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Class 256
FENCES
Class Definition:
This class includes that type of building structures commonly
designated "fences" and characterized by a relatively low,
generally openwork, structure adapted to serve the purposes
of a barrier.
Those fences in which a part breaks, gives way, or separates
under abnormal conditions are classified herein with the type
of fence to which the invention is applied.
Posts described for use in fences, but which are of more
general application, are classified under the more general
appropriate building structure classes. Posts are included
herein only when specially adapted for a fence and are
classified with the type of fence to which they are adapted.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclasses 68+,
especially 71.1, for line stretchers or tighteners of general
utility. Wire fences with stretching devices are in this
class (256), subclasses 37+. Connectors between parts of a
fence are classified in this class (256) with the type of
fence involved. Class 24, subclasses 305+ provides for
combinations of two or more simple forms of fastenings not
for connecting fence parts.
49, Movable or Removable Closures, appropriate subclasses,
for that movable portion of a fence commonly known as a
"gate" and characterized by a normally open and closed
position. A panel, per se, of general application, although
forming part of a gate, is classified in subclass 73 of this
class (256).
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate
subclasses for barriers, poles and posts of more general
application, particularly subclass 40 for a shaft with an
article support, 102 for an earth supported coping or edging,
103+ for a land marker or monument, 113 for a shaft with a
spring actuated return, 153+ for a shaft with an embedded
wing-type brace, 155+ and 166 for an earth anchor, 292+ for a
footing for a vertical shaft, 300+ vertical structure with a
cap, 415+ for a brick and mortar-type barrier, 633+ for
openwork, e.g., lattice or grating, and 720.1+ for elongated
rigid members and see the reference to Class 256 in class
definition of Class 52.
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses for
joints of general utility. Connectors between parts of a
fence are classified in this class (256) with the type fence
involved.
404, Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus, subclasses 6+,
for a traffic guide or barrier structure and subclasses 9+,
for a traffic director structure.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, appropriate subclasses
for earthwork barriers, especially subclasses 30+ for
openwork wave or flow dissipating barriers. Fence structure,
per se, of earthwork is classified in this class (256),
subclass 19.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses
544+ for stock materials, e.g., of indefinite length, which
are all metal or have adjacent metal components. See the
notes in the main Class Definition of Class 428.
GLOSSARY:
STRUCTURAL
As used herein, this term applies to any relatively rigid
slat or bar member used as an element of a fence.
WIRE
As used herein, this term includes not only metallic but also
any nonmetallic rope, cord, or strand.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fence
constructions and accessories peculiar thereto not
specifically provided for elsewhere.
Subclass:
2
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fences
provided with spurs, points, or barbs so arranged as to
discourage the violent passage of animals through them.
Subclass:
3
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Barbed fences
having guards to protect animals from injury.
Subclass:
4
This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Devices
comprising members serving as a warning of the presence of
barbs.
Subclass:
5
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Devices
comprising openwork or meshed stock, whether formed of
relatively rigid slats or bars or of wire combined with rigid
slats or bars.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
245, Wire Fabrics and Structure, subclasses 2+, for wire
fabrics not provided with barbs.
Subclass:
6
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Devices relating
to the structure of the strands.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
11 for top guard rails, although provided with barbs.
Subclass:
7
This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Fence strands in
which a barb is capable of attachment to a single strand.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
6 for barbs specialized for attachment to strands made up of
two or more wires.
Subclass:
8
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Single fence
strands in which the barbs are integral.
Subclass:
9
This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Devices made up
of sections or links joined end-to-end.
Subclass:
10
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fences
having one or more parts charged with electricity, whereby
shock will be imparted to an animal coming into contact
therewith.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, subclass
35, for safes, etc., with an electrically charged surface.
119, Animal Husbandry, particularly subclass 721 for an
electromagnetic remote control for confining an animal to a
predetermined territorial location. The remote control
feature may include a buried wire or above ground fence-like
structure but does not limit the travel of the animal by
direct electrical contact therewith.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, appropriate
subclasses, for electric conductors and their supports of
general utility.
Subclass:
11
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fences
having special provision to prevent or hinder creatures from
traveling or remaining upon the top of the fence.
Subclass:
12
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Fences wherein
the top guard has an unstable or movable portion.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1 for steeplechase fences provided with yielding means upon
the top rail.
16 for track guards having movable means.
Subclass:
12.5
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Barriers designed to regulate wind and air currents so that
driftage of snow or sand will be controlled.
(1) Note. These barriers usually act either (1) to so
direct wind or air currents to cause the same to pick up and
remove snow or sand from places it is desired to keep clear
thereof, or (2) to cause wind or air currents to drop sand or
snow carried thereby to avoid the same accumulating at places
it is desired to keep clear, thereof, for example, railways
or roadways.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
104, Railways, subclasses 279+, for miscellaneous railway
track clearing or cleaning means.
135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, subclasses 87+, for
portable shelters used as a snow or wind screen.
Subclass:
13
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
for use on shores or in stream beds designed to prevent
animals from passing, but providing for the more or less free
passage of the water and bodies held in suspension therein.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclasses 10+ for
closures which move under the influence of a swollen stream.
Subclass:
13.1
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
in the nature of barriers, railings, or fences, both rigid
and yielding, along road sides, and sufficiently strong to
resist automobile impact.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
19 for similar barriers forming complete fences.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
114, Ships, subclass 219, for similar devices applied to
sides of ships.
238, Railways: Surface Track, subclass 10, for similar
structure in nature of portable track.
