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
131 and 145, for other similarly movable bases.
Subclass:
145
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Supports in
which the receptacle is adapted to be swung about a vertical
standard.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
131 144 and 202.1, for other similarly movable receptacle
supports.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 77 and 78 for similar
structure in receptacle supporting racks.
Subclass:
145.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Device, so
characterized that when inverted it engages and retains an
inverted receptacle preparatory to the normal function of the
stand.
Subclass:
145.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Device,
including a handle.
Subclass:
146
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Stands
specially designed to support a receptacle and in which the
receptacle remains stationary on the stand.
(1) Note. This subclass does not include stands on which a
receptacle may be supported but which are not specially
designed therefor.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
97 for bag stands.
105 for nursing bottle stands.
109 for paste-tube stands.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
47, Plant Husbandry, subclass 40.5 for related structure in
the form of a base or stand for receiving the trunk of a cut
tree, and having, in addition, liquid reservoir to provide
moisture for the benefit of the tree; in some instances the
reservoir is comprised of a separable receptacle.
53, Package Making, 390 for plural supports for the
components of a package (e.g., receptacle and contents) for
access by an operator who manually forms a package.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 30 for a supporting frame
that suspends a portable cook stove over a fire built upon
open ground or subclass 363.1 for a stand that supports a
boiler receiving hot liquid or steam from stove or furnace
(e.g., kitchen boiler, range boiler, etc.).
211, Supports: Racks, 71.01 for racks for plural
receptacles.
222, Dispensing, subclass 577 for an inkstand; i.e., a base
and a dispensing inkwell supported thereon; subclasses 585+,
for a barometric inkstand; and 457 for a barometric dispenser
of general utility.
Subclass:
147
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Devices in
which there is provided an operator for the receptacle
closure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
134 for operators for closures of movable receptacles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 76, 82, 83, and 84 for
receptacle supporting racks with closure operators.
220, Receptacles, 262 for closure operators on the
receptacle.
Subclass:
148
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Devices which
have special provision for supporting a receptacle on a
sloping surface such as a roof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
237 for roof supported brackets.
Subclass:
149
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Devices which
are adjustable to take various sized receptacles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
132 and 157, for other adjustable stand type supports.
154 for adjustable clamps for gripping the receptacle.
Subclass:
150
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Devices which
may be folded or readily taken apart.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
152 for folding receptacle stands of sheet material.
528 529, 136, 165, and 166+, for other knockdown or folding
supports.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 85 for foldable or
collapsible receptacle supporting racks.
Subclass:
151
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Devices
including legs adapted to be attached directly to a
receptacle and readily removable therefrom.
Subclass:
152
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Devices which
are made up of sheet material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
174 for other sheet material stands.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, 72 for similarly constructed
receptacle supporting racks.
Subclass:
153
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Devices which
are made of wire.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
107 and 175, for other wire stands.
Subclass:
154
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Devices which
are provided with a clamp or hold-down for holding the
receptacle to the stand.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
187.1 310, 313, and 346.01, for other holding devices on
supports.
Subclass:
155
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Device
comprising a stand or stool convertible into a walking cane.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, 65 for canes.
297, Chairs and Seats, subclass 118 for a chair or seat
convertible to a cane.
Subclass:
155.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 155. Device in
which a handle may be detached from the cane and rearranged
thereon to form a horizontal supporting surface, or in which
said handle is hinged to said cane or stick and is movable to
form a horizontal supporting surface.
Subclass:
155.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 155. Device
provided with arms for supporting a horizontal supporting
surface, each arm being pivotally connected at one end to and
extending radially from a central support and connected at
its other end to said horizontal supporting surface.
Subclass:
155.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 155.2. Device in
which the supporting arms are connected to the central
support by a member slidable relative thereto.
Subclass:
155.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 155. Device in
which end- to-end sections of the cane are hinged together or
removable one from the other and rearrangeable to form a
stool or stand.
Subclass:
155.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 155. Device in
which longitudinal sections of the cane or stool are
pivotally connected intermediate their lengths, said sections
being movable about said point to form a stool or stand.
Subclass:
156
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Stands having
means extending into the ground to anchor them thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
85 and 87+, for ground inserted hose stands.
96 for golf bag holders which are ground-inserted.
530 for a ground inserted type of supporting device having
means for receiving a staff.
545 for a support comprising a ground inserted anchor and
means to aid in the insertion thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 153 for a shaft
with an embedded wing-type brace, and subclasses 155+ for
piercing or expanding earth anchors.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 29 for ground inserted racks
for shocks of grain.
473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, 387 for a golf tee and
subclasses 417+ for a projectile supporting tee used for a
playing field or court game (a baseball batting tee, a
football kicking tee, etc.).
Subclass:
157
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Stands in
which the supported article may be adjusted to various
positions vertically of a fixed support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
132 for receptacle stands in which the receptacle may be
moved vertically.
161 for adjustable vertical stands of the standard type.
Subclass:
158
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Stands which
have a vertical standard extending from a base.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclass 88 for
coplanar extension surfaces in which a divided pedestal
supports end sections, and subclass 150 for a pedestal
supported horizontal planar surface.
Subclass:
159
This subclass is indented under subclass 158. Devices in
which the standard is made in sections.
Subclass:
160
This subclass is indented under subclass 158. Devices in
which the standard is flexible by reason of the material from
which it is made or by reason of being jointed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
81 for pivoted standards for hose stands. 104 and 274.1, for
bracket arms having a flexible element.
Subclass:
161
This subclass is indented under subclass 158. Devices in
which the standard is adjustable in a vertical direction
usually telescopically.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
157 for a vertically adjustable nonstandard type stool or
stand.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, 145.1, for a telescopic joint
in serial diverse relatively movable joints, and subclasses
298+ for a variable length coupling comprising significant
internal wall structure of at least one of the tubular bodies
being joined.
403, Joints and Connections, 104 for articulated members
lockable in a selected position.
Subclass:
162.1
Counterbalanced:
This subclass is indented under subclass 161. Devices in
which the adjustable standard is counterbalanced by a spring
or weight.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
560 for a support wherein the weight of the supported
article is sustained by a resilient means when in use.
Subclass:
163.1
Plural leg:
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Stands which
have more than one leg.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
83 for a plural leg hose stand.
155 for plural leg stands convertible to cane.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 47.3 for a plural legged bench
having a wheel selectively engageable with the ground for
moving the bench about.
Subclass:
163.2
Including suspended support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 163.1. Support
wherein an article supporting portion is projected from an
overhead portion of the stand.
(1) Note. The supported article is generally suspended
within a space defined by the legs of the stand.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
121 for a stand and bracket.
317 for a suspended support in general.
Subclass:
164
This subclass is indented under subclass 163.1. Devices
wherein two or more legs are crossed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
155.5 for convertible cane having intermediately pivoted
crossed leg section.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
5, Beds, subclass 112 for a camp bed having folding crossed
legs.
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 118 for a
horizontal planar surface which is supported by mutually
pivoted crossed legs.
297, Chairs and Seats, 16.1 for a collapsible chair,
particularly subclass 18 for nonpivoted crossed legs and
subclasses 56+ for a cross-legged chair where the back and
the front legs are integral.
Subclass:
165
This subclass is indented under subclass 163.1. Devices
which are readily taken apart usually without the removal of
bolts, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
150 for knock-down stationary receptacle stands having this
feature.
164 for knock-down stands having all of the legs crossed.
529 for a knockdown stand or base type of supporting device
having means for receiving a staff.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
5, Beds, subclass 114 for knock-down camp beds.
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 162 or 180+ for
plural related horizontal surfaces with separable or folding
components.
211, Supports: Racks, 189 for a knockdown rack.
297, Chairs and Seats, 440.1 for chair and seat components
connected by manipulated joints (knock-down).
Subclass:
166
This subclass is indented under subclass 163.1. Devices
which may be folded.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
150 for folding stationary receptacle stands.
164 for folding crossed legged stands.
174 for folding stands of sheet material.
528 for a folding stand or base type of supporting device
having means for receiving a staff.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 162 or 180+ for
plural related surfaces having separable or folding
components, and subclasses 115+ for a horizontal planar
surface having folding legs.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 167 and 195+ for folding
racks.
297, Chairs and Seats, 16.1 for a chair having relatively
folding bottom, back and legs.
Subclass:
167
This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Devices which
fold on a vertical pivot.
Subclass:
168
This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Devices in
which the legs are pivoted to a head.
Subclass:
169
This subclass is indented under subclass 168. Devices in
which means is provided to make all the legs move when one is
moved.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclass 123
and 126 for horizontal planar surfaces supported on folding
legs which are conjointly actuated.
Subclass:
170
This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Devices in
which the legs are pivoted to a standard.
Subclass:
171
This subclass is indented under subclass 170. Devices in
which means is provided to make all of the legs move when one
is moved.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
169 and its search note, for legs pivoted to a head.
Subclass:
172
This subclass is indented under subclass 163.1. Devices
which are adjustable to take different sized articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
149 for adjustable stationary receptacle supports.
Subclass:
173
This subclass is indented under subclass 172. Devices in
which the adjustment is obtained by pivoted legs.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
525 for a pivoted leg stand or base type of supporting
device having means for receiving a staff.
Subclass:
174
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Stands made of
sheet material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
152 for stationary receptacle supports of sheet material.
441.1 for easels of sheet material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 135 for sheet material
stands with shelves.
Subclass:
175
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Stands made of
wire.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
107 for nursing bottle stands made of wire.
153 for stationary receptacle stands of wire.
465.1 for easels made of wire.
Subclass:
176.1
To hold a particular article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Stand for
securing a specific device (e.g., camera, IV bag, etc.) on a
substantially upright standard, leg, base, or frame type
members.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
121 for a stand and bracket combination.
309.1 for article supporting brackets.
346.01 for supporting bases.
Subclass:
176.2
Having provision for holding hot article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 176.1. Particular
article stand in which the specific device is designed to
secure an article that would give the sensation of burning,
searing, or scalding (e.g., curling iron, cooking pot, boiler
stand, etc.).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
117.1 for a sadiron or an iron for melting solder.
Subclass:
176.3
Adjustable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 176.1. Particular
article stand in which the substantially upright members are
repositionable.
Subclass:
177.1
Having platform for mounting article directly above
stationary stand (e.g., tripod head):
This subclass is indented under subclass 176.1. Particular
article stand in which a planar structure is attached to the
uppermost portion of the upright standard, leg, base, or
frame members.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
82 84, 86, and 88, for similar structure in hose supports.
Subclass:
178.1
Adjustable platform:
This subclass is indented under subclass 177.1. Platform
above stand in which the planar structure is movable relative
to the upright standard, leg, base, or frame members.
(1) Note. Included in this subclass are means for
controlling the movement of the head from a distance.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
514 for a supporting device having angularly adjustable
means for receiving a staff.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
362, Illumination, 418 for devices for controlling the
movement of a spotlight from a distance.
Subclass:
179.1
Multiplanar platform adjustment at one point:
This subclass is indented under subclass 178.1. Adjustable
platform in which the head or an article securing part
thereof is universally movable relative to the upright
standard, leg, base, or frame members.
Subclass:
180.1
With means on platform to level article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 179.1. Multiplanar
adjustable platform in which a device (e.g., weight) makes
the article substantially horizontal.
Subclass:
181.1
Ball and socket type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 179.1. Multiplanar
adjustable platform in which movement is facilitated by a
spherical portion within a complementary cavity.
Subclass:
181.2
Socket captures ball in upper hemisphere:
This subclass is indented under subclass 181.1. Ball and
socket adjustable platform in which the cavity surrounds the
spherical portion defined by, but not including, an
equatorial line.
Subclass:
182.1
With attached counterweight:
This subclass is indented under subclass 181.1. Ball and
socket adjustable platform which has a weight,
counterbalance, or other means to automatically make the
article securing means horizontal.
Subclass:
183.1
Along a vertical axis and horizontal pivot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 178.1. Adjustable
platform in which the article securing means is both
reciprocated in an elevation plane and revolvable about a
level plane relative to the substantially upright standard,
leg, base, or frame members.
Subclass:
183.2
On a single horizontal pivot and rotatable about a vertical
axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 178.1. Adjustable
platform in which the article securing means is movable about
a fixed axis in a general level plane and revolvable about an
axis disposed in an elevation plane.
Subclass:
183.3
Pivot biased by spring (e.g., coil, Belleville, torsional,
washer type, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 183.2. Pivotable
and rotatable platform in which platform movement is affected
by a resilient member.
Subclass:
183.4
Pivot operated by gear system:
This subclass is indented under subclass 183.2. Pivotable
and rotatable platform in which platform movement is
performed via toothed wheel or rack members.
Subclass:
184.1
On double horizontal pivots:
This subclass is indented under subclass 178.1. Adjustable
platform in which the article securing means may be
reciprocated about two level axes which are normal to the
upright standard, leg, base, or frame members.
Subclass:
185.1
On a single horizontal pivot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 178.1. Adjustable
platform in which the article securing means may be
reciprocated about one level plane and is usually normal to
the upright standard, leg, base, or frame members.
Subclass:
186.1
On a vertical axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 178.1. Adjustable
platform in which the article securing means is raised and
lowered about an elevation plane and is usually parallel to
the upright standard, leg, base, or frame members.
Subclass:
186.2
Rotating about a vertical pivot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 178.1. Adjustable
platform in which the article securing means is revolved
around a generally upright axle-type member.
Subclass:
187.1
Including detailed mount for article (e.g., camera):
This subclass is indented under subclass 177.1. Platform
mount in which the uppermost portion contains structure to
receive and hold a usually complementary portion of the
article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25 154, 176.1+, 310, 313, 346.01, and 680, for other securing
means.
523 for a stand or base-type supporting device having means
for receiving and centering or retaining in that means a
staff.
Subclass:
188
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Devices for
attaching a stand leg to its head.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
151 and 168, for other leg connections.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
403, Joints and Connections, 230 for connections between a
rod and a plate.
Subclass:
188.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Device
comprising supporting substructure for the stand (e.g., leg,
foot or base)
Subclass:
188.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 188.1. Device
including means for adjustment of the device up or down with
respect to the surface upon which it rests or means to
compensate for unevenness or irregularity in said surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
446 for a device for supporting a book in open position
including compensating means for maintaining the two halves
of the open face of the book in substantially the same
horizontal plane.
649 for a machinery support comprising independently
adjustable legs or feet.
Subclass:
188.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 188.2. Device in
which the means for adjustment of the device up or down or
means to compensate for surface unevenness or irregularity
includes means acting without manual intervention to return
the device to a desired position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
182.1 for an adjustable head for an article support wherein
the adjustment is secured by a ball and socket joint and
includes a weight, counterbalance or other means to
automatically level the support.
Subclass:
188.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 188.2. Device in
which the adjustment or compensation means includes
interthreaded elements.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
650 for a machinery support comprising independently
adjustable legs or feet, the adjustment means being a
threaded means.
Subclass:
188.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 188.2. Device in
which the adjustment or compensation means includes elements
which are slidable into or upon one another.
Subclass:
188.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 188.1. Device in
which the device may be collapsed into a structure of reduced
volume.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
166 for a plural leg folding stand.
Subclass:
188.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 188.1. Device in
which the supporting substructure comprises a plurality of
foot or leg-like members, the proximate ends of which
converge at and are attached to a central hub-like member and
the remote ends of which project from said hub-like member in
divergent relationship.
Subclass:
188.8
This subclass is indented under subclass 188.1. Device in
which the supporting substructure is in the nature of an
elongated, rigid member, the longitudinal axis of which
extends at an angle to the principal face of the supported
device, or the lower terminal structure thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
615 for a resilient support comprising a resilient foot.
677 for a machinery support comprising a leg or foot.
Subclass:
188.9
This subclass is indented under subclass 188.8. Device
comprising an attachment for the lower terminal of the
elongated, rigid member (e.g., pad, anti-tip, anti-skid
device).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
346.11 for a caster cup.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, 18 for a caster.
Subclass:
188.91
This subclass is indented under subclass 188.8. Device
including means to provide rigidity and stability to the
device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
351 for a support in the nature of a pole or post arranged
either vertically, horizontally or in inclined position which
holds or steadies an article or thing from falling against
the action of gravity.
Subclass:
200
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports for an article which is attached to a device and has
an outwardly extending article supporting portion including
relatively compact rigid devices even when attached to a
ceiling or other overhead support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48.2 for eaves trough wall brackets.
65 75+, 108, 110+, 115, 117.1, 534+, and 674+, for other
bracket type supports.
682 for article carried brackets.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
5, Beds, 207, 263+, and 304 for brackets for supporting bed
bottoms, springs, etc.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 252 for brackets
specially designed for holding an article over a gas jet.
296, Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops, 124 for brackets for
supporting let-down tops for vehicles.
343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas, subclass 892 for
antennas with a bracket support.
362, Illumination, subclass 432 for brackets limited by
structure to use with lights.
Subclass:
200.1
On extensible column mounted between opposed surfaces:
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. A support
wherein a bracket is mounted on a longitudinally extensible
support column, said column having elements on either end
thereof, said elements being adapted to engage the face of
opposed surfaces as the column is extended therebetween.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
644 for a machinery support on an extensible column mounted
between opposed surfaces.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g. Buildings), subclass 112 for an
opposed barrier-engaging mechanism operated relatively
movable shaft assembly, and subclass 632 for an axially
extensible shafts.
Subclass:
201
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Supports in
which there is more than one bracket for supporting a single
article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
65 for plural brackets for pipes or cables.
235 for plural brackets for shelves or scaffolds.
251 for plural brackets for rods.
657 for a machinery support comprising plural brackets for a
single machine.
Subclass:
202.1
For swinging receptacle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Devices in
which the article supported is a receptacle and in which the
brackets have provisions whereby the receptacle can swing on
a vertical axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
145 for similar structure in stand-type supports.
Subclass:
205.1
Specially mounted or attached:
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Brackets for
supporting an article on particular objects or in a
particular place or way.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, 86.01 for specially mounted racks.
Subclass:
205.2
By mechanically interlocking fabric (e.g., velcro):
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Structure
comprising a pair of fabric components one of which is
provided with hooks or hook-like members which interengage
with loops or loop-like members on the other component or
wherein the fabric components fasten together by the
entanglement of cooperating portions thereon.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buttons, Buckles, Clasps, etc., subclass 306 for a
fastener comprising mechanically interlocked fabric.
Subclass:
205.3
By adhesive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Structure
wherein the bracket is attached to the support by a
nonmetallic surface bonding agent such as glue or cement or
by molecular interaction between a component attached to the
support and another component attached to the bracket.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
467 for a mirror or picture holder attached to a support by
adhesive means.
544 for a support comprising a compartment or container for
storing adhesive until ready for use.
Subclass:
205.4
Bridged by diverse anchoring means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.3. Structure
comprising an additional attaching means for attaching the
bracket to the support, said additional means being a
nonadhesive means and in bridging relationship to the
adhesive means.
Subclass:
205.5
By vacuum:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Structure
attached to the support by atmospheric pressure acting on an
element of the bracket by reason of a reduced pressure
beneath the element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
309.3 for a bracket comprising vacuum means for holding the
supported article thereon.
362 for a vacuum hold down.
363 for a support comprising vacuum means for holding the
supported article thereon.
467 for a mirror or picture holder attached to a support by
vacuum mean.
537 for a staff supporting bracket attached to a support by
vacuum.
Subclass:
205.6
Bridged by diverse anchoring means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.5. Structure
comprising an additional means for attaching the bracket to
the support, said additional means being a nonvacuum means
which is in bridging relationship with the vacuum means.
Subclass:
205.7
Including resilient means acting against atmospheric force:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.5. Structure
comprising a resilient means which acts on said bracket
element in a direction opposite to that due to the
atmospheric pressure.
Subclass:
205.8
Including vacuum maker or breaker:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.5. Structure
comprising means (1) for creating or enhancing the reduced
pressure under the element, or (2) for equalizing the
pressure beneath the element with that of the ambient.
Subclass:
205.9
Including valve or port:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.8. Structure
including an inlet or outlet which connects with the space
beneath the element.
Subclass:
206.1
Including diverse abutment; e.g., brace fulcrum:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.5. Structure
having a nonvacuum element which abuts either the support or
a part of the bracket.
(1) Note. The function of the nonvacuum element usually is
to prevent disengagement or displacement of the vacuum
element.
Subclass:
206.2
Including annular vacuum cup:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.5. Structure
wherein the vacuum element is ring shaped.
Subclass:
206.3
Including plural vacuum cups:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.5. Structure
comprising more than one negative pressure element.
Subclass:
206.4
Vertically spaced:
This subclass is indented under subclass 206.3. Structure
wherein the vacuum elements are spaced one above the other.
Subclass:
206.5
By magnet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Structure
wherein the bracket is secured on the support by ferrous
attraction.
Subclass:
207
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Devices
designed to be secured alternately to a horizontal or
vertical support or to hold an article in a vertically or
horizontally extending position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
126 for other alternative supports.
645 for a machinery support comprising means permitting the
support to be mounted in more than one manner.
Subclass:
208
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Devices
mounted on a window frame or window.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
205.5 for brackets attached by suction cups.
251 for curtain pole and shade roller brackets with window
mounting means.
304 for window mounted hook type brackets.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, 53 for a window seat
or scaffold.
211, Supports: Racks, 87.01 for window mounted racks.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 242 and 245+ for
cabinets mounted in wall or panel recesses.
Subclass:
209
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices for
mounting house radiators on a window frame.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
232 for wall brackets for mounting radiators.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
165, Heat Exchange, 67 for a heat exchanger with an external
support.
Subclass:
210
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Devices for
supporting an article on a ladder.
Subclass:
211
This subclass is indented under subclass 210. Devices in
which the bracket has a hook for supporting the article.
Subclass:
212
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Devices
specially designed for supporting an article from a faucet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
89 for hose racks mounted on faucets.
Subclass:
213
This subclass is indented under subclass 212. Devices in
which the article support is in the form of a hook.
Subclass:
213.1
On closure hinge:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Structure
for mounting on the pivoting element of a pivoted closure,
e.g. door.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, subclass 223 for hinge
attachments in general.
Subclass:
213.2
On receptacle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Structure
which mounts on an enclosure or container.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
214 for a bracket mounted on a horizontal rod or bar.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 42 for
horizontal planar surface combined with another structure in
a particular way.
Subclass:
213.3
On radiator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Structure
which mounts on a radiant heating device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
220.21 for an interlocked bracket and support in general.
Subclass:
213.4
Radiator clamped:
This subclass is indented under subclass 213.3. Structure
wherein the bracket is mounted on the radiator by holding
means.
Subclass:
214
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Devices
which engage over a generally horizontal rod or bar and which
support an article thereon.
(1) Note. Where the horizontal bar is the edge of a
receptacle, see this class, subclass 205.1, or a ladder rung,
see subclass 210, or where the bracket is clamped to the bar
or rod, see subclasses 225.31+.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, subclass 87.2 and the notes
appended thereto, for bracket devices for hanging flexible
panels from a horizontal rod or bar.
Subclass:
215
This subclass is indented under subclass 214. Devices in
which the article support is in the form of a hook.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
307 and 340, for other supports of this type.
Subclass:
216.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Structure
comprising (1) means for piercing or forming a hole or recess
in a fixed support, or (2) means for enlarging or cutting a
portion of a preformed hole therein.
(1) Note. This subclass does not include brackets which are
attached to a support by mere nails or screws. Such devices
are classified below on other features. However, it does not
include brackets mounted by nails or screws wherein there is
a particular and specified arrangement of such fasteners, or
wherein there is some cooperation between such a fastener and
the bracket other than the usual and necessary cooperation
which is associated with a fastener of that type. For
example, a bracket which comprises a distinct means for
guiding a nail or holding same while it is being driven and a
bracket which is mounted by a plurality of such fasteners
which extend in different directions are included herein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
71 for a pipe supporting bracket having support piercing or
cutting means.
251 for a rod supporting bracket having support piercing or
cutting means.
546 for a support piercing or cutting means comprising means
to aid in the installation thereof.
Subclass:
216.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 216.1. Structure
comprising, in addition to the piercing or cutting means, a
mounting or attaching means of some other type.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
217.1 for means responsive to the weight of the bracket
and/or the supported article for causing engagement of the
piercing or cutting means with the support.
Subclass:
217.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 216.1. Structure so
constructed and arranged that the weight of the bracket
and/or the supported article causes a force to be exerted on
the piercing or cutting means in the direction of engagement
thereof with the support so as to force the means into
engagement with the support or hinders its removal
therefrom.
Subclass:
217.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 216.1. Structure
comprising a plurality of piercing or cutting means which,
when engaged, extend in different directions.
Subclass:
217.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 216.1. Structure
wherein the piercing or cutting means comprises an integral
portion of the bracket which is struck or cut out therefrom.
Subclass:
217.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 216.1. Structure
wherein the bracket comprises a threaded shank which serves
as the cutting or piercing means.
Subclass:
218.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 216.1. Structure
wherein the bracket is made substantially entirely from
wire.
Subclass:
218.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.1. Structure
comprising a single piece of wire.
Subclass:
218.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.2. Structure
wherein a piercing or cutting means is formed on each end of
the wire.
Subclass:
218.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Structure
comprising means for attaching the bracket to an upright pole
or post.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
227.3 for a bracket secured to a pole or post by clamping
means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclass 151
for a horizontal planar surface which embraces its support,
and subclass 152 for a device in which a horizontal planar
surface is attached laterally of a support which may be a
column.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, 187 for a platform
with means for mounting same on a pole or tree.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 107 for a rack mounted on a
column.
Subclass:
219.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.4. Structure
comprising a plurality of distinct means for engaging the
post or column.
Subclass:
219.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.4. Structure
wherein the attaching means comprises means for engaging the
top of the post or column.
Subclass:
219.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.4. Structure
wherein a part of the bracket or a component associated
therewith extends entirely through the post or column.
Subclass:
219.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.4. Structure
wherein the bracket or a component associated therewith
comprises a concave surface for engaging the surface of the
post or column.
Subclass:
220.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Devices
which are secured to the corner of an object or room.
Subclass:
220.21
Interlocked bracket and support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Specially
mounted bracket wherein a wall section or specific panel, for
example, having an interengaging means which is both
complementary to and holds the outwardly extending article
support portion in place.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
73 for a pipe or cable bracket attached to a supporting
structure by interlocking means.
243 for a shelf bracket attached to a supporting structure
by interlocking means.
Subclass:
220.22
Intermediate bracket interlocked between bracket and
support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Interlocked
bracket and support wherein at least one additional
interengaging means is cooperatively disposed between and
adjoins the outwardly extending portion and the wall or
panel.
(1) Note. The bracket and support are separately connected
to the intermediate bracket and not to each other.
Subclass:
220.31
Apertured mount (i.e., pegboard):
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Interlocked
bracket and support comprising the panel having a
multiplicity of holes which are selectively engageable with
one or more outwardly extending article support portions
whereby one or more article supports may be held at selected
positions on said panel.
Subclass:
220.41
Plural apertures engaged by single bracket:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.31. Pegboard in
which the outwardly extending article support portion is held
simultaneously with more than one hole in the panel.
Subclass:
220.42
Engaged apertures horizontally and vertically spaced:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.41. Pegboard in
which the outwardly extending article support portions are
held simultaneously with at least three holes, two of which
are at an interval along a longitudinal axis and two of which
are at an interval along a lateral axis.
Subclass:
220.43
Engaged apertures vertically spaced:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.41. Pegboard
wherein the outwardly extending article support portions are
held simultaneously with at least two holes which are at an
interval along a longitudinal axis.
Subclass:
221.11
Including latch, retainer, or keeper on bracket:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Interlocked
bracket and support comprising a shiftable or removable
capturing and holding device.
(1) Note. A mere bolt or screw, which forms one of the
engaging means and may be tightened to prevent separation
from the other part, is not included in this subclass but is
classified on the basis of the interengagement.
Subclass:
221.12
Keyhole aperture:
This subclass is indented under subclass 221.11. Latch,
retainer, or keeper wherein the mount comprises a narrow slot
communicating with an enlarged opening and the other
interengaging part comprises (a) a headed portion, insertable
through the opening and larger than the groove, and (b) an
attached shank portion, smaller than the headed portion,
complementary to the slot whereby the headed portion secures
the outwardly extending portion in the slot.
Subclass:
222.11
Resilient catch or latch:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Latch,
retainer, or keeper comprising a flexible capturing and
holding device for (a) effecting the interengagement of the
portions or (b) securing the interengaged portions against
separation.
(1) Note. The means may be biased either by its own
inherent resiliency or by a separate means.
Subclass:
222.12
Having plural, oppositely acting resilient members acting as
retainer or keeper:
This subclass is indented under subclass 222.11. Resilient
catch or latch wherein the capturing and holding device
comprises at least two members that move toward or away from
each other to fasten the interengaging means of the portions
together.
Subclass:
222.13
Latch, retainer, or keeper is wedge or cam:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Latch,
retainer, or keeper wherein a mechanical member of an
inclined plane or raised lobe type secures the interengaging
portions against disengagement.
Subclass:
222.14
Latch, retainer, or keeper is threaded member (i.e., set
screw or locknut):
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Latch,
retainer, or keeper wherein a rod or perforated block with
projecting helical ribs acts to retain the interengaging
portions of the bracket and support together.
Subclass:
222.41
Keyhole aperture:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Interlocked
bracket and support wherein one of the interengaging portions
comprises a narrow slot communicating with an enlarged
opening and the other interengaging part comprises (a) a
headed portion, insertable through the opening and larger
than the groove, and (b) an attached shank portion, smaller
than the headed portion, complementary to the slot whereby
the headed portion secures the outwardly extending portion in
the slot.
Subclass:
222.51
Bracket and mount interlocked by arc-like angular motion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Latch,
retainer, or keeper wherein the outwardly extending portion
or part is interengaged to the mounting means in a movement
along a circle segment.
Subclass:
222.52
Bracket and mount interlocked by rotational motion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 222.51. Angular
motion interlock wherein the outwardly extending portion is
engaged to the complementary mounting means by a twisting or
turning motion about an axis generally perpendicular to the
direction of interlock.
Subclass:
223.21
Aperture having multiple extending slots:
This subclass is indented under subclass 222.41. Keyhole
aperture comprising (a) two narrow grooves extending from an
opening or (b) two narrow recesses each communicating with a
separate opening.
Subclass:
223.31
Including spaced, diverse engagements between bracket and
support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Interlocked
bracket and support comprising a plurality of spaced,
distinct interengaging means with one such means being
dissimilar from the other.
Subclass:
223.41
One interengaging portion includes groove:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Interlocked
bracket and support wherein one interengaging means comprises
an elongated channel and a transversely extending member
having a complementary tongue received by the elongated
channel.
Subclass:
224.51
Groove longitudinally stepped or tapered:
This subclass is indented under subclass 223.41. Grooved
interengaging portion wherein the channel or tongue is
progressively narrow to one end and is either multiplanar or
planar parallel to the interengaging means.
Subclass:
224.61
Interior sidewalls of groove stepped or tapered (i.e.,
laterally):
This subclass is indented under subclass 223.41. Grooved
interengaging portion wherein the channel or tongue is
progressively narrow to one end and is either multiplanar or
planar toward a backwall of the channel.
Subclass:
224.7
Mount includes socket or sleeve for bracket portion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Interlocked
bracket and support wherein one of the interengaging means
comprises a female portion of substantial longitudinal extent
and a receivable male portion therein.
Subclass:
224.8
One interengaging portion includes aperture:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Interlocked
bracket and support wherein one of the interengaging means
comprises an opening and a complementary protuberance.
Subclass:
225.11
Bracket interengaging portion includes open slot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Interlocked
bracket and support wherein the interengaging means comprises
a narrow recess with a continuous projection parallel to the
recess bottom to restrain the outwardly extending portion
attaching means.
Subclass:
225.21
Bracket interengaging portion includes a hook:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220.21. Interlocked
bracket and support wherein one of the interengaging parts
comprises a curved or bent piece, similar to the letter J,
for holding articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
215 for a bracket comprising a hook engaged with a
horizontal rod or bar.
Subclass:
226.11
Bracket clamped to mount(i.e, single clamp):
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Specially
mounted bracket in which the outwardly extending portion is
removably secured to its support by a device that binds,
constricts, or presses two parts together so as to hold the
parts firmly to a wall section or specific panel.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
72 113, 117.4, 117.6, and 117.7, for other support with clamp
features.
79 for brackets for clamping a hose to a receptacle.
207 for brackets having a clamp adapting same to be clamped
to a horizontally or vertically extending support.
210 for a bracket clamped to a ladder.
212 for a bracket clamped to a faucet.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 455 for clamps of a
general utility (i.e., no bracket).
Subclass:
226.12
For electrical insulator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 226.11. Specially
mounted bracket in which the outwardly extending portion is
designed specifically for an apparatus that is a poor
conductor of electricity.
Subclass:
227.1
Including hook portion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 226.11. Specially
mounted bracket in which the outwardly extending portion has
a curved or bent piece, similar to the letter J, for holding
articles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 343 for clasp hook type
fasteners.
Subclass:
227.2
Horizontal planar surface mount:
This subclass is indented under subclass 227.1. Specially
mounted bracket wherein the outwardly extending portion is
secured to a level member (i.e. a board or plank).
Subclass:
227.3
Post or column mount:
This subclass is indented under subclass 227.1. Specially
mounted bracket wherein the outwardly extending portion is
secured to a vertically disposed member.
Subclass:
227.4
Horizontal rod or bar mount:
This subclass is indented under subclass 227.1. Specially
mounted bracket wherein the outwardly extending portion is
secured to a tubular ingot-type member disposed in an
elevation plane.
Subclass:
228.1
Designed for a structural beam:
This subclass is indented under subclass 226.11. Bracket
clamped to mount in which the outwardly extending portion is
firmly held to a supporting member designed to maintain
construction stability.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
72 for pipe brackets clamped to a beam.
Subclass:
228.2
By cam or wedge:
This subclass is indented under subclass 228.1. Bracket
designed for a structural beam in which the outwardly
extending portion is firmly held by a mechanical member,
inclined plane or lobe type, which (a) engages the supporting
member and fixes it against another member or (b) actuates a
fixing member and biases it into engagement with the mounting
means.
Subclass:
228.3
By sliding jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 228.1. Bracket
designed for a structural beam in which the outwardly
extending portion is firmly held by a pair of binding,
constricting or pressing members (whereby at least one member
reciprocates from the other member along an axis).
Subclass:
228.4
By pivoted jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 228.1. Bracket
designed for a structural beam in which the outwardly
extending portion is firmly held by a pair of binding,
constricting, or pressing members one of which is connected
for arcuate movement toward or away from the other member.
Subclass:
228.5
By separable jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 228.1. Bracket
designed for a structural beam in which the securing device
for the outwardly extending portion comprises a pair of
binding, constricting, or pressing members which are readily
removed from each other and which in the normal operation of
the device the members are movable toward each other and
firmly hold the supporting member therebetween.
Subclass:
228.6
By C-clamp:
This subclass is indented under subclass 228.1. Bracket
designed for a structural beam in which the outwardly
extending portion is firmly held by a frame in the shape of
the letter C having a movable member at one end wherein the
supporting member is bound, constricted, or pressed between
the movable member and the other end.
Subclass:
228.7
By resilient clip:
This subclass is indented under subclass 228.1. Bracket
designed for a structural beam in which the outwardly
extending portion is firmly held by a mechanism formed, at
least in part, of flexible material and wherein binding,
constricting, or pressing portions are biased to firm holding
engagement with the supporting member by the flexible
material.
Subclass:
228.8
By flexible clamping band:
This subclass is indented under subclass 228.1. Bracket
designed for a structural beam in which the outwardly
extending portion is firmly held by a pliable strap.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
230 for split resilient clamping rings combined with the
bracket.
Subclass:
229.1
Clamped to mounting surface with diverse article clamping
means (i.e., double clamp):
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Specially
mounted bracket in which the outwardly extending portion is
removably secured to its support by a device that binds,
constricts, or presses two parts together so as to hold the
parts firmly to a wall section or specified panel and further
including a device that binds, constricts, or presses two
parts together to hold a particular item wherein the securing
device for the outwardly extending portion and the device to
hold a particular item are distinct and different.
Subclass:
229.11
Clamped to mounting surface by cam or wedge:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.1. Diverse
clamping means bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion comprises a mechanical member,
inclined plane or lobe type, which (a) engages the mounting
means and fixes it against another member or (b) actuates a
fixing member and is biased into engagement with the
support.
Subclass:
229.12
Clamped to mounting surface by sliding jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.1. Diverse
clamping means bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion comprises binding, constricting,
or pressing members one of which reciprocates with respect to
the other member along an axis.
Subclass:
229.13
Clamped to mounting surface by pivoted jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.1. Diverse
clamping means bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion comprises binding, constricting,
or pressing members one of which is connected for arcuate
movement toward or away from the other member.
Subclass:
229.14
Clamped to mounting surface by separable jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.1. Diverse
clamping means bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion comprises a pair of binding,
constricting, or pressing members which are readily removed
from each other and which in the normal operation of the
device are movable toward each other and firmly hold the
support therebetween.
Subclass:
229.15
Clamped to mounting surface by C-clamp:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.1. Diverse
clamping means bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion comprises a frame, in the shape
of the letter C, having a movable member at one end wherein
the support is bound, constricted, or pressed between the
movable member and the other end.
Subclass:
229.16
Clamped to mounting surface by resilient clip:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.1. Diverse
clamping means bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion which is formed, at least in
part, of flexible material and wherein binding, constricting,
or pressing portions are biased to firmly hold the support by
the flexible material.
Subclass:
229.17
Clamped to mounting surface by flexible clamping band:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.1. Diverse
clamping means bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion is a pliable strap.
Subclass:
229.2
Clamped to mounting surface with identical article clamping
means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Specially
mounted bracket in which the outwardly extending portion is
removably secured to its support by a device that binds,
constricts, or presses two parts together so as to hold the
parts firmly to a wall section or specified panel and further
includes a device that binds, constricts, or presses two
parts together to hold a particular item wherein the securing
device for the outwardly extending portion and the device to
hold a particular item are of the same construction.
Subclass:
229.21
Clamped to mounting surface by cam or wedge:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.2. Identical
clamping means bracket in which both the securing device for
the outwardly extending portion and the device to hold a
particular item comprise a mechanical member, inclined plane
or lobe type which (a) engages the mounting means and fixes
it against another member or (b) actuates a fixing member and
biased it into engagement with the support.
Subclass:
229.22
Clamped to mounting surface by sliding jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.2. Identical
clamping means bracket in which both the securing device for
the outwardly extending portion and the device to hold a
particular item comprise a pair of binding, constricting, or
pressing members one of which reciprocates from the other
member along an axis.
Subclass:
229.23
Clamped to mounting surface by pivoted jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.2. Identical
clamping means bracket in which both the securing device for
the outwardly extending portion and the device to hold a
particular item comprise a pair of binding, constricting, or
pressing members one of which is connected for arcuate
movement toward or away from the other member.
Subclass:
229.24
Clamped to mounting surface by separable jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.2. Identical
clamping means bracket in which both the securing device for
the outwardly extending portion and the device to hold a
particular item comprise a pair of binding, constricting, or
pressing members which are readily removed from each other
and which, in the normal operation of the device, are movable
toward each other and firmly hold the support therebetween.
Subclass:
229.25
Clamped to mounting surface by C-clamp:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.2. Identical
clamping means bracket in which both the securing device for
the outwardly extending portion and the device to hold a
particular item comprises a frame, in the shape of the letter
C, having a movable member at one end wherein the support is
bound, constricted, or pressed between the movable member and
the other end.
Subclass:
229.26
Clamped to mounting surface by resilient clip:
This subclass is indented under subclass 229.2. Identical
clamping means bracket in which both the securing device for
the outwardly extending portion and the device to hold a
particular item are formed, at least in part, of flexible
material and wherein binding, constricting, or pressing
portions are biased to firmly hold the engagement with the
support by the flexible material.
Subclass:
230.1
Cylindrical mount:
This subclass is indented under subclass 226.11. Specially
mounted bracket in which the outwardly extending portion is
removably secured to its support by a device that binds,
constricts, or presses two or more parts together so as to
hold the parts firmly to a member that is tubular in shape.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
541 for a bracket type of supporting device having means for
receiving a staff which can be adapted to be clamped to a
cylindrical support.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclass 151
for a horizontal planar surface which embraces its support,
and subclass 152 for a horizontal planar surface which is
attached laterally of its support.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, 187 for a platform
with means to clamp it on a pole or tree.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 107 for a rack having means
for securing it to a post.
Subclass:
230.2
By cam or wedge:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.1. Cylindrical
mounted bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion item comprises a mechanical
member, inclined plane or lobe type, which (a) engages the
support and fixes it against another member or (b) actuates a
fixing member and is biased into engagement with the
support.
Subclass:
230.3
By sliding jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.1. Cylindrical
mounted bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion comprises a pair of binding,
constricting, or pressing members at least one of which
reciprocates from the other member along an axis.
Subclass:
230.4
By pivoted jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.1. Cylindrical
mounted bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion comprises a pair of binding,
constricting, or pressing members one of which is connected
for arcuate movement toward or away from the other member.
Subclass:
230.5
By separable jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.1. Cylindrical
mounted bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion comprises a pair of binding,
constricting, or pressing members which are readily removed
from each other and which in the normal operation of the
device are movable toward each other and firmly hold the
support therebetween.
Subclass:
230.6
By C-clamp:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.1. Cylindrical
mounted bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion comprises a frame, in the shape
of the letter C, having a movable member at one end wherein
the support is bound, constricted, or pressed between the
movable member and the other end.
Subclass:
230.7
By resilient clip:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.1. Cylindrical
mounted bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion is formed, at least in part, of
flexible material and wherein binding, constricting, or
pressing portions are biased to firm holding engagement with
the support by the flexible material.
Subclass:
230.8
By flexible clamping band:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.1. Cylindrical
mounted bracket in which the securing device for the
outwardly extending portion is a pliable strap.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
230 for split resilient clamping rings combined with the
bracket.
Subclass:
230.9
Including threaded attaching member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.8. Flexible
clamping band wherein the outwardly extending portion has a
projecting helical rib for fastening to the support.
Subclass:
231.21
By expanding clamp:
This subclass is indented under subclass 226.11. Specially
mounted bracket which pushes apart two parts so as to hold
the parts firmly against the wall section or specific panel.
Subclass:
231.31
By cam or wedge:
This subclass is indented under subclass 226.11. Specially
mounted bracket comprising a mechanical member, inclined
plane or lobe type which (1) engages the mounting means and
fixes it against another member or (2) actuates a fixing
member and is biased into engagement with the support.
Subclass:
231.41
By sliding jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 226.11. Specially
mounted bracket comprising a pair of binding, constricting,
or pressing members one of which reciprocates from the other
member along an axis.
Subclass:
231.51
By pivoted jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 226.11. Specially
mounted bracket comprising a pair of binding, constricting,
or pressing members one of which is connected for arcuate
movement toward or away from the other member.
Subclass:
231.61
By separable jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 226.11. Specially
mounted bracket comprising a pair of binding, constricting,
or pressing members which are readily removed from each other
and which in the normal operation of the device are movable
toward each other and firmly hold the support therebetween.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
231.51 for a pivoted jaw for a pair of clamping members
which are joined together by a detachable hinge.
Subclass:
231.71
By C-clamp:
This subclass is indented under subclass 226.11. Specially
mounted bracket comprising a frame, in the shape of the
letter C, having a movable member at one end wherein the
support is bound, constricted, or pressed between the movable
member and the other end.
Subclass:
231.81
By resilient clip:
This subclass is indented under subclass 226.11. Specially
mounted bracket which is formed, at least in part, of
flexible material and wherein binding, constricting, or
pressing portions are biased to firmly hold the engagement
with the support by the flexible material.
Subclass:
231.85
Distinct, separate, article clamp members:
This subclass is indented under subclass 226.11. Specially
mounted bracket in which the device that binds, constricts,
or presses two parts together to hold a particular article
comprises a plurality of diverse clamping members.
Subclass:
231.9
In aperture of support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Structure
comprising a member within an opening in a support which
member within an opening in a support which member is adapted
to receive or accommodate a fastener for securing a bracket.
Subclass:
231.91
By wall anchor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Bracket
comprising a member within an aperture in a wall which member
is adapted to receive or accommodate a fastener for securing
a bracket.
Subclass:
232
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Bracket
supports specially designed to support a wall radiator.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
209 for brackets for supporting a wall radiator on a window
frame.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
165, Heat Exchange, 67 for a heat exchanger with an external
support.
180, Motor Vehicles, 68.4 for vehicle radiator supports.
Subclass:
233
This subclass is indented under subclass 232. Wall radiator
bracket supports in which the radiator is hung from its top.
Subclass:
234
This subclass is indented under subclass 232. Wall radiator
bracket supports in which the radiator is carried by a hook
which in turn is supported by the lower end of a rod.
Subclass:
235
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Brackets of
the type used for supporting a shelf or scaffold board.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
236 for a window mounted shelf or scaffold bracket.
237 for a roof mounted shelf or scaffold bracket.
238 for a ladder mounted shelf or scaffold bracket.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclass 152
for a horizontal planar surface which is attached laterally
of its support by means of a bracket.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 333 for brackets limited
by structure for supporting stove shelves.
Subclass:
236
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices
wherein the bracket is of the shelf or scaffold type.
Subclass:
237
This subclass is indented under subclass 205.1. Devices
which are mounted on a sloping roof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48.1 for roof-supporting eaves trough brackets.
148 for receptacle stands for sloping roofs.
536 for a bracket type of supporting device having means for
receiving a staff, which device is adapted to be mounted upon
surfaces formed by intersecting planes (e.g., a roof ridge).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, subclass 45 for a
workman's support with means to mount it on a sloping roof.
Subclass:
238
This subclass is indented under subclass 210. Devices
wherein the bracket is of the shelf or scaffold type.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, 120 for a detachable
platform or step mounted on a ladder.
Subclass:
239
This subclass is indented under subclass 235. Devices in the
form of a generally horizontally extending pin upon which the
shelf rests.
Subclass:
240
This subclass is indented under subclass 235. Devices which
are pivoted to swing against the wall in either a vertical or
horizontal direction or to be folded when not in use.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
236 237 and 238, for folding window, roof, or ladder
supported brackets of this type.
Subclass:
240.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 240. Device wherein
the wall is provided with a recess or receptacle and the
shelf is movable into the recess to a nonuse position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 14 for a chair bottom and back stored
in a wall recess or receptacle.
Subclass:
240.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 240. Device
provided with a supporting leg or standard which extends down
to a supporting position on a horizontal surface such as a
floor or the ground.
Subclass:
240.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 240. Device wherein
the bracket as a whole is displaced from its use position and
collapsed, as for storage or transport.
Subclass:
240.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 240. Device wherein
the shelf-like component or that on which it bears pivots
about a horizontal axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
371 for a stand with a tilting support surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 313 for a seat with a tilting
bottom.
Subclass:
241
This subclass is indented under subclass 235. Devices in
which the bracket is adjustable to vary the position of the
shelf or scaffold board or to take different sizes or shelves
or scaffold boards.
Subclass:
242
This subclass is indented under subclass 241. Devices in
which the bracket is adjustable to vary the angle of the
shelf or scaffold board.
Subclass:
243
This subclass is indented under subclass 241. Devices in
which the bracket is adjustable to vary the vertical position
of the shelf or scaffold board.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 106 for
vertically adjustable plural related surfaces and subclasses
144.11+ for a vertically adjustable horizontal planar
surface.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 351 for cabinets
with vertically adjustable shelves.
Subclass:
244
This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Devices in
which the bracket is slid along its support from position to
position and again interlocked or clamped thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
295.11 for similar supports of more general utility.
Subclass:
245
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Devices in
which the bracket is clamped to its support in the various
positions to which it is slid.
Subclass:
246
This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Devices in
which the bracket is automatically clamped to its support in
its adjusted position by the action of the weight of the
bracket and its load.
Subclass:
247
This subclass is indented under subclass 235. Shelf or
scaffold bracket supports which are made of sheet material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
300 for similar supports of more general utility.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
29, Metal Working, 897 for a process for making sheet metal
brackets.
Subclass:
248
This subclass is indented under subclass 247. Devices which
are made from a single blank of sheet material.
Subclass:
249
This subclass is indented under subclass 235. Shelf or
scaffold bracket supports which are made of wire.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
302 for similar supports of more general utility.
Subclass:
250
This subclass is indented under subclass 235. Devices for
holding the shelf or scaffold board to its bracket.
Subclass:
251
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Brackets
having provisions for supporting a rod usually in a
horizontal position.The term curtain rod includes the head
rod or pole of venetian blinds.
(1) Note. This subclass and the indented subclasses take
bracket supports for poles where only such structure of the
pole is claimed as immediately cooperates with the bracket
for mounting purposes.Where, in addition, other features (1)
of pole structure, (2) of pole or fabric operating means, (3)
of fabric securing means and/or (4) the combination with a
fabric (either broadly or specifically) are included, the
patent is either in Class 160 or other appropriate class
under the lines set forth in note (3) to the main class
definition of Class 160.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
65 for pipe or cable brackets.
534 for a bracket type of supporting device having means for
receiving a staff. While the supported object of that
subclass (534) closely resembles the supported object of this
subclass (251), a supporting device of that subclass
ordinarily supports the object in cantilever fashion, whereas
here (251) a plurality of significantly spaced devices are
provided for supporting the object.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclass 369 and
371 for strip-like screeds which may include a support and
subclasses 677+ for spacer-positioner for rod-like embedded
reinforcing member.
188, Brakes, subclass 205 for vehicle brake rod supports.
Subclass:
252
This subclass is indented under subclass 251. Brackets of
the rod type which have provisions for supporting both a
curtain rod or roller and a shade roller or a plurality of
shade rollers. The rods and rollers may be claimed by name,
and such structure of the rod and/or roller as is necessary
to cooperate with the bracket may be recited.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
263 for brackets for plural curtain rods only.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, 89
including particularly subclasses 108+, 113+ and 120+ for
additional specific features included in combination.
Subclass:
253
This subclass is indented under subclass 252. Devices which
also have provisions for supporting more than one curtain rod
or roller.
Subclass:
254
This subclass is indented under subclass 252. Devices in
which the bracket at each end of the rod and roller is not
attached to that at the other end except by being attached to
the window frame.
Subclass:
255
This subclass is indented under subclass 254. Devices which
also have provisions for supporting more than one curtain rod
or roller.
Subclass:
256
This subclass is indented under subclass 255. Devices in
which the bracket is adjustable to change the position of or
to take different lengths of curtain poles or shade rollers.
Subclass:
257
This subclass is indented under subclass 254. Devices in
which the bracket is adjustable to change the position of or
to take different lengths of curtain rods or shade rollers.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
252 for adjustable brackets of this type which are attached
to each other.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 164 for a table behind a seat wherein
each is independently vertically adjustable, and subclass 168
for a table behind a seat wherein the seat is tiltable and
vertically adjustable and the table is either stationary or
moves vertically with the seat.
Subclass:
258
This subclass is indented under subclass 257. Devices in
which the adjustment is in two different directions usually
at right angles to each other. The adjustment in one
direction may be of the shade roller and in the other the
curtain pole.
Subclass:
259
This subclass is indented under subclass 257. Devices in
which the adjustment is in a direction laterally of the
window.
Subclass:
260
This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Devices in
which the adjustment progresses by steps.
Subclass:
261
This subclass is indented under subclass 251. Brackets of
the rod type which have provisions for supporting a curtain
pole.This subclass and indented subclasses include the pole
where the only modification is so that it will fit the
particular bracket.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
266 for supports for curtain poles in the form of a roller
like the ordinary shade roller.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, 87.2 for supports with fabric
hanging means.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, 333
and 340+ for an operator for the fabric.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 105.1 for operators for the
pole, and for details of the arrangement of the structure of
the pole or rod (other than that necessary to the cooperation
of the pole and bracket).
Subclass:
262
This subclass is indented under subclass 261. Devices in
which the bracket at one end of the pole is unattached to the
bracket at the other end except by being attached to the
window frame.
Subclass:
263
This subclass is indented under subclass 262. Devices which
have provisions for supporting more than one curtain rod.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, 113
and 123+ for specific details of the rods or their specific
arrangement.
Subclass:
264
This subclass is indented under subclass 262. Devices which
are mounted on and lie between the opposing walls of a window
frame.
Subclass:
265
This subclass is indented under subclass 262. Devices in
which the bracket is adjustable to change the position of the
curtain pole or to take different lengths of poles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
261 for adjustable brackets of this type which are attached
to each other.
Subclass:
266
This subclass is indented under subclass 251. Devices which
have provisions for supporting a single roller of the shade
roller type. This subclass and the indented subclasses
include the roller when so named.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, 323.1
for more than the mere mounting of the roller, e.g., means
for aiding or permitting the winding of the roller motor.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclass 599.3 for a
particular spindle bearing arrangement, and subclass 919 for
a ground cover reeling device.
Subclass:
267
This subclass is indented under subclass 266. Devices in
which the bracket at each end of the roller is unattached to
that at the other end except by being attached to the window
frame or other support.
Subclass:
268
This subclass is indented under subclass 267. Devices in
which the bracket is mounted on and lies between the opposing
walls of the window frame.
Subclass:
269
This subclass is indented under subclass 267. Devices in
which the bracket is adjustable to change the position of the
roller or to take different lengths of rollers.
Subclass:
270
This subclass is indented under subclass 269. Devices in
which the adjustment is in two different directions usually
at right angles to each other.
Subclass:
271
This subclass is indented under subclass 269. Devices in
which the adjustment is in a direction laterally of the
window.
Subclass:
272
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Devices in
which the adjustment progresses by steps.
Subclass:
273
This subclass is indented under subclass 251. Brackets of
the rod type having provisions for supporting an awning head
rod.
Subclass:
274.1
Adjustable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Bracket in
which the outwardly extending portion is movable to (a)
change position of the supported article, (b) take different
sized articles, or (c) be secured to different sized
supports.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
81 for adjustable brackets for supporting a hose on a
stand.
226.11 where the bracket is secured to a mount by an
adjustable clamp.
232 for adjustable radiator brackets.
Subclass:
276.1
Plural joints:
This subclass is indented under subclass 274.1. Adjustable
bracket in which the movement is made possible by more than
one connection in the outwardly extending portion.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
123.11 for a stand with a counterbalanced bracket.
288.11 for adjustments made in a plurality of directions,
but only a single joint is used.
560 for a support wherein the weight of the supported
article is sustained by a resilient means when in use.
Subclass:
277.1
Lazy tong type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 276.1. Plural joint
adjustable bracket in which the outwardly extending portion
is in the form of a series of pivoted bars.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
157 for lazy tong stands.
324 for lazy tong suspension devices.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, subclass 521 for lazy tong
levers.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 105 for lazy tong racks.
Subclass:
278.1
Vertical pivot at right angle to horizontal pivot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 276.1. Plural joint
adjustable bracket in which the joints are in the form of a
plurality of rotatable connections (at least one connection
being on an elevation axis and orthogonal to at least one
connection on a level axis).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 119.06 for a clothesline
pulley mounted on a window bracket in such a manner as to
swing in two planes.
Subclass:
279.1
Having sliding joints:
This subclass is indented under subclass 278.1. Vertical and
horizontal pivots in which at least one rotatable connection
comprises elements which reciprocate along a single line.
Subclass:
280.11
Counterbalanced:
This subclass is indented under subclass 278.1. Vertical and
horizontal pivots in which the force tending to move the
outwardly extending portion about one or more of the
horizontal axis rotatable connections is counteracted by a
force (e.g., spring, weight, etc.).
Subclass:
281.11
Having parallel arms:
This subclass is indented under subclass 278.1. Vertical and
horizontal pivots in which the outwardly extending portion
has at least two spaced members, secured at the rotatable
connection, which are side by side.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
585 for a resilient support comprising a parallelogram
linkage.
Subclass:
282.1
Vertical pivots:
This subclass is indented under subclass 276.1. Plural joint
adjustable bracket in which the rotatable connections are
along an elevation axis.
Subclass:
283.1
Having vertical adjustment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 282.1. Plural joint
adjustable bracket in which the outwardly extending portion
or the article held has provisions for movement along an
elevation axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Support: Racks, subclass 98 for racks having a
plurality of arms pivoted on a vertical axis and vertically
adjustable.
Subclass:
284.1
Horizontal pivots:
This subclass is indented under subclass 276.1. Plural joint
adjustable bracket in which the rotatable connections are
along a level axis.
Subclass:
285.1
Single vertical pivot and sliding joints:
This subclass is indented under subclass 276.1. Plural joint
adjustable bracket which has at least one elevation axis
rotatable connection and one or more connection(s) that
reciprocates along a single line.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
283.1 for sliding joints which allow vertical adjustment.
Subclass:
286.1
Single horizontal pivot and sliding joints:
This subclass is indented under subclass 276.1. Plural joint
adjustable bracket which have one level axis rotatable
connection and one or more connection(s) that reciprocates
along a single line.
Subclass:
287.1
Horizontally and vertically sliding joints:
This subclass is indented under subclass 276.1. Plural joint
adjustable bracket which the article reciprocates along an
elevation axis and a level axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
124 for similar structure in stand and bracket supports.
Subclass:
288.11
Single joint:
This subclass is indented under subclass 274.1. Adjustable
bracket in which adjustment is made possible by means of one
connection.
Subclass:
288.31
Ball and socket type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 288.11. Single
joint adjustable bracket in which movement is facilitated by
a spherical portion within a complementary cavity.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
181.1 for a bracket connected to a stand by a ball and
socket.
481 for a picture or mirror supporting bracket comprising a
ball and socket.
Subclass:
288.51
Including mechanically actuated tension or locking member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 288.31. Ball and
socket bracket comprising manually actuated means for
maintaining a force on one component of the joint, usually
for either taking up wear or for regulating the friction
between a plurality of relatively movable components.
(1) Note. The force may be sufficiently great as to lock
the components against movement or merely sufficient to cause
resistance to motion.
Subclass:
289.11
Vertical pivot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 288.11. Single
joint adjustable bracket in which the single connection is
rotatable about an elevation axis line.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
240 for vertically pivoted shelf brackets.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Support: Racks, subclass 96 for racks having a
plurality of arms pivoted on a vertical axis pivot and
subclass 119.07 for clothesline pulley supports which are
mounted in a window bracket in such a manner as to be capable
of swinging in a horizontal plane only.
Subclass:
289.31
Self returning:
This subclass is indented under subclass 289.11. Vertical
pivot comprising biasing means to move the article support
back to a preselected position upon the release of a force
which caused it to be displaced from said preselected
position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
417 for a stand having a self-returning article supporting
surface.
Subclass:
290.1
For hook type bracket:
This subclass is indented under subclass 289.11. Vertical
pivot including a curved or bent piece, similar to the letter
J, for holding articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
216.1 and 294.1, for other hook type pivoted support.
Subclass:
291.1
Horizontal pivot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 288.11. Single
joint adjustable bracket in which the single connection
rotates about a level axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
240 for horizontally pivoted shelf brackets.
Subclass:
292.11
Counterbalanced:
This subclass is indented under subclass 291.11.
Horizontally pivoted single joint bracket in which the force
tending to move the outwardly extending portion about one or
more of the horizontal axis rotatable connections is
counteracted by a spring, weight, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
560 for a support wherein the weight of the supported
article is sustained by a resilient means when in use.
Subclass:
292.12
Including pawl and ratchet, mating serrations, rack and
pinion, or gear:
This subclass is indented under subclass 291.1. Horizontally
pivoted single joint bracket in which two interdigitate
members align to position the article support means.
Subclass:
292.13
Including spring or biasing means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 291.1. Horizontally
pivoted single joint bracket in which an elastic means that
recovers its original shape when released after being
distorted is added to the bracket or mount.
Subclass:
292.14
Pivot axis moves in slot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 291.1. Horizontally
pivoted single joint bracket in which the point of rotation
reciprocates in an elongated aperture in either the bracket
or mount.
Subclass:
294.1
For hook type bracket:
This subclass is indented under subclass 291.1. Horizontally
pivoted single joint bracket including a curved or bent
piece, similar to the letter J, for holding articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
218 and 290.1, for other hook type pivoted supports.
Subclass:
295.11
Vertical sliding (e.g., shoring, formwork, or scaffold
brackets):
This subclass is indented under subclass 274.1. Adjustable
bracket in which the outwardly extending portion is moved
along an elevation axis.
(1) Note. Formwork, scaffold, and shoring brackets are
found in this subclass.
Subclass:
296.1
And rotatable at a single joint:
This subclass is indented under subclass 295.11. Vertical
sliding bracket in which the outwardly extending portion is
moved both along an elevation axis and revolved about a
pivotable connection.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
124 and 246, for other supports of this type.
Subclass:
297.11
Counterbalanced:
This subclass is indented under subclass 295.11. Vertical
sliding bracket in which the force tending to move the
outwardly extending portion about one or more of the
horizontal axis rotatable connections is counteracted by a
spring, weight, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
123.11 for counterbalanced stand and bracket supports.
Subclass:
297.21
Bracket projects from vertical slot or channel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 295.11. Vertical
sliding bracket wherein the member on which the outwardly
extending portion is mounted comprises a narrow groove within
which a piece of the outwardly extending portion is received
and from which another portion of the outwardly extending
portion protrudes.
Subclass:
297.31
Step-by-step adjustment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 295.11. Vertical
sliding bracket comprising a plurality of retaining or
securing means which permit the adjustment of the outwardly
extending portion by a series of discreet increments.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
477 for a mirror or picture bracket wherein the position of
the mirror or picture is adjustable by selectively engaging
projections and recessions.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
403, Joints and Connections, 107 for a step-by-step
adjustment between two members.
Subclass:
297.51
Canted clutch collar:
This subclass is indented under subclass 295.11. Vertical
sliding bracket comprising a loosely fitted ringlike sleeve
slidably engaging a vertical post, the outwardly extending
portion projecting from one side of said sleeve whereby the
weight of the outwardly extending portion and/or the
supported article will cause the sleeve to tilt and
fictionally grip the vertical post with sufficient force to
maintain the outwardly extending portion in a vertical
position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
410 for a pair of vertically adjustable telescoping standard
sections comprising a canted collar for locking same in an
adjusted position.
Subclass:
298.1
Horizontal sliding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 274.1. Adjustable
bracket in which the outwardly extending portion is moved
along a level axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
257 265, and 269, for horizontally sliding supports.
Subclass:
299.1
In an arcuate path:
This subclass is indented under subclass 274.1. Adjustable
bracket in which the outwardly extending portion is moved
along a line that generally follows the arc of a circle.
Subclass:
300
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Bracket
supports in which the bracket is made of sheet material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
69 for sheet metal cable brackets with bridle rings.
247 for sheet metal shelf brackets.
251 for rod brackets of sheet material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
29, Metal Working, 897 for a process for making brackets.
Subclass:
301
This subclass is indented under subclass 300. Device in
which the article support is in the form of a hook.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
215 for similar structure in horizontal rod or bar.
Subclass:
302
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Bracket
supports made of wire.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48.1 48.2, 112, and 249, for other wire type supports.
69 for cable brackets with wire bridle rings.
311.2 for wire receptacle holders.
315 for wire brackets in which the article holder is in the
form of a ring.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 106, 112, 119, and 181.1, for
racks of wire.
Subclass:
303
Hook type, stationary mount:
This subclass is indented under subclass 302. Wire bracket
wherein a curved or bent piece, similar to the letter J, is
fixed to a portion that fastens to a wall section, panel,
post, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
216.1 for support penetrating hook type means.
Subclass:
304
Hook type, stationary mount:
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Bracket
wherein a curved or bent piece, similar to the letter J, is
fixed to a portion that fastens to a wall section, panel,
post, etc..
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
205.5 for bracket hooks supported by suction cups.
211 211, 213, 215, 216.1+, 227.1+, 290.1, 294.1, 301, and
303, for more particularly classified hook type brackets.
339 for suspended hook type supports.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 369 for similar devices,
which may be disclosed for use as brackets, per se, and the
article supporting hook is in combination with a second
fastener, which, per se, is classifiable in Class 24.
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclass 30 for
a hook type bracket combined with a horizontally supported
planar surface.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 100 for horizontal multiple
rod type supports.
Subclass:
305
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Devices which
are also provided with a clasp to hold the article to the
hook.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 343 for clasp hook
fasteners.
211, Supports: Racks, 8 for racks with article locking
clasps, and subclasses 89.01, 120 and 124 for racks with
article clasps.
Subclass:
306
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Devices which
are pivoted or have other special provisions whereby the
article may be readily released from the hook.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
322 for releasable, suspended supports.
Subclass:
307
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Devices in
which the hook is slidable on its supports.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
215 and 340, for this feature in other supports.
Subclass:
308
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Devices in
which the bracket is foldable when not in use.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
290.1 and 294.1, for other foldable hook type devices.
Subclass:
309.1
Article holding means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Structure for
supporting an article on the bracket.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
176.1 and 346.01+, for other article holding supports.
Subclass:
309.2
Pin of spindle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 309.1. Structure
wherein the means for holding the supported article comprises
an elongate rod-like member.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 57.1 and 125 for similar
structure in a support for plural articles.
Subclass:
309.3
Vacuum:
This subclass is indented under subclass 309.1. Structure
comprising a component which is attached to the supported
article by atmospheric pressure acting either on the
component or the article by reason of a reduced pressure
beneath the component.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
205.5 for a bracket which is attached to a support by means
of a vacuum and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
309.4
Magnetic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 309.1. Structure
wherein the article is secured to the bracket by ferrous
attraction.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
206.5 for a specially mounted or attached bracket secured by
magnetic means.
Subclass:
310
This subclass is indented under subclass 309.1. Devices in
which the holding device including clamps engages only the
base of the supported article.
(1) Note. This subclass includes devices for holding
receptacles when the holding means engages the base of the
receptacle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
309.1 and 311.2 to 316.7, for combinations of base engaging
means with other holding means.
Subclass:
311.2
Receptacle type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 309.1. Devices
specially designed to hold a receptacle to its supporting
bracket.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
210 for ladder attached supports.
315 for holders in the form of a ring.
318 for suspended receptacle supports.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, 3.31 and 3.39 for fruit-jar vises.
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 68.5 for vehicle battery box
holding devices.
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, 41 for devices for
holding milk bottles for deposit and collection together with
means for preventing their theft.
Subclass:
311.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 311.2. Devices
specifically adapted to support a receptacle in its inverted
position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
108 for devices for holding paste-tube receptacles in an
inverted position for dispensing their contents.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, 181.1 for brackets to support receptacles
in position for the bottom discharge of their contents.
Subclass:
312
This subclass is indented under subclass 311.2. Devices in
which the holding device engages only the neck of the
receptacle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
108 for devices for grasping the neck of a paste-tube.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, 41 for devices for
engaging the neck of a bottle and locking the bottle
thereto.
Subclass:
312.1
Upper rim or lip engaging:
This subclass is indented under subclass 311.2. Structure
comprising means for engaging the upper rim or a lip formed
adjacent the upper rim of a receptacle.
Subclass:
313
This subclass is indented under subclass 311.2. Devices in
which the receptacle holding means is in the form of a
clamp.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
229.1 for specially mounted article clamps.
310 for base engaging clamps.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 455 for clasps, per se.
The line is set out in a note under the class definition.
Subclass:
314
This subclass is indented under subclass 309.1. Devices in
which the article holder is in the form of a socket or
pocket.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
111 for similar structure in brush and broom holders.
Subclass:
315
This subclass is indented under subclass 309.1. Devices in
which the article holder is in the form of a ring surrounding
the article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
62 and 74.1+, for pipe or cable supporting rings.
Subclass:
316.1
Clamps:
This subclass is indented under subclass 309.1. Devices in
which the article holder is in the form of a securing means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
229.1 and 313, for other article clamps.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Brackets, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 243 for clasps, per se.
The line is set out in a note under the class definition.
211, Support: Racks, 8 for racks with article locking
clasps, and subclasses, 89.01, 120 and 124 for racks with
article clasps.
Subclass:
316.2
Wedging or camming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 316.1. Structure
comprising a lobe or inclined plane member, which (1) engages
the supported article and clamps it against another member,
or (2) actuates a clamping member and biases it into clamping
engagement with the support article.
Subclass:
316.3
Self-actuating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 316.2. Structure
wherein the clamping action is effected by the weight of the
bracket or a component thereof or the supported article.
Subclass:
316.4
Sliding jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 316.1. Structure
comprising a plurality of clamping members, at least one of
which is mounted for linearly movement toward or away from
the other.
Subclass:
316.5
Pivoted jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 316.1. Structure
comprising a plurality of clamping members, at least one of
which is accurately movably mounted for motion toward or away
from the other.
(1) Note. Included in this subclass are devices having
relatively rigid jaws connected by a flexural hinge.
Subclass:
316.6
Separable jaw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 316.1. Structure
comprising a plurality of clamping members which are readily
detachable from each other and in the normal operation of the
device readily movable toward or away from each other in
order to clamp the supported article therebetween.
Subclass:
316.7
Clip:
This subclass is indented under subclass 316.1. Structure
which is formed, at least in part, of resilient, material and
wherein clamping portions are biased into clamping engagement
with the supported article by the resilience of said
resilient material.
Subclass:
316.8
Horizontally spaced elements:
This subclass is indented under subclass 309.1. Structure
comprising a plurality of laterally spaced elements which
engage the support article.
(1) Note. The elements may be discrete members or may be
integral projections of a single member.
Subclass:
317
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Devices for supporting an article by hanging it from an
overhead support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48.1 for suspension devices for eaves troughs.
200 for relatively compact devices in the nature of brackets
even though attached to a ceiling or other overhead support.
581 for a resiliently suspended horizontal frame or
platform.
589 for a support resiliently suspended by a linkage or
gearing.
614 for a resiliently suspended support.
648 for devices for suspending machines.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
47, Plant Husbandry, subclass 67 for a support device for
hanging a flower pot.
59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, 78, especially
subclass 78.1 for supports consisting merely of a chain or
sections thereof.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, 142 for a suspended
platform with elevating or lowering means, and subclass 150
for the suspended platform.
211, Supports: Racks, 113 for suspended racks.
362, Illumination, 404 for such supports limited by
structure to use with lights.
Subclass:
318
This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Suspending
devices specially designed to support a receptacle or bowl.
This subclass includes devices for supporting inverted light
bowls which are not limited by structure to use for
illumination.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
362, Illumination, subclass 453 for similar devices limited
to use with lights.
Subclass:
320
This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Suspension
devices which are constructed to be released usually from the
ground so that the supported article can be lowered within
reach.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
362, Illumination, subclass 403 for such for supports
limited by structure to use with lights.
Subclass:
321
This subclass is indented under subclass 320. Devices in
which the suspension element is grasped by a releasable
clutch.
Subclass:
322
This subclass is indented under subclass 320. Devices in
which the suspension element is supported by a hook and from
with it can be readily released.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
306 for similar structure in bracket supports.
Subclass:
323
This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Suspension
devices in which the supported article may be moved to
various positions relative to the overhead support.
Subclass:
324
This subclass is indented under subclass 323. Devices in
which the adjustment is secured by one or more parts pivoted
to the support, to each other, or both.
Subclass:
325
This subclass is indented under subclass 324. Devices in
which there is also provided a weight counterbalance for one
or more of the pivoted sections.
Subclass:
326
This subclass is indented under subclass 324. Devices which
are also provided with telescoping tubes to provide for
further adjustment.
Subclass:
327
This subclass is indented under subclass 323. Devices in
which the adjustment is in a vertical direction.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
362, Illumination, subclass 403 for such supports limited by
structure to use with lights.
Subclass:
328
This subclass is indented under subclass 327. Devices in
which the article is supported by a cord.
Subclass:
329
This subclass is indented under subclass 328. Devices which
are also provided with a reel upon which the cord is wound.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 370 for a reeling
device for elongated material.
Subclass:
330.1
Spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 329. Devices in
which the reel is a spring reel.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
579 for a support comprising a spring reel wherein the
spring sustains the weight of the supported article when in
use.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 371 for a spring
powered reeling device of general use.
Subclass:
331
This subclass is indented under subclass 328. Devices which
are also provided with a counterweight for the article.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
362, Illumination, subclass 401 for such supports limited by
structure to use with lights.
Subclass:
332
This subclass is indented under subclass 328. Devices
including pulley brackets.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, 389 for devices or members for guiding a moving
cable.
Subclass:
333
This subclass is indented under subclass 327. Devices in
which the adjustment is secured by means of telescoping
tubes.
Subclass:
334.1
Spring reel counterbalanced:
This subclass is indented under subclass 333. Devices in
which the telescoping tubes are counterbalanced by a spring
reel.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
579 for a support comprising a spring reel wherein the
spring sustains the weight of the supported article when in
use.
Subclass:
335
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.1. Devices in
which the tubes are held in adjusted position by a releasable
clutch within the tubes.
Subclass:
336
This subclass is indented under subclass 333. Devices in
which a clutch is provided to hold the tubes in adjusted
position.
Subclass:
337
This subclass is indented under subclass 336. Devices in
which the clutch is a friction clutch.
Subclass:
338
This subclass is indented under subclass 333. Devices
including rotary brakes for holding the telescoping tubes.
Subclass:
339
This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Suspension
devices in which the article support is in the form of a
hook.
Subclass:
340
This subclass is indented under subclass 339. Devices in
which the suspension element is suspended from a generally
horizontal bar.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
215 and 307, for similar structure in hook type brackets.
Subclass:
341
This subclass is indented under subclass 339. Devices in
which the supporting hook can swing.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
211 290.1, 294.1, and 308, for similar devices in hook type
brackets.
324 for similar article supports in the form of an eye.
Subclass:
342
This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Devices
adapted for use as an element in a suspension support.
Subclass:
343
This subclass is indented under subclass 342. Devices
forming the attachment of a suspension support to a ceiling
or other overhead support.
Subclass:
344
This subclass is indented under subclass 342. Devices
forming the attachment between a suspension element and the
article supporting arms of a suspension support.
Subclass:
345
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising elements of a support used to
protect or conceal the connection between a bracket or
suspension device and the fixed support.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
220, Receptacles, 241 for face plates.
362, Illumination, 404 for such devices limited by structure
to use with lights.
Subclass:
345.1
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
comprising means, including buffers, guards, pads, wear
strips or the like, attachable to an article of furniture to
prevent marring or scarring either of said article or of
adjacent structure by the said article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
615 for a foot or bumper which provides resilient support
for the supported device.
117.2 for sadiron support bases.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, 460 for means attached to
a closure to prevent damage to the closure or to an adjacent
object by the closure.
Subclass:
346.01
SUPPORTING BASE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports which provide a rest for an article and are
generally of a flat or box-like nature.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
117.2 for sadiron support bases.
176.1 for article supporting stands.
309.1 for article holding brackets.
357 for prop bases.
519 for a stand or base type of supporting device having
means for receiving a staff.
678 for machine bases.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 292 for an in situ
type footing for a shaft-like component.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, subclass 129 for a
workman's kneeling base or bench in combination with a
receptacle or other ancillary device and subclass 230 for a
workman's kneeling base or bench, per se.
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, 293 for
electrical switch bases.
Subclass:
346.02
Pallet type (without structure to receive handling means):
This subclass is indented under subclass 346.01. Support
base in which the rest is a platform relatively close to a
floor or primary support, but unable to accept fork lift
forks.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 51.11 for
industrial platforms.
Subclass:
346.03
Including attachment or holder for article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 346.01. Support
base in which the rest includes a device to temporarily
retain an item.
Subclass:
346.04
Biased by spring or resilient member (e.g., snap fit):
This subclass is indented under subclass 346.03. Support
base with holder in which the retainer is elastic.
Subclass:
346.05
And base leveling means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 346.03. Support
base with holder in which the rest has structure to maintain
a horizontal position.
Subclass:
346.06
Base allows attachment or holder to adjust position:
This subclass is indented under subclass 346.03. Support
base with holder in which the retainer moves relative to the
rest.
Subclass:
346.07
Adjustable size base:
This subclass is indented under subclass 346.03. Support
base with holder in which the rest expands or contracts.
Subclass:
346.11
Coaster or caster cup:
This subclass is indented under subclass 346.01. Support
base comprising a generally shallow, receptacle-like support
for a receptacle or other article and often including
moisture absorbing or drip collection features, or a similar
device for supporting a furniture leg or caster.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, 18 for casters comprising
wheels, balls or sliding shoes mounted for movably supporting
furniture and like objects.
215, Bottles and Jars, 393 for condensate or drip collection
attachments for bottles and jars.
Subclass:
346.2
Filled with fluent material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 346.01. Support
base wherein the rest has a hollow portion containing with a
composition that flows at room temperature.
Subclass:
346.3
Knockdown or collapsible (i.e., reduced in volume):
This subclass is indented under subclass 346.01. Support
base in which the rest is designed to be disassembled or
manipulated to a reduced volume.
Subclass:
346.4
Corrugated structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 346.01. Support
base in which the rest is composed of at least one layer in
an undulating configuration.
Subclass:
346.5
With upturned flange, projection, lip, or wall:
This subclass is indented under subclass 346.01. Support
base in which the rest has a portion that is perpendicular to
the main bearing surface and extends a substantially short
length compared to the main bearing surface.
Subclass:
349.1
Rotatable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 346.01. Supporting
bases which have provisions whereby the article may be
revolved relative to a fixed substructure(e.g., table top).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
521 for a stand or base type of supporting device having
rotatable means for receiving a staff.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 94 for terraced
rotatable horizontal planar surfaces, subclasses 103+ for
plural related horizontal surfaces which are rotatable about
a vertical axis, and subclasses 139+ for a horizontal planar
surface which rotates about a vertical axis.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 163 for rotatable racks.
Subclass:
351
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports in the nature of poles or posts arranged either
vertically, horizontally, or in an inclined position which
hold or steady an article or thing from falling against the
action of gravity.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
359.1 for props which remain with the article.
441.1 for an easel prop.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
42, Firearms, subclass 94 for firearm props and rests.
47, Plant Husbandry, subclass 43 for tree props.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate subclass
for a rigid elongated member of more general application,
particularly subclass 112 for an opposed barrier engaging
mechanism operated column, subclass 632 for an axially
extensible shaft or openwork, subclasses 690+ for a truss
type openwork, and subclasses 720.1+ for a miscellaneous
elongated rigid structure.
105, Railway Rolling Stock, 355 for braces for bracing loads
in railway cars where the brace is combined with the
structure of the bulkhead or car.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, 165 for a ladder with
a pivoted prop.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, for props having means for extending them.
280, Land Vehicles, 293 for velocipede props.
Subclass:
352
This subclass is indented under subclass 351. Props for
supporting an automobile after it has been raised from its
wheels.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
410, Freight Accommodation on Freight Carrier, 3 for
supports designed to support a plurality of automobiles on a
freight carrier.
Subclass:
353
This subclass is indented under subclass 351. Props designed
to support a clothesline between its ends. This subclass
includes devices for holding the line to the prop.
Subclass:
354.1
Adjustable length:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351. A support
which includes a pair of members relatively longitudinally
movable with respect to each other to facilitate a change in
length of the support.
(1) Note. A patent directed to a removable prop of brace
structure which, by disclosure, is hydraulically actuated or
is particularly adapted to include or accommodate a force
multiplying tool for adjusting the length thereof is proper
for Class 254 rather than Class 248. For example, when
adjustment in length of the opposite ends of a prop is
accomplished by means off a screw and nut, and the nut is
hexagonally headed to readily accommodate a wrench, such
structure is proper for Class 254; however, merely forming a
knurled surface on the nut so as to make it easier to grasp
and turn by hand for adjustment will not remove the patent
from Class 248.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclass 127.2 for
a removably mounted prop or brace combined with a structure
component, and subclass 632 for an axially extendable shaft.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, appropriate subclasses for devices in the nature of a
jack which also serves as a brace, and see (1) Note above.
269, Work Holders, 55 for a work holder mounted for movement
and 289+ for a holder positioned beneath the work.
403, Joints and Connections, 52 for a joint comprised of
articulated members.
Subclass:
354.2
Held in adjusted position by flowable granular material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 354.1. A support
including a mass of particulate matter encompassed by the
relatively movable members; and wherein said mass changes
shape during length change of the support to hold the members
against collapse at selected positions of relative
adjustment.
Subclass:
354.3
Threaded adjusting or locking member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 354.1. A support
which includes first and second parts having mating helical
threads which cooperate to move the members longitudinally
with respect to each other or to hold the members against
collapse at selected positions of relative movement.
Subclass:
354.4
Locking member movable transversely of direction of adjusting
movement (e.g. set screw):
This subclass is indented under subclass 354.3. A support
wherein movement of said first part is in a direction of
movement perpendicular to the direction of relative adjusting
movement of said members.
Subclass:
354.5
Held in adjusted position by transverse pin in registering
apertures:
This subclass is indented under subclass 354.1. A support
wherein one of said members includes surfaces defining a
plurality of openings spaced along the length thereof, and
wherein the other of said members includes surfaces defining
at least one opening adapted to register with any of said
plurality of openings for receiving an elongated rod-like
device transversely into the registered openings to hold said
members against collapse at selected positions of relative
movement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
354.4 for a threaded transverse pin positioned in
registering apertures.
Subclass:
354.6
Held in plural discrete positions:
This subclass is indented under subclass 354.1. A support
wherein means is provided to lock said members against
collapse in any of a plurality of predetermined selected
positions of relative movement.
(1) Note. For a patent to be appropriate for this subclass
and the one indented hereunder, as well as more specific
subclass 354.5 above, the locking structure must be such as
to lock the members together in a finite number of adjustable
positions, subclass 354.1 is appropriate for a patent having
an infinite number of adjustable positions, such as by use of
friction or deformable clamp for a locking member, while
354.2, 354.3, or 354.4 are appropriate for patents having
either a finite or infinite range of adjustment depending on
whether such specific structure is included as defined in
such latter subclasses.
Subclass:
354.7
One-way locking (e.g., ratchet):
This subclass is indented under subclass 354.6. A support
wherein cooperating abutment faces are provided such as to
facilitate relative movement in one direction, but which
prevent relative movement in the opposite direction unless
released by an auxiliary, operator-controlled device.
Subclass:
357
This subclass is indented under subclass 351. Devices
forming a base or head for a prop or brace and forming an
element thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 292 for an in situ
built type footing for a vertical structure and subclasses
300+ for an in situ built type cap for a vertical structure.
Subclass:
362
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Devices in which the article is held to its support by
atmospheric pressure acting on an element of the hold down by
reason of a reduced pressure beneath the element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
205.5 and 363, for other vacuum supports.
Subclass:
363
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Supports in which the article is attached thereto by
atmospheric pressure acting on the article by reason of a
reduced pressure behind the article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
205.5 for vacuum attached brackets.
362 for vacuum holddowns.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
279, Chucks or Sockets, subclass 3 for vacuum chucks.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, 64.1 for
vacuum hoist implements.
451, Abrading, subclass 388 for a vacuum work holder for an
abrading machine.
Subclass:
364
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising counterbalance weights for a
counterbalanced stand, bracket or suspension device.
(1) Note. For weights generally, see Classification Index
under both Weights and Counterweights.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, 216 for window weights.
336, Inductor Devices, subclass 41 for inductor devices
(e.g., transformers) which have a movable element and a
counter-balancing weight for the movable element.
Subclass:
370
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Device in
which an upstanding frame is provided, and hangers have their
upper ends carried by the frame, and wherein the lower ends
of the hangers carry the load support surface.
Subclass:
371
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Device wherein
means are provided to move or permit movement of the support
surface to various angles relative to a horizontal plane.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
166 for support surface which tilts during the folding
operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 313 for a seat tiltable relative to a
horizontal plane.
Subclass:
372.1
Biased:
This subclass is indented under subclass 371. Devices
wherein means are provided to urge the surface in a desired
direction about its tilt axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 300.1 for a back tiltable with a
bottom against a biasing means; and subclasses 332+ for a
bottom tiltable against a biasing means.
Subclass:
393
This subclass is indented under subclass 371. Device
provided with means to additionally move or permit movement
of the support surface to two or more use positions in a
direction parallel to the horizon.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
419 for a similar nontilting device which moves vertically
and horizontally.
424 for a similar nontilting device which moves
horizontally.
Subclass:
394
This subclass is indented under subclass 393. Device in
which the tilting means raise each of the opposite ends of
the support surface an unequal amount to both tilt and
vertically move the surface.
Subclass:
395
This subclass is indented under subclass 393. Device wherein
the means to tilt the surface and the means to move the
surface horizontally operate upon the surface at the same
time.
Subclass:
396
This subclass is indented under subclass 371. Device wherein
the tilting means act upon each of the opposite ends of the
support surface to raise them an unequal amount to tilt the
surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
394 for a similar device provided with additional means to
move the surface horizontally.
Subclass:
397
This subclass is indented under subclass 371. Device wherein
there is a pivot axis which is immovable, parallel to the
horizon, and about which the supporting surface swings to two
or more article supporting positions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
371 for a device which tilts about a fixed axis from a
single use position to a nonuse position.
596 for a device biased to tilt about a stationary
horizontal pivot.
Subclass:
398
This subclass is indented under subclass 371. Device wherein
the support surface and the supporting substructure move as a
unit relative to the reference plane.
Subclass:
404
This subclass is indented under subclass 161. Device in
which the standard is moved vertically by a means which
employs a mechanical advantage, e.g., gears or hydraulic
motors.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
422 for similar vertical adjustment means in a stand or
stool other than standard type.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, appropriate subclasses for lift implements, such as
jacks containing force multiplying means.
297, Chairs and Seats, 423.20 for a seat including a bottom
and back vertically movable as a unit by force multiplying
means.
Subclass:
405
This subclass is indented under subclass 404. Device wherein
the force multiplying means includes an elongated threaded
member and a shorter coaxial threaded member, the threads of
the two members being meshed and the two members being
relatively rotatable to axially move one with respect to the
other.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, subclass 424.8 for screw
and nut gearing, per se.
Subclass:
406.1
With relative rotation preventer and disable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 406.1. Structure
which is provided with means to selectively lock the screw
and not together to prevent, or unlock them to permit,
relative rotation.
Subclass:
406.2
Weight or load responsive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 406.1. Structure
wherein the means for locking and/or unlocking is responsive
to a weight or load or the absence thereof on the article
support.
(1) Note. This subclass includes devices wherein an
adjustment means for the locking means is actuated by the
weight or load as well as those devices wherein the locking
means is actuated directly.
Subclass:
407
This subclass is indented under subclass 161. Device in
which the standard or the part which it moves relative to has
a series of vertically spaced apertures or grooves, and the
other part carries a detent selectively engageable with one
of the apertures or grooves to hold the parts in adjusted
position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
423 for a vertically adjustable nonstandard type stand which
is held in adjusted position by a notch or cavity engaging
latch.
Subclass:
408
This subclass is indented under subclass 407. Device wherein
a means is provided to urge the detent into notch or cavity
engaging position.
Subclass:
409
This subclass is indented under subclass 408. Device in
which the elevated article supporting part of the stand has
mounted thereon a means to move the latch against its biasing
means to disengage it from the notch or cavity.
Subclass:
410
This subclass is indented under subclass 161. Device wherein
one of the relatively adjustable parts includes a vertically
extending rod or tube, and the other part carries a
surrounding annular washer which is movable from a tilted
holding position in which top and bottom opposite sides of
the washer grip opposite sides of the bar or tube, to a
horizontal release position in which the rod is fully
slidable within the washer.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
192, Clutches and Power-Stop Control, 41 for canted clutch
collar mechanisms, per se.
Subclass:
411
This subclass is indented under subclass 161. Device which
is provided with a means to selectively frictionally grip the
relatively adjustable parts to hold them in adjusted position
or release the frictional grip to permit adjustment.
Subclass:
412
This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Device wherein
the clamp is moved into engaged position by the sliding
action of a member having an inclined surface.
Subclass:
413
This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Device wherein
the clamping is effected by an element threaded in one of the
vertically adjustable parts, and movable toward and away from
the other part by means of its threaded engagement to
frictionally clamp or release the other part.
Subclass:
414
This subclass is indented under subclass 161. Device wherein
one of the vertically movable parts carries a member which
slidably bears or rubs on the other part with a force
sufficient to prevent accidental movement of the parts, but
insufficient to prevent intentional movement.
Subclass:
415
This subclass is indented under subclass 158. Device
including means mounting the support surface for movement
around a vertically extending axis.
Subclass:
416
This subclass is indented under subclass 415. Device in
which the support surface has an additional motion along a
line.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
426 for a revolvable nonstandard type support having an
additional linear motion.
Subclass:
417
This subclass is indented under subclass 415. Device
provided with a biasing means to move the support surface
back to a preselected position upon the release of the force
which revolves or rotates it.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, 386 for a biased or self-
returning closure and see the search notes thereto for the
loci of other closures with a similar feature.
Subclass:
418
This subclass is indented under subclass 415. Device
provided with means to selectively prevent or resist the
rotation of the support surface.
Subclass:
419
This subclass is indented under subclass 157. Device wherein
means are provided to additionally move or permit movement of
the support surface in a direction at right angles to the
vertical movement, or in a direction which is a resultant of
the two directions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
393 for a similar device additionally tiltable.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 344.13 for a seat comprising a bottom
and back movable as a unit both vertically and horizontally.
Subclass:
420
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Device wherein
the means for moving the support surface in a vertical and
horizontal direction includes relatively sliding bearings set
at an angle with respect to the horizontal, and on which the
support surface is mounted for movement along such bearings.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
395 for a similar device additionally tiltable.
Subclass:
421
This subclass is indented under subclass 157. Device wherein
the adjusting means include a plurality of pivoted bars
connected to the support surface and movable to raise and
lower the surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
396 for a device to raise the several ends of the support
surface different amounts and thus effect a tilting of the
surface together with a vertical displacement.
Subclass:
422
This subclass is indented under subclass 157. Device in
which the adjustment is effected by two or more intermeshed,
relatively moving members.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
404 for a standard type stool and stand vertically
adjustable by gearing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 412 for gearing, per se.
297, Chairs and Seats, subclass 344.17, 344.20 for a seating
device comprising a bottom and back vertically movable as a
unit by gear means.
Subclass:
423
This subclass is indented under subclass 157. Device in
which one of two relatively vertically movable parts has a
series of vertically spaced apertures or grooves, and the
other part carries a detent selectively engageable with one
of the apertures or grooves to hold the parts in adjusted
position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
407 for a vertically adjustable standard type stand held in
adjusted position by a notch or cavity engaging latch.
Subclass:
424
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Device wherein
means are provided to move or permit movement of the support
surface in a horizontal direction.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
393 for a similar device which additionally tilts.
416 for a similar device which additionally revolves or
rotates.
419 for a similar device which additionally moves
vertically.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 341 for a seat bottom which moves
horizontally responsive to the tilting of the seat back.
Subclass:
425
This subclass is indented under subclass 424. Device wherein
the movement is about a vertical axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 344.21 for a bottom and back seat
unit movable about a vertical axis.
Subclass:
429
This subclass is indented under subclass 424. Device wherein
the means for moving or permitting movement of the surface
includes relatively sliding bearings on which the surface is
mounted for movement along such bearings.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
420 for similar device set at an incline to the horizontal.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, 7 for slides and guides, per se. Additional
structure, such as a latch to hold the relatively moving
parts in adjusted position, is beyond the scope of Class 384
and warrants classification is this class (248).
Subclass:
430
This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device in
which antifriction elements, that is, balls or rollers, are
interposed between the guide and slide elements.
Subclass:
431
This subclass is indented under subclass 164. Device in
which all of the legs diverge from and cross at a central
point spaced from the ends of the legs.
Subclass:
432
This subclass is indented under subclass 164. Device in
which the surface is attached to the leg by means which
permit it to be readily disconnected therefrom, or by means
which permit relative movement of the surface and leg without
disconnection.
Subclass:
434
This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Device
provided with a collapsible frame member for mounting the
support surface on the legs.
Subclass:
435
This subclass is indented under subclass 434. Device in
which all the arms extend outwardly from a common point in
different directions.
Subclass:
436
This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Device in
which the folding is accomplished by moving one side toward
another side so that corresponding parts of the vertically
extending frame members remain in the same horizontal plane;
the portion of the surface intermediate the side edges
collapsing above or below the plane.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 42 for a chair which collapses
laterally by relatively folding the bottom, back and legs and
subclasses 350+ for laterally folding chair back.
Subclass:
439
This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Device wherein
the legs fold to a position subjacent the support surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 53 for chair legs which collapse to a
position subjacent the seat.
Subclass:
440
This subclass is indented under subclass 163.1. Device
including, in addition to the means mounting the legs to the
support surface, a strengthening prop or brace between the
support surface and legs for maintaining their relative
position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
5, Beds, 305 for a braced bedstead.
Subclass:
440.1
At least two legs form unitary structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 163.1. Support
wherein at least two of the legs are (1) joined together, (2)
are integral with a third component of the stand which third
component is other than a leg.
Subclass:
441.1
EASEL; BOOK, COPY OR MUSIC SCORE HOLDER:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Support matter comprising (1) a device having an inclined
article supporting portion or other wise adapted to support
an article in inclined position, (2) a support particularly
adapted for holding a book in reading position or (3) a
device for holding copy for transcription or sheet music in
reading position.
(1) Note. This and indented subclasses include props which
are attached to the supported article and cooperate therewith
to support it in inclined position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, 341+ for a copy holder
including copy-advancing means (342 ) or a movable indicator
(e.g., line guide--subclasses 352+); and principal subclass
341 for a copy holder wherein copy is manually adjustable.
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, appropriate
subclasses for a rigid planar supporting surface having
structure to support the surface in a horizontal plane, and
especially 1 for such a device wherein the surface may be
operably retained in at least one inclined position.
297, Chairs and Seats, 135 for a chair or seat combined with
a table, desk or easel.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 233 for a
cabinet structure including means for supporting a book or
other copy in a position in which it can be read.
Subclass:
442
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device
particularly adapted to support a timepiece or like
constructed device.
Subclass:
442.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device
wherein the holding device displays charactered material in
position to be viewed for, and during, machine-transcription
of the material; and means for attaching the device to, or
interengaging it with the machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
400, Typewriting Machines, 718 for a copy holder including
either (1) means to guide or adjust the supported copy or (2)
an adjustable indicator (e.g., line guide); which copy holder
includes means for attachment to a typewriter.
Subclass:
443
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device
wherein a music score is attachable to an instrument and the
music score may be positioned thereon so as to be viewed by
the artist while performing on the instrument.
Subclass:
444
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device
including means for supporting it from or upon some portion
of a user's body.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclass 43 for
a horizontally supported surface including means for
supporting it from some part of a person's body or for
accommodating a portion of the body when so supported.
Subclass:
444.1
Including transparent viewing portion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Structure
including a clear portion for covering the supported article
through which portion the article may be observed.
Subclass:
445
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device
adapted to support a book with the reading material facing
substantially downward in a position to be read by a person
disposed in supine position.
Subclass:
446
This subclass is indented under subclass 444.1. Device for
supporting a book in open position and including means for
maintaining the two halves of the open face of the book in
substantially the same horizontal plane, regardless of the
relative thickness of the two halves of the book.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
188.2 for a supporting substructure for a stand including
means for adjustment of the device up or down with respect to
the surface upon which it rests, or means to compensate for
unevenness or irregularity in said surface.
Subclass:
447
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device
provided with means swingably supporting the holder, wherein
said holder is movable from a closed or storage position to a
position in which the pages of a book mounted thereon may be
consulted.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
442.2 for copyholder with writing machine engaging means.
443 for structure supported on a musical instrument.
444 for body supported structure.
Subclass:
447.1
Mounted on wall or art device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Structure
wherein the device comprises means particularly adapting it
for mounting on a wall or a particular art device, e.g. an
article of furniture, a vehicle part.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
442.2 for copyholder with writing machine engaging means.
443 for structure supported on a musical instrument.
444 for body supported structure.
Subclass:
447.2
Clamped to support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 447.1. Structure
wherein the device is attached to a support by a holding
means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
226.11 for a bracket of general utility which is clamped to
a support.
Subclass:
448
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device
wherein the effective supporting area of the article
supporting portion of the device may be selectively increased
or decreased.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
149 for a stand which is adjustable to take various sized
receptacles.
172 for a plural leg stand which is adjustable to take
various sized articles.
Subclass:
449
This subclass is indented under subclass 448. Device wherein
the means for increasing or decreasing the effective
supporting area of the article supporting portion comprises a
shelf or bracket type rest which is selectively movable up or
down relative to said article supporting portion.
Subclass:
450
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device
wherein the article supporting portion is provided with an
opening into which an article or portion thereof may be
placed, the sides of the opening usually frictionally
engaging the article to retain said article therein.
Subclass:
451
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device
provided with means to frictionally retain the supported
article in position relative to the supporting portion of the
device.
Subclass:
452
This subclass is indented under subclass 451. Device wherein
the retaining means engages the supported article adjacent
the upper portion thereof.
Subclass:
453
This subclass is indented under subclass 451. Device wherein
the retaining means engages the supported article adjacent
the lower portion thereof.
Subclass:
454
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device
provided with means permitting the article supporting portion
to be moved to and held at various angles of inclination.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
371 for a stand provided with means to move or permit
movement of its support surface to various angles relative to
a horizontal plane.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 1 for a
horizontally supported surface wherein the surface may be
operably retained in at least one inclined position.
Subclass:
455
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Device wherein
the means for holding the article supporting portion in
adjusted position comprises a leg-like supporting member
which may be disposed at various angles relative to the
article supporting portion.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
351 for a support in the nature of a pole or post arranged
either vertically, horizontally or in an inclined position
which holds or steadies an article or thing from falling
against the force of gravity.
463 for a collapsible easel, book or music score holder
provided with a folding prop.
Subclass:
456
This subclass is indented under subclass 455. Device wherein
a portion of the leg-like supporting member is engageable
with a rack, serration or hole.
Subclass:
457
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Device wherein
the article supporting portion is swingably connected at a
point between the edges thereof to its supporting structure.
Subclass:
458
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device in
which the article supporting portion is revolvable.
Subclass:
459
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device
formed from a sheet or blank of cardboard or other equivalent
material capable of being bent or folded, the sheet or blank
comprising several sections which, when the device is being
operatively assembled, may be folded or relatively engaged to
maintain the sections in stable, predetermined, support
affording relationship.
Subclass:
460
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Device
constructed either (1) to be readily set up from or
disjointed into unassembled elements or (2) be foldable from
or into a structure of reduced volume.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
165 for a knockdown stand.
166 for a plural leg folding stand.
Subclass:
461
This subclass is indented under subclass 460. Device
provided with means to encase the components thereof when in
collapsed condition.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 33 for a
horizontally supported surface including structure forming an
enclosure for part or all of the surface or support in an
inoperative or stored condition.
Subclass:
462
This subclass is indented under subclass 460. Device in
which the article supporting portion comprises a plurality of
interconnected rod or bar-like elements, which elements may
be moved about their points of interconnection to cause said
article supporting portion to fold.
Subclass:
463
This subclass is indented under subclass 460. Device in
which the support for the device is a leg or prop-like member
connected to the article supporting portion, which member is
movable about its point of connection to a position adjacent
said article supporting portion when the device is
collapsed.
Subclass:
464
This subclass is indented under subclass 463. Device
provided with a plurality of leg or prop-like members.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
166 for a folding plural leg stand.
Subclass:
465
This subclass is indented under subclass 463. Device
provided with a strut or stay to maintain the article
supporting portion and leg in stable erected position.
Subclass:
465.1
Of wire:
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Structure
which is constructed of elongated rod material.
(1) Note. Generally the wire is metallic but nonmetallic
wire material is also included herein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
175 for stands made from wire. See the notes thereunder.
302 for brackets made of wire. See the noted thereunder.
Subclass:
466
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter including structure peculiarly adapted for
maintaining a mirror, picture, license plate, or similar flat
plate-like viewable object in the desired viewable position
on a vertical or horizontal surface such as a wall or table;
or on other supporting structure.
(1) Note. The subject matter here usually relates to
mounting pictures or mirrors on walls or to mounting mirrors
on vehicles. For classification here, the mirror, picture or
license plate should at most only be broadly claimed. Class
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
especially subclasses 871+ provides for mirror details as
classified together with supporting structure, and subclasses
515+ provides for signal reflectors as classified with
supporting structure. This Class 248 provides for the
combination of a mirror broadly together with its frame and
its support. However, Class 52, Static Structures (e.g.,
Buildings), provides for a mirror frame, per se, and a mirror
broadly claimed with its frame; see especially subclasses
474+ and 633+. Class 40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting,
in subclass 700 provides for picture frames and in subclasses
745+ provides for such frames claimed in detail together with
supporting structure. Class 40 also provides for frames
whose use is indicated as for both mirrors and picture.
Class 40 provides for picture and sign (including license
plate) details with or without supporting structure.
(2) Note. As between this Class 248 and Class 359 a mere
claiming of a plurality of signal reflectors of the Class 359
subclasses 515+ type does not preclude classification of
subject matter otherwise classifiable in Class 248. However,
if any physical arrangement or optical relationship between
the signal reflectors is recited, classification is in Class
359. A mere plurality of image forming mirrors is classified
in Class 359.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
114 for a support for a watch or clock combined with a
mirror.
441.1 for easel type picture or mirror supports.
549 for a mirror or picture support comprising a frangible
or deformable component.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 115 for cord and rope
holders; subclasses 572+ for separable fasteners; and
subclasses 455+ for clasps.
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, 200 for license
plates, subclasses 584+ for signs subclasses 541+ for
illuminated signs, and subclasses 152+ for picture frames.
See also (1) Note above.
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, for remote control
mechanisms.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
515 for signal reflectors and subclasses 838+ for a mirror
or reflective element and particularly subclasses 871+ for
this subject matter combined with supporting structure. See
also (1) Note above.
Subclass:
467
This subclass is indented under subclass 466. Subject matter
wherein the support includes an adhesive, a magnet or a
suction cut, which secures the picture or mirror to the
support or which secures the support to the associated
mounting structure such as a wall or window glass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
206.5 for brackets mounted by a magnet or by vacuum means.
Subclass:
468
This subclass is indented under subclass 466. Subject matter
including a clip, clasp, or other gripping device which is
spring actuated and holds the mirror or picture by pressure
contact at its front and back sides.
(1) Note. The spring may only contact the front side, for
example, while another element contacts the rear side holding
the mirror or picture therebetween.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
491 for spring actuated means which grip the periphery of a
mirror or picture.
Subclass:
469
This subclass is indented under subclass 466. Subject matter
including self supporting devices, usually having an upright
standard, a pedestal or legs, which support the mirror or
picture in a desired relation to a generally horizontal
surface such as a table, floor or the ground, the device
merely resting on the horizontal surface as opposed to being
attached thereto.
(1) Note. The stand generally maintains the picture in a
vertical position as by resting on the horizontal surface as
opposed to the brackets in subclasses 475.1+ below which are
secured to the surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
127 for stands of general utility.
444.1 for easels.
Subclass:
470
This subclass is indented under subclass 469. Subject matter
wherein at least part of the stand structure also forms or
constitutes a hanger, i.e., the stand and hanger have common
structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
126 for stand or bracket alternative structure of general
application.
Subclass:
471
This subclass is indented under subclass 469. Subject matter
wherein at least part of the stand structure also forms or
constitutes a handle, i.e., the stand and handle have common
structure.
Subclass:
472
This subclass is indented under subclass 469. Subject matter
wherein a portion of the stand is movable with respect to
another portion as by pivoting to collapse the stand and
reduce the space occupied when not in use.
(1) Note. The supports in this subclass 472 may contain a
plurality of signal reflectors.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
460 for collapsible easels.
471 for foldable stands which may be used as handles. 479
for brackets with pivotal connections.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
116, Signals and Indicators, subclass 63 for street traffic
signals and indicators.
Subclass:
473
This subclass is indented under subclass 469. Subject matter
including an upwardly opening trough which may be formed in
wood, for example, or a plurality of notches formed by
bending wire or slotting cardboard, which receive the bottom
edge of a mirror or picture and the sides of the trough or
notches abut the sides of the mirror or picture adjacent the
lower edge to hold it in a substantially vertical position.
(1) Note. The lower edge and adjacent margin of the mirror
is the only portion of the mirror or picture which contacts
the supporting structure in this subclass. Subclasses 488
and 490+ contain patents where the mirror or picture is
gripped at more than one edge.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
468 for troughs or slots which grip a mirror or picture and
hold it by spring action.
Subclass:
474
This subclass is indented under subclass 469. Subject matter
including a pivot joint or joints between the mirror or
picture and the stand to permit the mirror or picture to
pivot or swing with respect to the stand.
(1) Note. For classification here the mirror pivots with
respect to the entire stand. Where one part of the stand
pivots with respect to another, classification is not here
but in generic subclass 469 above or its other indented
subclasses, especially subclass 472.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
469 for stands where the picture or mirror may pivot
relative to a prop or brace which abuts the back thereof to
form a stand.
472 collapsible stands which have pivot joints.
Subclass:
475.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 466. Subject matter
including a member extending from the associated supporting
structure to the mirror or picture, and providing a support
for the mirror or picture spaced from the associated
supporting structure.
(1) Note. Brackets as here classified maintain the supported
mirror or picture in a predetermined position in all
directions as opposed to a hanger or stand which maintains
the mirror or picture in position in only one fixed direction
against the action of gravity.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
200 for brackets of general application.
489 for mirror or picture supports which prevent vertical
movement of the supported article with only supported article
with only incidental or no restraint of movement in other
directions.
Subclass:
476
This subclass is indented under subclass 475.1. Subject
matter including a flexible or sliding connection or joint in
the member or at an end of the member to permit a selection
of or change in the viewing position of the mirror or
picture.
(1) Note. Adjustability of the means which engage the
mirror or picture periphery so that different sizes of
mirrors or pictures may be engaged, does not place a patent
in this subclass 476. Such adjustability is found in
subclass 488 below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
490 for adjustable plaque holders.
495 for adjustable hangers.
Subclass:
477
This subclass is indented under subclass 476. Subject matter
including a plurality of recessions or notches and a
projection, at least one of which is on the bracket, the
recesses or notches being selectively engaged by the
projection to adjust the position of the mirror or picture.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
496 for hangers adjustable by selectively engaging
projections and recessions.
Subclass:
478
This subclass is indented under subclass 477. Subject matter
including a spring which urges the projection into or toward
one of the recessions.
(1) Note. The projection may be supported by and at one end
of the spring.
Subclass:
479
This subclass is indented under subclass 476. Subject matter
including a pivot connection at either end or intermediate
the ends of the bracket.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
472 for pivotal connections in collapsible stands.
474 for pivot joints in stands.
477 for brackets with pivotal connections with engaging
projections and recessions.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
subclass 607 for reversible anti-glare mirrors.
Subclass:
480
This subclass is indented under subclass 479. Subject matter
including means permitting movement of the mirror or picture
in one fixed direction (straight line) in addition to the
pivotal movement provided for in subclass 479.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
476 for brackets with linear adjustment without pivotal
adjustment.
477 for brackets with position adjustment including a
projection selectively engaging notches.
488 for brackets having adjustment of periphery gripping
structure.
Subclass:
481
This subclass is indented under subclass 479. Subject matter
wherein the pivotal connection includes interengaging sliding
surfaces, one or both of the surfaces being spherical.
(1) Note. The surface or surfaces may form an entire sphere
or only a portion of a sphere such as a hemisphere.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
403, Joints and Connections, 122 for ball and socket rod
joint connections in general.
Subclass:
482
This subclass is indented under subclass 481. Subject matter
wherein the socket is formed in two portions threaded
together, the tightening of the threads reducing the socket
size to increase the sliding friction between the ball and
socket.
Subclass:
483
This subclass is indented under subclass 481. Subject matter
including a coil spring positioned to either increase
(usually) or lessen the friction between the ball and the
socket.
Subclass:
484
This subclass is indented under subclass 481. Subject matter
including a pivotal connection or joint in addition to the
ball and socket joint.
(1) Note. The additional joint may be another ball and
socket joint.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
subclass 607 for glare reduction mirrors which are
reversible by pivoting and also have a ball and socket
joint.
Subclass:
485
This subclass is indented under subclass 479. Subject matter
including two pivot axes which are parallel to each other and
a pivot axis which is perpendicular to these parallel pivot
axes.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
484 for brackets with parallel and perpendicular pivot axes
where a ball and socket joint has one axis which is parallel
and another which is perpendicular to a third axis.
Subclass:
486
This subclass is indented under subclass 479. Subject matter
including two pivot connections having axes which are
parallel to each other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
472 for folding stands with pivot axes.
484 for brackets with parallel pivot axes where at least one
of the pivot axes is through a ball and socket joint.
485 for brackets with parallel and perpendicular pivot
axes.
Subclass:
487
This subclass is indented under subclass 479. Subject matter
including two pivot axes which are at right angles to each
other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
484 for brackets with perpendicular pivot axes where at
least one of the pivot axes is through a ball and socket
joint.
485 for brackets with perpendicular and parallel pivot
axes.
Subclass:
488
This subclass is indented under subclass 475.1. Subject
matter including fingers, claws, hooks, or jaws which engage
the periphery or edge of the mirror, picture or license plate
to hold it to the bracket.
(1) Note. Usually there are a plurality of fingers which
are spaced from each other along the periphery, each one
being curved to engage both the front and the rear of the
mirror. However, a mere groove into which one edge of the
mirror fits is also classified here.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
490 for suspended plaques which are held similarly.
Subclass:
489
This subclass is indented under subclass 466. Subject matter
wherein the supporting structure prevents downward movement
of the mirror or picture with only incidental or no restraint
of movement in other directions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
467 for adhesive magnet or suction cup suspension.
468 for clips which grip the front and the back of the
mirror or picture.
475.1 for brackets which support a mirror or picture both in
a vertical and a horizontal direction.
Subclass:
490
This subclass is indented under subclass 489. Subject matter
including a plurality of opposing hooks or clips which engage
or grip the edges or periphery of a picture or mirror, the
opposing hooks or clips holding the picture or mirror
therebetween.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
468 for brackets with plural fingers which grip the edge of
a mirror or picture.
494 for an additional lower support which may engage the
lower edge of a picture, where the upper edge is not engaged
(i.e., no opposing hooks).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, 700 for picture
frames, per se.
Subclass:
491
This subclass is indented under subclass 490. Subject matter
including a spring which may be expanded different amounts
for adjusting or which exerts a force on the opposing hooks
or clips engaging the mirror or picture periphery, and
tending to reduce the spacing between the opposing hooks or
clips.
Subclass:
492
This subclass is indented under subclass 489. Subject matter
including structure such as a reel or spool on which the cord
may be wound as for storage or adjustment.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
496 for a pawl and ratchet type suspended support where the
cord is not wound around a reel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 370 for a reeling
device of general use, and subclasses 600+ and 118+ for a
spool of general use.
Subclass:
493
This subclass is indented under subclass 489. Subject matter
including means to grip, clamp or wedge a cord or including
means defining a tortuous path to increase the friction on a
cord and thereby retain the cord in position.
Subclass:
494
This subclass is indented under subclass 489. Subject matter
including an additional supporting means or abutment attached
to the lower part of the picture or mirror to aid in
maintaining the picture or mirror in the desired position.
(1) Note. The additional support usually exerts primarily a
horizontal force on the picture to keep it from swinging once
it has been hung on a wall or to maintain the angle of the
picture relative to the wall.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
490 for plaque holders which have opposed hooks at the
bottom and at the top of the picture to hold the picture.
Subclass:
495
This subclass is indented under subclass 489. Subject matter
wherein structure is included to permit variations in the
length or other dimension of the suspending support to change
the position of the mirror or picture.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
490 for mirror, picture or plaque periphery engaging
supports which may be adjustable.
492 for picture supports including adjustable cords wound on
reels.
493 for picture supports including adjustable cords with
retainers.
Subclass:
496
This subclass is indented under subclass 495. Subject matter
including a plurality of notches or holes into which a
projection is selectively insertable to adjust the position
of the mirror or picture.
(1) Note. This subclass 496 includes patents to devices
where a hook may selectively be inserted into links or a
chain or to a device where a cord (considered a projection
here) is selectively placed in notches.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
477 for brackets which are adjusted by selectively engaging
projections or recessions.
492 for suspended picture supports where a cord is wound on
a reel, with a ratchet and pawl adjustment.
Subclass:
497
This subclass is indented under subclass 489. Subject matter
including a hook or headed nail which may be mounted on a
wall or on a picture or mirror and which is detachably
engaged with other structure.
(1) Note. For classification here, a hook must be bent or
curved.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
489 for a hook or nail included with the subject matter of
this subclass.
Subclass:
498
This subclass is indented under subclass 497. Subject matter
including an eye or closed loop which is detachably engaged
with a hook or nail.
(1) Note. A nail through an aperture where the aperture is
smaller than the head of the nail is not considered a
detachable engagement for the purposes of this subclass. The
aperture would have to be large enough to slip over the head
of the nail to be classified here.
(2) Note. Eyes or closed loops disclosed as being for
hanging on a hook or nail are classified here.
Subclass:
499
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Means
extending upwardly from a support surface or extending from a
surface contiguous thereto for retaining an article on the
support surface, which means either (a) includes a flaccid
material member extending between the article and the surface
or (b) consists of a member which is readily deformable
either (1) axially (e.g., coil spring) to tensionally retain
the member on the surface or (2) laterally and substantially
uniformly throughout its length to provide a looped
configuration when its opposite ends are secured together or
to a supporting surface and an article is thereby embraced or
straddled between these ends.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
500 for a hold-down device; e.g., one which either (a)
includes no flaccid element for retaining an article to a
base; or (b) consists of deformable member means of
variegated construction; e.g., has a developed reentrant or
hinge portion so that only a part is deformable, as opposed
to the structure set forth in the instant (subclass 499)
definition. See for example, subclass 500, the principal
subclass, for a clasp-type hold-down significantly deformable
about an intermediate reentrant or hinge portion; and see
subclass 505, for an article straddling hold-down.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass 478 for a
mercantile package comprising a base, an article, and flaccid
means to retain the article on the base.
Subclass:
500
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
of normally form-sustaining structure extending upwardly from
a support surface, or from a surface contiguous thereto, and
having an undersurface portion for engagement with an
upwardly facing portion of an article to retain the article
on the support surface.
(1) Note. See the definition and (1) Note of subclass 499
for the distinction(s) between a hold-down of the instant
locus (500+) and a tie-down of the superior subclass (499).
(2) Note. The following superior loci in this class (248)
disclose a hold-down of this generic locus: subclass 27.1,
for a hold-down for an instrument to a panel; subclasses 49+,
for hold-down structure for pipe or cable; subclasses 309.1+,
for an article holding bracket; subclasses 346+, for a
supporting base provided with a hold-down device; subclasses
680+, machinery supports.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
269, Work Holders, appropriate subclass for a device to hold
an article down on a support for a work operation on the
article.
Subclass:
501
This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Device for
retention of a standard-supported furniture-type (e.g.,
chair, cart) article on the floor of a room in which it is
used by overlying engagement with an upwardly facing surface
of the standard; or for the reception of a retaining member
(e.g., bolt) passed through both the retention device and the
retained article.
Subclass:
502
This subclass is indented under subclass 501. Device in
which the overlying portion enters a cavity of the standard
for the engagement with an upwardly facing surface within the
cavity.
Subclass:
503
This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Device for use
on a vehicle transport for the retention thereon of an
article of equipment thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
501 for a hold-down device for the leg of a chair, cart or
other leg-supported article, which article might, possibly,
be regularly carried on a vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
410, Freight Accommodation on Freight Carrier, 77 for a
hold-down device for a shipping load carrier (e.g., pallet,
container) on a freight carrying vehicle.
Subclass:
503.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 503. Structure
comprising means for securing a seat (or component thereof)
to a part of the vehicle.
Subclass:
504
This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Device for
retaining a sheet or stack of sheets flatwise upon the
underlying surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, subclass
89.1 for a blotter hold-down desk pad combined with means
for some other purpose; and subclass 95 for the blotter
hold-down desk pad, per se.
Subclass:
505
This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Device, the
under surface-provided portion contactingly encircling
substantially an entire upwardly facing transverse dimension
of the article or overlyingly extending across the entire
article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
49 for hold-down structure for straddling a pipe or cable;
e.g., subclass 68.1 for straddling an assembly of parallel
pipes or cables.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
439, Electrical Connectors, 366 for a hold-down device
which straddles an electrical component (e.g., electronic
tube) for keeping it plugged into a receptacle.
Subclass:
506
This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Device which
is so positively connected to the article as to remain
therewith when lifted from the underlying support; or to be
dissociable therefrom only by a positive act of disconnection
(e.g., unthreading).
Subclass:
507
This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Device
including a rigid-material rod-like portion attachable to and
projecting upwardly from the underlying support and bearing
the undersurface-provided portion as a lateral projection
therefrom for facile association and dissociation with the
article.
(1) Note. Regardless of how described in the disclosure,
the rodlike portion of material adequate to penetrate the
underlying support, for indented subclass 508; or relying on
the additionally provided spring for resilient functioning,
for indented subclass 509, will each be considered of rigid
material for this locus.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
500 the principal subclass, for a hold-down post of (leaf)
spring construction; hence not rigid material for this
subclass; and see (1) Note herein above.
506 for a hold-down device which is attached to the article
and can be dissociated therefrom only by disconnection (e.g.,
unthreading), rather than by the mere facile dissociation of
the instant subclasses (507+).
Subclass:
508
This subclass is indented under subclass 507. Device in
which the rodlike portion penetrates into the underlying
support without the use of additional securement means.
Subclass:
509
This subclass is indented under subclass 507. Device
including a resilient member assembled therewith for urging
the laterally projecting portion downwardly against the
upwardly facing surface portion of the article.
Subclass:
510
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
attached to an underlying support surface and including
normally form-sustaining but resilient means upstanding
therefrom shaped to either encircle an article or engage an
article at a plurality of peripheral portions thereabout to
exert inwardly directed retentive force against the article.
Subclass:
511
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Support comprising a device which includes means particularly
adapted to receive a staff (i.e., a pole-like or rod-like
member) and to support it in one or more attitudes relative
to either (1) the device, (2) the surface or object upon
which the device relies for its support, or (3) a principal
plan (e.g., horizontal, etc.). The device may (1) be a stand
or base, (2) include structure in the form of a ground
insertable member, or (3) be a bracket. The staff receiving
means usually is a distinct element such as a socket, cradle,
ring, etc.; in rare instances, however, it may be an integral
portion of the device. Typical examples of a staff are a
fishing rod, a flagpole, a tree trunk and an umbrella stick.
Included in this subclass (511) are structures involving the
rather peculiar arrangement wherein the device supports only
part of the weight of the staff; i.e., the staff rests also,
at some other point of its length, upon a surface or an
object. Included are "stands" comprised of a plurality of
individual, leg-like members which have no engagement with
one another, and which achieve an operative relationship with
one another only at such time as they are attached to an end
of a staff for supporting it in an upright position.
(1) Note. The staff receiving means of this and the
indented subclasses usually is of a "universal" nature; i.e.,
it will accommodate one pole-like or rod-like element about
as well as another. Accordingly, a staff which includes
structure peculiar to a particular art device, and with which
structure the staff receiving must cooperate, usually
presents a combination or sub-combination which is more
properly classifiable with the art device. However, that
statement is not intended to proscribe staff modifications
where the modification has utility only in its cooperation
with the staff receiving means, such as the tapering of the
lower end of a tree trunk to better fit the socket of a staff
receiving means, or the boring of a hole therein to receive a
spike-like member of a staff receiving means, for example.
(2) Note. The existing cross references to other areas of
this class of patents which appear as original documents in
this and the indented subclasses, have not been screened to
determine whether their placement is consistent with the
concepts adopted herein of such terms as "stand" and
"bracket".
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying, subclass 21.2
for a holder, support, etc., for a fishing rod, which holder,
support, etc., is particularly adapted to cooperate with a
nonstaff-like structural feature of the rod.
116, Signals and Indicators, 173 for the combination of a
flag and a support particularly adapted for displaying the
flag.
211, Supports: Racks, 60.1 for a device which supports
single or plural articles in a stored or nonuse position.
224, Package and Article Carriers, 200 for body attached or
supported article carriers which may be particularly adapted
for supporting a staff, and subclasses 400+ (especially
subclasses 309+, 313+, 412+, and 488+) for vehicle attached
article carriers which may be particularly adapted for
supporting a staff.
280, Land Vehicles, 170 for vehicle attached devices in the
form of a socket for receiving and holding a whip.
343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas, 788 for a support
for an antenna, which antenna may be in the form of a staff.
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses for a
mere connection of a staff to another element, which other
element may be in the form of a support for the staff.
431, Combustion, subclasses 295-297 for candle holders,
sockets, etc.
Subclass:
512
This subclass is indented under subclass 511. Support
comprising a plurality of staff receiving means, each means
accommodating a staff.
Subclass:
513
This subclass is indented under subclass 512. Support
wherein the staffs are accommodated in a single plane.
Subclass:
514
This subclass is indented under subclass 511. Support
wherein the staff receiving means is adjustably connected to
the device, whereby the staff is movable in one or more
planes with respect to the device. A means (friction brake,
lever and detent, etc.) to secure the staff receiving means
against movement relative to the device is required. Neither
a movement of the staff within its receiving means, nor a
repositioning of the device relative to its supporting
surface or object, constitute the movement of the receiving
means relative to the device that is fundamental to this
subclass.
(1) Note. Where more than one centering or retaining means
is present, it is not necessary that each means move relative
to the device; rather, it is sufficient if one moves, as an
entity, relative to the device (and therefore, relative to
any other means).
(2) Note. Rotation of the staff receiving means about its
longitudinal axis (i.e., the longitudinal axis of the staff)
relative to the device is deemed to be for the sake of
adjustment (and therefore proper for this subclass ) if a
means to secure against rotation is provided.Rotation for its
own sake (i.e., in the absence of a securing means) is
specifically provided for -- in the instance of a stand or
base type device -- in subclasses 521+.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
523 (especially subclass 527) for a staff centering or
retaining means which, by the manipulation of one or more
elements of the means relative to other elements of the
means, is capable of plumbing" a staff held therein; however,
since the means is not moved as an entity, the structures of
that subclasses (523+) are not angularly adjustable within
the meaning of this subclass (514).
Subclass:
515
This subclass is indented under subclass 514. Support
wherein the connection is of a nature whereby the staff is
movable in more than one plane.
Subclass:
516
This subclass is indented under subclass 515. Support
wherein the connection includes an interface in the form of a
sphere or an element thereof.
(1) Note. A staff having a spherical element formed on an
end thereof, plus a mounting means therefor, does not, in the
absence of a staff receiving means, constitute a support for
this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
403, Joints and Connections, subclass 90, 114+ and 122+ for a
ball and socket type of articulated connection between two
members, one of which members may be a rod-like element
having the ball portion of the connection formed on an end
thereof.
Subclass:
517
This subclass is indented under subclass 514. Support
wherein the connection of the staff receiving means to the
device comprises a pivot to enable the means to be moved into
at least one nonvertical position, and wherein the securing
means is the force of gravity.
Subclass:
518
This subclass is indented under subclass 511. Support
wherein the device includes structure whereby it can be
supported by, alternatively, plural types of supporting
surfaces or object; e.g., the device can be either (1) a
stand or a ground inserted device, (2) a stand or a bracket,
or (3) a ground inserted device or a bracket.
(1) Note. The claiming of means (e.g., apertures) to receive
fasteners in the surface-contacting portions of a device in
the nature of a stand, for the purpose of securing the device
to the surface, is not an alternatively mountable feature for
this subclass in the absence of a disclosure that the device
may be used without the fasteners on a generally horizontal
surface as a stand and used with the fasteners on a
nonhorizontal surface as a bracket.
Subclass:
519
This subclass is indented under subclass 511. Support
wherein the staff receiving means is a component of a device
which is inherently stable when resting, without attachment,
upon a generally horizontal surface. The device is the sole
support for, and bears the entire weight of, the staff
receiving means and staff.
(1) Note. A device designated as a stand or a base but
having means for attachment to an underlying surface (e.g.,
screws), or to an outlying surface (e.g., guy wires), or
which is disclosed as requiring some such form of attachment,
does not fulfill the stability requirement of this subclass;
rather, it is considered to comprise a bracket for subclasses
534+ below.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
47, Plant Husbandry, subclass 40.5 for related structure in
the form of a base or stand for receiving the trunk of a cut
tree, and having, in addition a liquid reservoir to provide
moisture for the benefit of the tree.
Subclass:
520
This subclass is indented under subclass 519. Support
wherein the staff receiving means is positioned by the device
in such a manner as to impart to the staff an attitude which
is between the horizontal and the vertical.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
514 for a staff support wherein the staff receiving means is
adjustable relative to the device for the purpose of changing
the angular relationship of the staff to the device, the
range of adjustment being disclosed as including, in many
instances, an inclined attitude.
Subclass:
521
This subclass is indented under subclass 519. Support
wherein the staff receiving means is mounted for rotational
movement with respect to the device, whereby the staff can be
rotated about its longitudinal axis.
Subclass:
522
This subclass is indented under subclass 521. Support
wherein means is provided to move the staff receiving means
rotatably.
Subclass:
523
This subclass is indented under subclass 519. Support
wherein the staff receiving means includes means to grip
and/or to align the staff therein. This and the indented
subclasses involve, predominantly, structure for supporting a
Christmas tree.
(1) Note. A cylinder with a closed bottom (i.e., a socket)
is not a means for this subclass unless the respective
diameters of the cylinder and the staff are so related as to
necessarily result in a retaining or centering function; in
the absence of such a relationship, the structure is in
subclass 519 above. On the other hand, the staff receiving
means of this subclass may comprise only an up-standing pin
which either is driven into the bottom of the staff or else
is received in a complementarily-sized bore formed in the
bottom of the staff.
Subclass:
524
This subclass is indented under subclass 523. Support
wherein the retaining or centering means are at least two in
number and are positioned above and below one another. While
the means more often than not are diverse in nature, the more
significant aspect is that their contact with the staff is at
regions of the latter which are spaced vertically from one
another. In some instances the plurality of means comprises
only a single member, or set of members, which member, or
members, have vertically spaced, staff contacting portions.
Mere "teeth" formed on a means or element thereof at a single
region of contact with the staff are not within the
spaced-contact concept of this subclass, nor is continuous
contact over a portion of the length of the staff (e.g., as
in the instance of a sleeve).
Subclass:
525
This subclass is indented under subclass 524. Support
wherein one of the retaining or centering means comprises a
plurality of legs which are pivotably attached to the device
and support it in elevated relation to the generally
horizontal surface. Except in the rare instances where there
are more than two retaining or centering means, the pivoted
legs constitute the upper one of the means. Pivotable
movement of a leg about its axis, which axis usually is
horizontal, causes its upper portion to move into or out of
engagement with the staff, and tooth-like structure
frequently is provided on the staff-contacting area of the
upper portion for the purpose of enhancing its grip on the
staff.
(1) Note. In view of the pivotable attachment of the legs,
the supports of this subclass (525) more often than not are
of a foldable nature within the meaning of subclass 528
below.
Subclass:
526
This subclass is indented under subclass 525. Support
wherein the exertion of a downward force by the staff (i.e.,
resulting either from its weight or from an
externally-applied force) causes the supporting legs to grip
the staff more tightly.
(1) Note. While the structure of this subclass usually do
not appear to differ materially from those of the preceding
subclass (525) and therefore might function similarly,
nevertheless the patents which appear in this subclass (526)
are those which claim or otherwise disclose the functional
relationship described.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
524 and 532, for other staff supports in the nature of a
stand or base wherein the staff receiving means is weighted
or thrust responsive.
Subclass:
527
This subclass is indented under subclass 524. Support
wherein one or more of the retaining or centering means
comprises a plurality of generally horizontal elements which
are in threaded engagement with the device and are axially
movable into or out of engagement with the staff. Where
there are not more than two retaining or centering means, the
screw usually constitutes the upper one of the means.
(1) Note. While a support of the kind found in this
subclass usually has the capability of changing the attitude
of the staff (e.g., to "plumb" it), it is not an angularly
adjustable support within the meaning of subclass 514 above;
see the reference therein to this subclass for an explanation
of the difference.
Subclass:
528
This subclass is indented under subclass 519. Support
wherein the device includes pivotably interconnected
elements, whereby at least one dimension of the support is
decreased when the elements are moved to a nonuse position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
525 for a staff support in the nature of a stand or base
having horizontally pivoted, staff-engaging, supporting legs
wherein the movement of the legs to a nonuse position
ordinarily results in a decrease in the speed of the device;
only in the infrequent instances where the structures of that
subclass provide for foldability of some other nature are
they cross referenced to this subclass (528).
Subclass:
529
This subclass is indented under subclass 519. Support
wherein the device includes elements which are joined by
disengageable connections, whereby the support may be easily
disassembled for such purposes as storage, transport, etc.
(1) Note. A threaded connection is within the concept of
this subclass only if at least one of the mating threads is
formed upon a structural element of the device.
(2) Note. If the device involves connection of more than
one kind, it is sufficient for inclusion in this subclass if
at least one of the connections is of the readily
disengageable kind.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
511 for a "stand" which is comprised of a plurality of
individual, leg-like members which members are in a
disassembled state until such time as they are attached to a
staff.
Subclass:
530
This subclass is indented under subclass 511. Support
wherein the staff receiving means is a component of a device
which includes structure in the form of a ground insertable
member (e.g., a spike, etc.) for securing the device to the
ground, and from which securement it derives its ability to
support the staff receiving means and staff. Generally, the
insertable members of this subclass are intended to be pushed
into, and pulled from, ground without the assistance of
mechanical means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
545 for a support comprising a ground inserted portion and
means to aid in the insertion thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 292, especially
subclasses 296+, for a discrete stable base for a
superimposed structural body, which body may be in the form
of a shaft (e.g., a staff).
Subclass:
532
This subclass is indented under subclass 530. Support
wherein the device has space interiorly therof to receive and
enclose, at lead of part, the ground insertable member when
the latter is not in use. The member is movably (e.g.,
telescopically) or removably mounted with respect to the
device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
533 for a staff support which includes a pivotably mounted,
insertable member, which member folds into a nonuse
position.
Subclass:
533
This subclass is indented under subclass 530. Support
wherein the device and/or one or more of its components
(e.g., staff receiving means, ground insertable member, etc.)
include either (1) pivotable connections for folding, or (2)
readily disengageable connections for disassembly.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
532 for a staff support which includes a movably or
removably mounted ground insertable member, which member is
stored within the device when not in use.
Subclass:
534
This subclass is indented under subclass 511. Support
wherein the staff receiving means is a component of a device
which includes structure for attaching it to a surface or an
object, and from which attachment it derives its ability to
support the staff receiving means and staff.
Subclass:
535
This subclass is indented under subclass 534. Support having
selectively usable means for (1) attaching the device to a
surface (or object) or (2) receiving the staff.
(1) Note. The purpose of the structures of this subclass is
to enable the staff to be maintained in a particular attitude
even though it becomes necessary to move the device from one
mounting surface to another, which other surface is displaced
angularly (e.g, at 90 degrees) from the first; accordingly,
the selectively usable means bear a like angular relationship
to each other.
Subclass:
536
This subclass is indented under subclass 534. Support
wherein the device is particularly adapted to be attached to
surfaces which intersect, or are in planes which intersect,
at an angle of less than 180 degrees.
(1) Note. Typical of the structures of this subclass are
brackets for supporting the staff receiving means above the
ridge of a roof or alongside the corner of a building or a
chimney.
Subclass:
537
This subclass is indented under subclass 534. Support
wherein the structure for attaching the device to its
supporting surface or object comprises either a
vacuum-producing means or a means which possesses, or is
responsive to, magnetic attraction.
Subclass:
538
This subclass is indented under subclass 534. Support
wherein the staff receiving means is positioned by the device
in such a manner as to impart to the staff an attitude which
is between the horizontal and vertical.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
514 for a staff support wherein the staff receiving means is
adjustable relative to the device for the purpose of changing
the angular relationship of the staff to the device, the
range of adjustment being disclosed as including, in many
instances, an inclined attitude.
Subclass:
539
This subclass is indented under subclass 534. Support
wherein the staff receiving means is positioned by the device
in such a manner as to impart to the staff a vertical
attitude.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
514 for a staff support wherein the staff receiving means is
adjustable relative to the device for the purpose of changing
the angular relationship of the staff to the device, the
range of adjustment being disclosed as including, in many
instances, a vertical attitude.
536 for a staff support in the nature of a bracket wherein
the staff receiving means is supported relative to the
intersection of surfaces, or the planes thereof, which
structures usually support the staff in a vertical attitude.
Subclass:
540
This subclass is indented under subclass 534. Support
wherein (1) the staff receiving means has means for clamping
engaging the staff and (2) the device has means for
clampingly engaging its supporting surface or object.
Subclass:
541
This subclass is indented under subclass 540. Support
wherein the supporting surface or object is cylindrical in
nature.
Subclass:
542
WITH INDICATOR OR INSPECTION MEANS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure comprising (a) means for showing the condition,
position, or other characteristic of the support, a component
thereof, or the supported article, or (b) adjunctive means
for facilitating the inspection of the article or support.
Subclass:
543
Pre-set characteristic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 542. Structure
wherein the support includes means for adjusting an
operational characteristic of the support, and an indicator
means for showing the operating condition of the support.
Subclass:
544
WITH MEANS TO FACILITATE INSTALLATION, REPAIR, OR
TRANSPORTATION, OR BROKEN PARTS RETAINER:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure comprising means for (a) aiding in the mounting or
removal of the support or in the installation or removal of a
supported article thereon; (b) aiding in the repair of a
damaged support; (c) preventing broken parts of a damaged
support from scattering; or (d) protecting or disabling the
support or a part thereof during transportation, the function
of said means being dormant while the support is in use.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
561 for means for disabling a resilient element wherein the
support may be used with or without the resilient means being
operative.
Subclass:
545
For ground insertion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 544. Structure
wherein the support comprises a ground inserted anchor and
means to facilitate the insertion of the anchor into the
ground.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
85 87+ 156+, and 530+, for a support including a ground
inserted anchor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 155 for ground
inserted anchors in general.
Subclass:
546
For support cutting or piercing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 544. Structure
comprising means for facilitating the installation of a
support piercing or cutting means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
71 and 216.1+, for a bracket comprising or support piercing
or cutting means.
Subclass:
547
Nail guide or holder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 546. Structure
comprising means for holding or guiding a nail while being
driven into a support.
Subclass:
548
WITH COMPONENT FRANGIBLE OR DEFORMABLE ON IMPACT OR
OVERLOAD:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure including a component which has a characteristic by
virtue of which said component will fail before any other
part of the structure when subjected to an unusual shock or
load.
Subclass:
549
Support for mirror-or picture-type article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 548. Structure
including structure peculiarly adapted for supporting a
mirror, picture, license plate, or similar viewable object in
the desired viewable position.
Subclass:
550
WITH CONDITION RESPONSIVE CONTROL MEANS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure comprising a first means for sensing a condition
and a second control-type means which will act in response to
the condition being sensed by the first means.
Subclass:
551
WITH ANTITHEFT OR ANTITAMPER MEANS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure comprising means for preventing: 1) unauthorized
removal of the supported article therefrom or, 2) tampering
with the support or the supported article, wherein the means
requires the use of a lock, tool, or knowledge which is not
available to the general public.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
70, Locks, subclass 62 for locks for supported portable
articles wherein the support is unmodified except for the
accommodation of the locking mechanism. See subclasses 333+
for mechanisms to prevent tampering with the operating
mechanism of, or means to prevent a physical attack upon, a
lock of the combination type.
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, subclass 26
for means to prevent a successful attack upon a safe by
means of an explosive. See subclass 50 or 51 for means for
preventing unauthorized separation of a safe or vault from
its support.
211, Supports: Racks, 4 for article locking racks.
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, 41 for devices for
locking milk bottles for delivery.
Subclass:
552
Padlock:
This subclass is indented under subclass 551. Structure
wherein the means for preventing unauthorized removal
comprises a padlock.
Subclass:
553
Key operated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 551. Structure
wherein the means for preventing unauthorized removal is
operated by a key.
Subclass:
554
AIRCRAFT ENGINE SUPPORT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure for supporting the propelling engine of an
aircraft.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
244, Aeronautics, subclass 54 for an aircraft engine support
combined with aircraft structure.
Subclass:
555
Three or more circumferentially spaced supports:
This subclass is indented under subclass 554. Structure
wherein either the engine or structure attached thereto is
encompassed by at least three mountings for securing same to
a supporting structure said mounts being spaced about the
periphery of a circle and spanning an arc of at least 180
degrees.
Subclass:
556
Resilient:
This subclass is indented under subclass 555. Structure
wherein at least one of the mountings is resilient.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
560 for resilient supports in general, and particularly
subclasses 603+ for three or more circumferentially spaced
resilient supports.
Subclass:
557
Resilient:
This subclass is indented under subclass 554. Structure
wherein the support comprises a resilient component which
takes at least part of the weight of the engine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
556 for a resilient mounting in circumferentially spaced
relationship to a plurality of other mountings.
560 for resilient supports in general.
Subclass:
558
SELECTIVE ASSEMBLY:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure adapted to provide (a) two or more different
supports having different characteristics, or (b) to provide
for the support of the supported article in different
positions or orientations, either (a) or (b) being
accomplished by the rearrangement, substitution, or removal
of one or more parts.
Subclass:
559
INCLUDING ADDITIONAL VIBRATING MASS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure having (a) an inertial mass, other than that of the
supported article, which cooperates with other structure to
effect a desired vibration characteristic, (b) a particular
relationship between the supported article and a movable part
of the supporting structure whereby their masses combine to
effect a desired vibration characteristic, or (c) a modified
configuration of either the supported article or a movable
part of the supporting structure, such configuration causing
the mass thereof to cooperate with other structure to effect
the desired vibration characteristic.
Subclass:
560
RESILIENT SUPPORT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure comprising a resilient means wherein said means
takes at least part of the weight of the supported article
and permits relative movement or vibration thereof with
respect to a support.
(1) Note. Almost every material possesses some elasticity
or resilience. Moreover, many substances such as rubber,
cork, etc., which are often used in certain applications
because of their resilient properties, are also used in other
applications because of other properties which they possess,
which are unrelated to their resilient properties. Hence, a
structure such as a mere mat, pad, sleeve, bushing, cover,
etc., which is used primarily because of its frictional,
nonmarring or protective properties, is not placed in this
subclass, but is classified in the subclasses below on its
physical characteristics even though it may incidentally
function to dampen sound or to provide a slight cushioning
effect.
(2) Note. This subclass does not include a device wherein a
resilient means acts in opposition to gravity but without
sufficient force to actually support the article, for
example, a counterbalanced support which bottoms, or in which
the resilient means is ineffective in the normal operation of
the device. Such devices are in the subclasses below.
However, this subclass does include a device wherein the
resilient article is displaced from a neutral or equilibrium
position if the weight of the supported article is taken by
the resilient means during such displacement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
556 and 557, for a resilient mounting associated with an
aircraft engine support.
638 for a machinery support comprising a vibration dampening
or isolating means, which means does not take the weight of
the machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
62, Refrigeration, subclass 295 for a refrigerator
comprising a resiliently supported power or heat rejecting
element.
267, Spring Devices, particularly 136 for a spring, per se.
The line between Class 248 and Class 267 is as follows:
Class 267 will take a spring, per se, even though disclosed
as having a supporting function, with or without means for
attaching same to the structure with which it is used. Class
248 will take a supporting structure wherein a spring is
included as an element of the combination and for which there
is no provision in Class 267.
297, Chairs and Seats, appropriate subclasses for a load
supporting device wherein the surface itself includes
resilient means together with a disclosure of body supporting
functions.A nonresilient support surface with resilient under
structure is considered a stool or stand of general utility
of this class (248).
Subclass:
561
Including disabling means for resilient element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprising means for rendering the resilient means
ineffective.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
330.1 and 334.1, for a suspended support comprising a spring
reel counterbalance means which is normally ineffective when
the support is in use.
Subclass:
562
Including additional energy absorbing means, e.g., fluid or
friction damping, etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprising energy absorbing means, in addition to the
resilient means, acting between a vibrating component and a
stationary component.
(1) Note. The inherent hysteresis, which all springs
possess, is not considered an additional means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
548 for a support comprising an energy absorbing means
wherein permanent deformation results from the energy
absorbing action.
636 for a nonresilient support including energy absorbing
means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, 514.12 for fluid or fluent
material dampening of an inertial member in an acceleration
measuring apparatus and subclass 514.14 for vibration
dampening in an inertial-type acceleration measuring
apparatus.
188, Brakes, appropriate subclasses for energy absorbers, per
se.
Subclass:
563
Normally disengaged or including disabling means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 562. Structure (a)
comprising means for locking out or otherwise rendering the
energy absorbing means inoperative, or (b) comprising an
energy absorbing means which is inoperative during normal
operating conditions, but which becomes operative when at
least one condition, e.g., amplitude, frequency, etc.,
attains a value outside a predetermined or normal range.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
550 for a support wherein engagement or disengagement of an
energy absorbing means is effected by a condition responsive
control means.
Subclass:
564
Acting through linkage:
This subclass is indented under subclass 562. Structure
wherein the energy absorbing means is connected to the
vibrating component or the stationary component through a
linkage.
Subclass:
565
Coaxial with spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 562. Structure
wherein the resilient means is a spring which has a common
longitudinal axis with the additional energy absorbing
means.
Subclass:
566
Variable or adjustable energy absorbing means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 562. Structure
comprising means for varying or adjusting at least one
characteristic of the energy absorbing means.
Subclass:
567
Including double pivot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 562. Structure
wherein the energy absorbing means comprises a pair of spaced
pivots which permit angular movement thereof when the
vibrating component moves relative to the stationary
component.
Subclass:
568
Solid friction members:
This subclass is indented under subclass 562. Structure
wherein the energy absorbing means comprises a plurality of
solid, relatively movable components in frictional contact
with each other.
Subclass:
569
Linear motion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 568. Structure
wherein the relative movement between the two contacting
components is along a straight-line.
Subclass:
570
Forming unitary structure with relative movement between
parts:
This subclass is indented under subclass 568. Structure
wherein the additional energy absorbing element comprises a
plurality of discrete members held together in such a manner
as to allow relative movement with frictional contact between
such members.
(1) Note. Such elements may be an assemblage of fibrous or
particulate elements held together for relative movement
therebetween or a spring member made up of relatively movable
components in frictional contact.
Subclass:
571
Constant thrust:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprising means for exerting a constant supporting force on
the supported load regardless of a change of position of the
load within specified limits.
Subclass:
572
Variable effective diameter pulley, e.g., fusee, etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 571. Structure
comprising a pulley or segment thereof which has a working
diameter which is variable in dimension, e.g., fusee.
Subclass:
573
Including limit stop or overload release:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprising (a) means for disengaging the resilient means upon
application of a load exceeding a predetermined valve, or (b)
means to prevent the resilient means from moving beyond a
predetermined position.
Subclass:
574
Adjustable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 573. Structure
wherein the means is adjustable.
Subclass:
575
Adjustable preloading of resilient means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprising adjustable means for preloading the resilient
means by distorting the resilient means independently of the
distortion caused by the supported structure.
Subclass:
576
Plural springs:
This subclass is indented under subclass 575. Structure
comprising a plurality of adjustable springs.
Subclass:
577
Adjusting rod between and parallel to coil spring axes:
This subclass is indented under subclass 576. Structure
wherein there are a plurality of coil springs having their
axes parallel and wherein the adjusting means comprises an
elongated element intermediate the coils and extending in the
same direction as the longitudinal axes of the coil.
Subclass:
578
Adjusting means coaxial of coil spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 575. Structure
wherein the spring is a coil spring and the adjusting means
is coaxial therewith.
Subclass:
579
Including spring biased reel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprises a spring biased reel receiving a flexible element
to which the supported article is attached.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
330.1 and 334.1+, for a suspended support comprising a
spring reel wherein the spring is operative during adjustment
of the device but inoperative during normal operation
thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 371 for a spring reel,
per se.
Subclass:
580
Including load sustaining bearing or guide:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprising a bearing or guide which mounts the supported
device for movement relative to the support, said bearing or
guide being so constructed as to take a vertical or lateral
load.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 300.1 for a back tiltable with a
bottom against a biasing means; and subclasses 332+ for a
bottom tiltable against a biasing means.
Subclass:
581
Including suspended horizontal frame or platform:
This subclass is indented under subclass 580. Structure
comprising a resilient suspended horizontal platform or frame
one which the supported device rests.
Subclass:
582
Pivot intermediate plural springs:
This subclass is indented under subclass 580. Structure
wherein the load sustaining bearing or guide is pivoted about
an axis, such axis having at least one spring member located
on either side thereof.
Subclass:
583
Plural axes, e.g., angular and linear, universal, etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 580. Structure
wherein the bearing or guide provides for movement along
and/or about more than one axis.
Subclass:
584
Resilient means acts through linkage or gear:
This subclass is indented under subclass 580. Structure
wherein the resilient means acts through a plurality of
interconnected links or gears.
Subclass:
585
Parallelogram linkage:
This subclass is indented under subclass 584. Structure
comprising at least four pivotally connected links wherein
the lines joining the pivot members form a parallelogram.
Subclass:
586
Diagonal spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 585. Structure
wherein the resilient means comprises a spring connected to
at least one of the links and extending generally diagonally
across the parallelogram.
Subclass:
587
Torsion spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 585. Structure
wherein the resilient means comprises a torsion spring.
Subclass:
588
Crossing links:
This subclass is indented under subclass 584. Structure
comprising at least two nonparallel links which cross each
other intermediate their ends, which links may or may not be
connected together.
Subclass:
589
Suspended support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 584. Structure
wherein the arm or link serves as a suspending element for
supporting the load from above.
(1) Note. A part of the supported article may extend above
the point at which the link is connected to the supporting
structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
581 for a resiliently suspended frame or platform including
a load sustaining bearing or guide.
Subclass:
590
Torsion spring coaxial with pivot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 584. Structure
comprising at least one torsion spring which is coaxial with
a pivot.
Subclass:
591
Plural links connected to support surface:
This subclass is indented under subclass 584. Structure
comprising a plurality of links connected to a supporting
surface.
Subclass:
592
Resilient means acts through arm or lever:
This subclass is indented under subclass 580. Structure
wherein force is transmitted to or from the resilient means
through an arm or lever.
Subclass:
593
Plural arm or lever:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Structure
comprising more than one arm or lever.
Subclass:
594
Compression spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Structure
wherein the resilient means is a spring which is placed under
compression by the weight of the supported article.
Subclass:
595
Pivoted link between support surface and understructure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Structure
comprising a link pivoted at one end to a support surface and
at the other end of an understructure.
Subclass:
596
Stationary horizontal pivot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 580. Structure
wherein the bearing comprises an immovable pivot in a
horizontal plane.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 327 for a seat tiltable about a
horizontal point.
Subclass:
597
Spiral spring surrounds pivot axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 596. Structure
comprising a spiral spring which is disposed about the pivot
axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
590 for a torsion spring which is coaxial with a pivot of a
linkage or gear.
Subclass:
598
Supporting surface pivoted at one end:
This subclass is indented under subclass 596. Structure
wherein the pivot is located on one edge of a supporting
surface.
Subclass:
599
Resiliently supported leg or standard:
This subclass is indented under subclass 580. Structure
comprising a leg or standard which is supported by both a
bearing or guide and a resilient means.
Subclass:
600
Spring coaxial with leg or standard:
This subclass is indented under subclass 599. Structure
wherein the spring means is coaxial with the leg or
standard.
Subclass:
601
Encircles leg or standard:
This subclass is indented under subclass 600. Structure
wherein the spring encircles the leg or standard.
Subclass:
602
For movement along a linear axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 580. Structure
comprising means providing for movement along a distinct
linear axis.
Subclass:
603
Including three or more circumferentially arranged resilient
elements:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
wherein the load is supported by at least three resilient
elements which are disposed between the load and a supporting
structure at circumferentially spaced points.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
556 for three or more circumferentially spaced resilient
members supporting an aircraft engine.
Subclass:
604
Inwardly extending resilient arms:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603. Structure
wherein the supporting structure is spaced outwardly from the
load and the resilient elements comprise inwardly extending
rodlike members which are either (a) resilient throughout
their length or (b) rigid members having a resilient
section.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
603 for a plurality of inwardly extending rigid arms mounted
on flexible brushings.
Subclass:
605
Plural resilient mountings for oscillation about a distinct
axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprising plural resilient means so arranged with respect to
the supported article as to favor oscillation of the
supported article about one or more distinct axes and
providing a torque opposite to that due to the oscillation of
the supported article.
Subclass:
606
Coaxial:
This subclass is indented under subclass 605. Structure
comprising a plurality of resilient elements which are
coaxial with the axis of oscillation and with each other.
(1) Note. This subclass will take a single such element if
the sole disclosure is that it is used in conjunction with a
similar coaxial element to permit oscillation about the
common axis.
Subclass:
607
Including torque reaction member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 606. Structure
comprising a resilient member lateral of said axis for
opposing oscillation of the supported member.
Subclass:
608
Torsion bar or bushing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
wherein the resilient means comprises an axially twistable
elongated element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
596 for a support wherein a spiral spring surrounds an
axis.
605 for a plurality of coacting resilient mountings which
permit oscillation about a distinct axis and for a single
such mounting wherein the sole disclosure is that it is used
in conjunction with a similar such bushing for this purpose.
625 for a support mounted solely on an axially torsional
spiral element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, subclass 308 for torsional
spring hinges; and subclasses 75+ for torsional closers.
267, Spring Devices, 57 for torsion vehicle springs.
297, Chairs and Seats, subclass 333 for a tilting seat
biased by a torsion spring to either a tilted or to a
nontilted position.
Subclass:
609
Elastomeric:
This subclass is indented under subclass 608. Structure
wherein the resilient element comprises elastomeric
material.
Subclass:
610
Suspended:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
wherein the supported article, or a member on which it is
mounted, is hung or suspended from above.
(1) Note. A part of the supported article may extend above
the suspension means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
581 for a resiliently suspended frame or platform including
a load sustaining bearing or guide.
589 for a resilient suspension comprising an arm or link.
Subclass:
611
By member intermediate opposed resilient elements or
surfaces:
This subclass is indented under subclass 610. Structure
wherein the supported member, or an element attached thereto,
is disposed between a plurality of oppositely acting
resilient supporting elements, or between plural opposed
surfaces of a single such resilient element.
Subclass:
612
By lateral flange on supported device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 610. Structure
comprising one or more supporting flanges or projections
extending laterally from the supported device.
Subclass:
613
By compression of resilient element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 610. Structure
wherein a resilient member is maintained under compression as
a result of the suspension of the supported article.
Subclass:
614
Plural resilient members with intersecting axes:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprising at least two resilient members, each of which has
a linear axis, the members being inclined so that the axes
intersect.
Subclass:
615
Resilient foot or bumper:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprising a resilient foot which forms a lower terminal of
the support or a resilient bumper between the support and an
adjacent structure.
Subclass:
616
Including telescopically movable rigid elements:
This subclass is indented under subclass 615. Structure
comprising a plurality of relatively movable rigid elements
in telescopic engagement with each other.
Subclass:
617
Spring attached hook or cleat:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprising a spring which is provided with a bent or crooked
element for attachment to a supporting understructure.
Subclass:
618
Including spring zone understructure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprising a portion or section of supporting understructure
which consists entirely of springs or resilient material.
Subclass:
619
Diverse resilient elements:
This subclass is indented under subclass 618. Structure
comprising a plurality of resilient elements at least two of
which differ in size, shape, material, orientation, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
611 for a suspended device having a lateral flange or
projection between two oppositely acting resilient
compression elements.
Subclass:
620
Tension and compression:
This subclass is indented under subclass 619. Structure
wherein at least one of the resilient elements operates under
tension and at least one other operates under compression.
Subclass:
621
Including elastomeric element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 619. Structure
wherein at least one of the resilient elements comprises
elastomeric material.
Subclass:
622
Resilient vertical standard:
This subclass is indented under subclass 618. Structure
wherein the supported device is mounted at the free end of an
elongated vertical resilient member which is anchored at its
opposite end.
Subclass:
623
Helical spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 622. Structure
wherein the resilient member comprises an elongated spiral
coil.
Subclass:
624
Spiral spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 618. Structure
wherein the resilient means comprises a spiral coil.
Subclass:
625
Axially torsioned:
This subclass is indented under subclass 624. Structure
wherein the application of the load, due to the weight of the
supported device, causes the spring to twist about the axis
of the coil.
Subclass:
626
Elliptic spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 618. Structure
wherein the spring is of oval shape and is continuous or
comprises two arcuate sections having their adjacent ends
connected integrally or otherwise, the intermediate concave
portions of said sections facing each other and being free
for relative approach or recession.
Subclass:
627
Laminated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 626. Structure
wherein the spring comprises coacting superposed plates,
strips, or leaves.
Subclass:
628
C-section:
This subclass is indented under subclass 618. Structure
comprising a spring member having a return bend portion
forming a generally C-shaped section in a vertical plane.
Subclass:
629
Cantilever:
This subclass is indented under subclass 618. Structure
comprising a resilient bar having a horizontal or oblique
section, said bar being anchored at one end and having means
for engaging the supported article at the other end.
Subclass:
630
Laminated spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 618. Structure
wherein the spring comprises coacting superposed strips,
plates, or leaves.
Subclass:
631
Fluid spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 618. Structure
wherein the resilient material comprises an elastic fluid.
Subclass:
632
Nonmetallic resilient element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 618. Structure
comprising a resilient element of nonmetallic material.
Subclass:
633
Mat or pad:
This subclass is indented under subclass 632. Structure
wherein the nonmetallic resilient element comprises a mat or
pad.
Subclass:
634
Nonmetallic resilient element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Structure
comprising a resilient element of nonmetallic material.
Subclass:
635
Including rigid coaxial pin or bushing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 634. Structure
comprising a resilient element having an axis, and a rigid
pin or bushing extending into said element and being coaxial
therewith.
Subclass:
636
INCLUDING ENERGY ABSORBING MEANS, E. G., FLUID OR FRICTION
DAMPING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure comprising means for absorbing mechanical energy
from a vibratory component, converting such absorbed energy
to another form of energy, such as heat, and thereby damping
the absorbed mechanical energy.
(1) Note. A mere spring, acting alone or in concert with
others, is not considered an energy absorbing member for this
subclass as the energy transferred is not changed in form or
dissipated, but returned, almost in full, to the vibrating
member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
562 for a support comprising an energy absorbing means
combined with a distinct resilient means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
188, Brakes, appropriate subclasses for an energy absorbing
device, per se.
Subclass:
637
MACHINERY SUPPORT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure for supporting a machine comprising moving parts.
(1) Note. So much of the machine and/or the structure on
which the support is mounted as is necessary to accommodate
same to the support may be included. Inventions which include
structure of an art device, e.g., engine, vehicle frame,
etc., other than that which is necessary to accommodate the
support are classified with the art device.
(2) Note. This subclass does not include supports for
machine components. Such supports are classified either with
the component or with the machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27.1 for a support for an instrument in a panel.
560 for a resilient support wherein the resilient means
takes the weight of the supported article.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
62, Refrigeration, subclass 297 for a refrigerator housing
combined with an external support.
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, subclass 16 for power
tables and stands comprising some mechanism in addition to a
support.
92, Expansible Chamber Devices, subclass 161 for an
expansible chamber device including a support or frame
therefor. For a statement of the line between Class 92 and
Class 248 see the reference to Class 248 under Search Class
in subclass 161 of Class 92.
105, Railway Rolling Stock, 133 for a support for a motor or
dynamo on a railway vehicle including structure which goes
beyond that necessary to accommodate the support.
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, subclass 195 for an
internal-combustion engine frame.
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 291 for motor vehicle
including a support for a motor including structure of the
vehicle or motor which goes beyond that necessary to
accommodate the support. See the note to Class 248 under
Search Class in subclass 291 of Class 180 for a more complete
statement of the line between Class 180 and Class 248.
352, Optics: Motion Pictures, subclass 243 for motion
picture apparatus structurally combined with and cooperating
with its support.
433, Dentistry, 103 and 107- 109 for a support limited by
structure to use with dental engines.
451, Abrading, 340 for an abrading machine frame or mount.
474, Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components,
appropriate subclasses for belt and pulley drive systems
combined with support means.
Subclass:
638
Including vibration isolation means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
comprising means for isolating or otherwise reducing
vibrations from a supported member to the supporting means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
560 for a resilient support which isolates or dampens
vibration, wherein the support takes the weight of the
supported device.
636 for a nonresilient support having an energy absorbing
means included therewith, wherein the absorbing means
converts the absorbed energy to another form, such as heat.
Subclass:
639
For plural, interrelated machines:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
comprising means for supporting a plurality of machines in
such a manner that said machines may operate in cooperative
relationship.
Subclass:
640
For outboard motor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure for
supporting an outboard motor either on a boat or in a
stationary environment.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
440, Marine Propulsion, 53 for an outboard motor support in
combination with propelling means or with structure of a boat
which goes beyond the structure necessary to associate same
with the support.
Subclass:
641
Including false transom:
This subclass is indented under subclass 640. Structure
comprising a generally vertical plate on which the motor is
mounted, said plate being horizontally spaced from the boat
or other structure on which it is supported.
Subclass:
642
Articulated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 640. Structure
comprising means permitting the motor to be moved either
angularly or linearly.
Subclass:
643
Mounted by C-clamp:
This subclass is indented under subclass 640. Structure
wherein the support is mounted on a boat or other structure
by means of a C-clamp.
Subclass:
644
Extensible column mounted between opposed surfaces:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
wherein the machine is mounted on a longitudinally extensible
support column, said column having elements on either end
thereof, said elements being adapted to engage the face of
opposed surfaces as the column is extended therebetween.
Subclass:
645
Alternatively mounted:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
comprising means for permitting the support to be mounted in
more than one manner.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
126 for a support which may be used as either a stand or
bracket.
296.1 for a bracket mountable on either a horizontal or
vertical surface.
518 for a staff support comprising alternative mounting
means.
Subclass:
646
Movable machine:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
comprising means permitting the machine to move from one
position to another.
(1) Note. This and the indented subclasses included belt
tighteners.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
474, Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components,
particularly 101 for structure wherein a support carrying a
power transmission belt is movable such as for adjusting belt
tension.
Subclass:
647
Ambulatory, e.g., mounted on land or rail vehicle, etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 646. Structure
comprising means, such as wheels or skids, for enabling the
support to be moved as a unit, from one position to another.
Subclass:
648
Weight counterbalanced:
This subclass is indented under subclass 646. Structure
comprising a weight acting in opposition to the weight of the
load to counterbalance the load.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
315 and 331, for adjustable suspended supports comprising
counterweights.
Subclass:
649
By independently adjustable legs or feet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 646. Structure
comprising a plurality of independently adjustable legs or
feet, the position of the machine being adjustable by varying
the angularity or relative length of said legs or feet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
188.2 for an elevating or levelling device in general which
is not restricted to use with a machine.
Subclass:
650
Screw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 649. Structure
wherein the adjustment of the leg is effected by the action
of one member threadably engaged with another.
(1) Note. The threaded member may be the leg itself or may
be a separate member which causes movement of the leg.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
188.4 for a screw threaded elevating or levelling device not
restricted to use with a machine.
Subclass:
651
Including operator or actuator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 646. Structure
comprising means for causing or initiating movement of the
machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
188.2 for an elevating or levelling device not restricted to
use with a machine.
649 for means causing movement of an independently
adjustable leg or foot.
Subclass:
652
For angular movement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 651. Structure
wherein the effect of the means is to cause rotatable
movement about an axis, or cause movement along a curved or
arcuate path.
Subclass:
653
Extensible leg or strut:
This subclass is indented under subclass 652. Structure
wherein the operator comprises an elongated extensible member
which effects angular movement of the support in response to
variations in the length of said extensible member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
649 for a support wherein angular adjustment is effected by
varying the length or angularity of a plurality of
independently adjustable legs or feet.
Subclass:
654
Hydraulic or pneumatic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 653. Structure
wherein the length or angularity of the extensible member is
varied by hydraulic or pneumatic means.
Subclass:
655
Acting against spring bias:
This subclass is indented under subclass 651. Structure
comprising a spring which opposes the action of the operator
means.
Subclass:
656
Screw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 651. Structure
wherein the means comprises a screw.
Subclass:
657
Horizontally slidable carriage:
This subclass is indented under subclass 656. Structure
wherein the screw effects movement of a horizontally slidable
carriage.
Subclass:
658
Including limit stop:
This subclass is indented under subclass 646. Structure
comprising means for limiting the movement of the machine in
at least one direction.
Subclass:
659
Trunnions or flexible supports on opposite sides of machine:
This subclass is indented under subclass 646. Structure
wherein the machine is (a) journaled by a pair of projecting
pivots which are disposed on opposite sides of the machine,
or (b) supported by a pair of flexible members which are
disposed on opposite sides of the machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
201 for a single article supported by plural brackets.
560 for a machine mounted by resilient means.
612 for a resiliently supported device comprising a
laterally extending flange or projection.
Subclass:
660
About or along plural axes:
This subclass is indented under subclass 646. Structure
wherein the machine is movable about or along more than one
axis.
(1) Note. The movement may be angular and/or linear.
Subclass:
661
Intersecting axes:
This subclass is indented under subclass 660. Structure
wherein at least two of the axes intersect each other.
Subclass:
662
Angular and linear:
This subclass is indented under subclass 660. Structure
comprising means providing for (a) linear movement along one
axis and (b) rotatable movement about a second axis or
movement along a curved or arcuate path.
Subclass:
663
Including universal ball and socket:
This subclass is indented under subclass 660. Structure
comprising a universal ball and socket connection.
Subclass:
664
Angular movement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 646. Structure
comprising means providing rotatable movement about an axis,
or movement along a curved or arcuate path.
Subclass:
665
Biased for movement in one direction e.g., by gravity,
spring, etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 664. Structure
comprising means providing a force for urging the machine for
movement in one direction.
(1) Note. Included are devices wherein the machine is
mounted with its center of gravity eccentric to an axis
whereby the weight of the machine provides the force, as well
as devices comprising a separate means such as a spring or an
additional eccentric weight.
Subclass:
666
About axis parallel to machine shaft:
This subclass is indented under subclass 664. Structure
wherein the movement is about an axis which is parallel to
the axis of a shaft of the machine which is supported.
Subclass:
667
About axis intersecting machine shaft:
This subclass is indented under subclass 664. Structure
wherein the movement is about an axis which intersects the
axis of a shaft of the machine which is supported.
Subclass:
668
Along inclined plane:
This subclass is indented under subclass 646. Structure
wherein the movement of the machine is linear and along an
axis which is inclined with respect to the horizontal.
Subclass:
669
Vertical movement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 646. Structure
wherein the machine moves in a vertical direction.
Subclass:
670
Adjustable size:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
wherein the support comprises means for accommodating
machines of different sizes.
Subclass:
671
Cradle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
comprising a generally horizontal, concave portion which
receives the machine.
Subclass:
672
Modified machine housing or frame:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
comprising a machine housing or frame having a particular
configuration or modification which cooperates directly with
the support to perform the supporting function.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
612 for a machine having a lateral flange or projection
which engages a supporting spring.
Subclass:
673
Including engaging structure complementary to foot or leg of
machine:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
comprising means having a configuration which is
complementary to a part of a foot or leg of the machine for
engagement therewith.
Subclass:
674
Bracket:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
comprising means for attachment to a supporting structure and
a portion extending laterally therefrom for engaging the
supported device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
200 for a bracket not restricted to use with a machine.
Subclass:
675
Plural for single article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 674. Structure
wherein more than one bracket is used to support a single
machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
201 for plural brackets for supporting a single article in
general, and see the notes thereunder.
659 for a machinery support comprising a pair of trunnions
or flexible supporting members.
Subclass:
676
Stand:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
comprising a self-supporting device for supporting a machine
in spaced relationship to a generally horizontal surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
127 for a stand not limited to use with a machine, and see
the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
677
Foot or leg:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
comprising a member having two ends, one end being attached
to a machine or machine frame, and the other end contacting a
generally horizontal support surface, said member forming a
part of the supporting structure of the machine and
supporting at least part of the weight thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
188.8 for a foot or leg not restricted for use with a
machine.
359.1 for an article carried support in general.
615 for a resilient foot.
676 for a machine supporting stand.
Subclass:
678
Base or platform:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
comprising a generally flat, box-like or block-like structure
upon which a machine rests.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
346.01 for a base not restricted to use with machinery.
Subclass:
679
Including masonry or concrete:
This subclass is indented under subclass 678. Structure
wherein at least a part of the structure comprises masonry or
concrete.
Subclass:
680
Holddown:
This subclass is indented under subclass 637. Structure
which holds the machine to a support and carries none of the
weight thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
500 for a holddown not restricted to use with machinery.
Subclass:
681
Including manipulatable latch:
This subclass is indented under subclass 680. Structure
comprising a latch having manipulatable means such as a
handle, tool engaging means, etc., for engaging or
disengaging same.
Subclass:
682
ARTICLE CARRIED:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. A
support attached to an article for supporting the article on
a structure wherein the support remains with the article when
the article is removed from the structure.
(1) Note. Subclasses 682-693, of this class (248) were
essentially derived from three subclasses (359, 359.1, 360)
which were near the bottom of the 248 Class schedule. The
intervening subclasses (between 693 and 357) have not been
screened for originals or cross references which may belong
in subclasses 682-693. Those subclasses which are believed
most likely to contain relevant art are listed under "Search
This Class", below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
114 for similar devices on watches and clocks.
128 for a receptacle stand which remains with the article
when moved.
466 for similar devices on pictures.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 3.1 for the articles
specified therein, which articles may have, attached thereto,
a supporting means.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, subclass 206 for a
ladder having an attached supporting means.
220, Receptacles, 69 for a receptacle having structure on
which it rests and which is special to the receptacle being
supported.
Subclass:
683
Mounted by vacuum, adhesive or magnet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 682. A support
mounted on the structure by: (a) atmospheric pressure acting
on an element having a region of reduced pressure beneath the
element, (b) a nonmetallic surface bonding agent (e.g., glue,
cement, or molecular interaction between a component of the
support and the structure), or (c) magnetic attraction
between the support and the structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
205.3 for brackets mounted to a surface by adhesive.
205.5 for brackets mounted to a surface by vacuum.
206.5 for brackets mounted to a surface by magnetic
attraction.
Subclass:
684
Including cutting or piercing of the article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 682. A support
comprising means for excising a portion of the article to
form a recess therein or means to puncture the article to
form an opening in the article to receive the support.
Subclass:
685
Retractable within article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 682. Device wherein
the article is provided with a recessed portion into which
the support is intended to be stored (e.g., by being folded
or collapsed) when not in use.
Subclass:
686
Embedded within article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 682. Device wherein
the support or a component thereof is enclosed within the
article and secured so tightly therein that it cannot be
removed without destroying the securement.
Subclass:
687
Anti-mar or nonslip, e.g., cushioned:
This subclass is indented under subclass 682. A support
comprising a cushioning material for contacting either the
supported article or the supporting surface, usually for
preventing marring and scratching or preventing slipping and
skidding.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
560 for structure particularly adapted for resiliently
supporting an article, and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
688
Stand, foot or prop:
This subclass is indented under subclass 682. A support
which engages a horizontal surface for: (a) supporting the
article in spaced relation thereto or (b) holding a portion
of the article spaced from the horizontal surface while
another portion of the article is contact with the surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
127 for a stand in general.
351 for a prop in general.
Subclass:
689
Mounted by clamping means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 682. A support
which is removably secured to the article by an actuatable
gripping means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
225.11 for a bracket, in general, which is clamped to a
supporting structure.
Subclass:
690
Mounted by hook or loop:
This subclass is indented under subclass 682. A support
comprising a hook or loop attached to the article and serving
to mount, secure, or attach the article on or to the
structure.
Subclass:
691
Hook pivoted to article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 690. A support
wherein the hook or loop is attached to the article by a
pliant connecting means or by a two-dimensional articulation
means.
Subclass:
692
Open hook:
This subclass is indented under subclass 690. A support
comprising a mounting hook that has no closure means or other
encumbrance which would prevent or hinder the engagement
thereof with the structure.
Subclass:
693
Including flexible suspension means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 682. A support
comprising a flaccid or flexible member which permits the
article to dangle from an overhead structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
317 for a suspended support in general.
Subclass:
694
MISCELLANEOUS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Support structure which is not provided for in any of the
above subclasses.
CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
Subclass:
900
MOVABLE OR DISENGAGEABLE ON IMPACT OR OVERLOAD:
Cross-reference collection directed to a support structure
having a characteristic by virtue of which a part of the
structure may be relatively displaced when subjected to an
excessive loading or an unusual shock.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
548 for structure having a component which will fracture or
deform before any other part of the structure when subjected
to an overload or an unusual shock.
Subclass:
901
SUPPORT HAVING TEMPERATURE OR PRESSURE RESPONSIVE FEATURE:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure which
includes a means or a characteristic that will in some way
indicate a change in either temperature, pressure or a
combination thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
550 for a support structure which includes a first means for
sensing a condition and a second, control-type means for
responding to the condition sensed.
Subclass:
902
EYEGLASSES HOLDER:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure which is
particularly adapted for supporting a person's spectacles.
Subclass:
903
SUPPORT REINFORCEMENT:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure wherein
an unusual means or characteristic has been used for
strengthening (i.e., reinforcing) the structure or a portion
thereof.
Subclass:
904
INDICATOR MOUNT:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure which is
particularly adapted for mounting a device that displays
indicia relevant to a sensible condition, i.e., an
indicator.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27.1 for an instrument supported in a panel where the
instrument may be an indicator.
Subclass:
905
TISSUE DISPENSER MOUNT:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure which is
particularly adapted for attaching, mounting, or securing to
an additional support means a temporary storage means for
absorbent, nonwoven facial wipes which permits conspicuous
access thereto.
Subclass:
906
ELECTRICAL OUTLET BOX SUPPORT:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure for a
container which encloses, confines, or protects junctions
between electrical conductors or connections between
electrical conductors and outside devices such as
receptacles, switches, and fixtures, e.g., an electrical
outlet box or junction box.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27.1 for an instrument supported in a panel where the
instrument may be an electrical box.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
220, Receptacles, 3.3 for a receptacle of the outlet or
junction box type having means specialized to mounting the
receptacle on or in a panel, such as a wall, floor, ceiling,
or door frame, etc.; see also the Search Notes of that
subclass (3.3).
Subclass:
907
TRASH CONTAINER SUPPORT:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure which is
particularly adapted for supporting a refuse receptacle
(e.g., bag, can, etc.).
Subclass:
908
SIMULATION OF DIVERSE DEVICE:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure having
one or more mechanical or structural features which cooperate
with a supported article or with one another to emulate the
appearance or operation of another structure or of a product
of nature.
(1) Note. The requirement of cooperation excludes a mere
picture, shape, design, or plurality of contrasting colors.
Subclass:
909
FRANGIBLE COMPONENT (E.G., HAVING A SCORE LINE OR GROOVE):
Collection of documents disclosing support structure which
includes one or more weakened regions that facilitate
breaking-off a portion of the structure at that point.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
548 for a support having a component which will
intentionally fail first when the support is subjected to an
unusual load or shock.
Subclass:
910
WEIGHTED BASE:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure which
comprises a base having means for increasing the weight
thereof, the means being either an additional means
associated with the base or a particular material from which
the base is made.
Subclass:
911
PLURAL, SELECTIVELY USABLE, SUPPORT ENGAGING MEANS:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure which
includes at least two means for engaging a supporting
structure; the means being so constructed or arranged that
they cannot be used simultaneously.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
126 for a support which may be used alternately as either a
stand or a bracket.
207 for a support in the nature of a bracket which may be
secured to either a horizontal or vertical surface, member,
etc., or which may hold an article in either a vertically or
horizontally extending position.
518 for a support for a staff wherein the support includes
structure whereby it can be supported by, alternately, plural
types of supporting surfaces or objects.
558 for a support which is adapted to provide, by the
rearrangement, substitution, or removal of one or more parts,
(a) two or more different supports, or (b) for the support of
an article in two or more different positions or
orientations.
Subclass:
912
PLURAL SELECTIVELY USABLE, ARTICLE ENGAGING MEANS:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure which
includes at least two means for engaging a supported article;
the means being so constructed or arranged that they cannot
be used simultaneously.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, appropriate subclasses, for a support
comprising a plurality of distinct means for engaging a
supported article wherein the means are usable
simultaneously.
Subclass:
913
TWO AXIS ARTICLE ENGAGING MEANS (E.G., X-Y DEVICE):
Collection of documents disclosing support structure
comprising an article engaging portion which is movable in a
horizontal plane along two, distinct, ordinarily
perpendicular, linear axes.
Subclass:
914
HANDBAG HOLDER:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure which is
particularly adapted for supporting a purse, handbag or
similar article.
(1) Note. Structure of this nature typically comprises a
generally C-shaped structure, a first end of which engages an
upper edge of a horizontal member, the second end, comprising
the article engaging portion of the structure, being disposed
below the member and in general vertical alignment with the
first end.
Subclass:
915
WITH ORNAMENTATION:
Collection of documents disclosing support structure which is
provided with an element or a configuration which is intended
to enhance the appearance of the structure, but has neither
mechanical nor structural utility.
Subclass:
916
AUXILIARY SUPPORT MEANS:
Collection of documents disclosing various, miscellaneous
mechanical means (devices, elements, techniques, etc.) that
have been discovered in the art and are considered to be
useful in the construction, installation or use of a
support.
Subclass:
917
VIDEO DISPLAY SCREEN SUPPORT:
Collection of documents disclosing structure which supports a
display screen on which the image is formed by electronic
means (e.g., cathode ray, liquid crystal, light emitting
diode, etc.).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
176.1 and 309+, for an article holding means of general
application on a stand and bracket, respectively.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 28 for similar
subject matter combined with a horizontally supported planar
surface.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, for similar subject matter
combined with a cabinet.
345, Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface
Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems, appropriate
subclasses for similar subject matter combined with selective
electrical control.
Subclass:
918
Ancillary device support associated with a video display
screen:
Collection subordinate to collection 917 wherein the
documents disclose structure for supporting an additional
device which is operatively or functionally associated with
the video display screen.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, appropriate subclasses, for a support
for plural devices in general wherein there is no operative
or functional relationship between the devices.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, 208.1 for an enclosed
keyboard housing or support or a cabinet having a keyboard
support.
Subclass:
919
Adjustably orientable video screen support:
Collection subordinate to collection 917 wherein the
documents disclose structure which is adapted to permit
movement of a video display screen to plural positions or
plural orientations.
Subclass:
920
Angular and linear video display screen support adjustment:
Collection subordinate to collection 919 wherein the
documents disclose structure for supporting a video display
screen in such a fashion that it is angularly movable around
at least one axis and linearly movable along at least one
other axis.
Subclass:
921
Plural angular:
Collection subordinate to collection 919 wherein the
documents disclose structure for supporting a video display
screen in such fashion that it is angularly movable around
more than one axis.
Subclass:
922
Angular:
Collection subordinate to collection 919 wherein the
documents disclose structure for supporting a video display
screen in such a fashion that it adjusts to more than one
angular position.
Subclass:
923
Tilting:
Collection subordinate to collection 922 wherein the
documents disclose structure for supporting a video display
screen in such a fashion that the video display screen is
adjustable to more than one position relative to a horizontal
plane.
Subclass:
924
Adjustable size:
Collection subordinate to collection 917 wherein the
documents disclose structure which is adapted for
accommodating video display screen devices of various sizes.
Subclass:
925
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING AIDS (E.G., PITONS, ETC.):
Collection of documents disclosing support structure which is
adapted to be engaged in, deployed within, or entrapped by a
crack in a rock face being climbed or traversed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
200 for small brackets having an outwardly extending article
support.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, 133 for pole or
strand grasping-type climbing device.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000