248, Supports, subclass 66, for brackets, for securing a road
guard cable to its post.
Subclass:
14
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
for use upon railroads designed to prevent animals from
passing along the tracks and incapable of use as a gate to
permit the passage of the animal.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclasses 131+ for a
closure which moves to an inoperative position flush with the
ground, such as a railroad track, to permit a train to ride
over it.
Subclass:
15
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Track guards
that consist of a pivoted member or a series of them adapted
to rock under pressure.
Subclass:
16
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Track guards
embodying a series of rotary members.
Subclass:
17
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Track guards
embodying a series of bars spaced apart to form a grating.
Subclass:
18
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Devices
comprising bars provided with a series of prongs more or less
sharp.
Subclass:
19
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fences,
made wholly or partly of such materials as earth, stone,
plastics, or wood where the material of which they are made,
as well as the form of the fence, is of consequence.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13.1 for similar devices for highway guards.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate
subclasses for masonry walls of more general application,
particularly subclasses 300+ for vertical structures with a
cap or terminal bearing plate.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, appropriate subclasses
for specialized earthwork barriers (i.e., jetty, dam, levee,
etc.).
Subclass:
20
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fences
formed of growing plants used alone or in connection with
wire to form the fence.
Subclass:
21
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fences
made wholly or mostly of metal other than wire where the
material is of consequence or where the shape of parts is
such as to preclude their being made of other material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 47+ and 65+, for joints between fence members.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclasses 660+
for fabric or lattice openwork, e.g., grating, of more
general application.
Subclass:
22
This subclass is indented under subclass 21. Fences composed
of longitudinal rails and upright members where the upright
members serve to increase the effectiveness of the fence as a
barrier and not merely to strengthen, brace, or space apart
the rails.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
34 for woven, strand fences.
Subclass:
23
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fences
having portions hung or suspended between posts or from rails
or strands running from post to post.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclasses 10+ for
similar devices used on shores or stream beds.
Subclass:
24
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fences
made up of panels.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
23 for sections hung or suspended.
73 for fence panels, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclasses 455+, for
clasps.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate
subclasses for an in situ erected building structure of more
general application, particularly subclasses 474+ for a
facer (panel) held by a frame or shaft.
Subclass:
25
This subclass is indented under subclass 24. Devices relating
to enclosed structures, generally in the nature of a pen for
children, adapted to be folded and stored away.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
5, Beds, subclass 93.1, for crib-type beds and for play-pens
having a bottom wall even if the bottom and side members are
not connected. The bottom may be a fabric and may rest
directly on the floor.
119, Animal Husbandry, subclass 20, for animal pens.
135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, subclasses 87+ for
portable shelters.
472, Amusement Devices, particularly subclasses 92+ for an
enclosure for an athletic or exhibition event, e.g., for
arena, track, court, playing field, etc.
Subclass:
26
This subclass is indented under subclass 24. Devices hingedly
connected so that adjacent panel units are capable of lying
in the same or intersecting planes.
Subclass:
27
This subclass is indented under subclass 24. Panel fences in
which two adjacent panels are capable of attachment so as to
stand in intersecting planes.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25 for similar structure forming enclosures.
Subclass:
28
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Fences wherein
the panels are tied together by a wire running the length of
several panels, the panel ends are bolted or wired together,
or a separate element is used to lock or tie adjacent panels
together.
Subclass:
29
This subclass is indented under subclass 24. Fences wherein
the panels extend in the same general direction (right line)
and are tied together by a wire running the length of a
plurality of panels, when the panel ends are bolted or wired
together, or where a separate element is used to lock or tie
adjacent panels together.
Subclass:
30
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Devices wherein
the panels or fence as a whole are braced in addition or
wherein the panels or fence are tied and braced by the same
means.
Subclass:
31
This subclass is indented under subclass 24. Devices
comprising combinations of panels with braced posts or
separate brace members and braced posts or like parts
particularly adapted to receive the support fence panels.
Subclass:
32
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fences
made wholly or partially of wire and elements and
combinations of elements used as parts of wire fences not
otherwise provided for and characterized by the presence of
strands of wire connected to the spanning post members.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
23 for spanning strands supporting panel members.
24 for panels made wholly or partially of wire.
73 for fence panels, and see the search note therewith.
Subclass:
33
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Fences composed
entirely of wire.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
47, Plant Husbandry, subclasses 44+, for plant supports.
Subclass:
34
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Fences composed
of woven longitudinal strands and upright members where the
upright members serve to increase the effectiveness of the
fence as a barrier and not merely to strengthen, brace, or
space apart the strands.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
22 for fences composed of rails and uprights.
35 for braces.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
245, Wire Fabrics and Structure, subclass 11, for slat and
wire fabrics.
Subclass:
35
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Devices
particularly adapted for the bracing of wire fences. Braced
posts, and braces or stays generally to strengthen,
reinforce, or space apart the strands of a wire fence.
Combinations of a plurality of fence posts with brace members
connecting so as to brace each other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
22 for fences composed of rails and uprights.
34 for fences composed of woven strands and uprights.
Subclass:
36
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Wire fences
wherein the strands are provided with a diagonal bracing
member or some of the strands are deflected from their true
horizontal course to brace the fence after the manner of a
truss.
Subclass:
37
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Devices with
stretching devices which form permanent parts of the fence,
and are provided with details particularly adapting them for
use in a fence.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclass 71.1, for
tighteners intermediate the ends of a line or wire.
84, Music, subclass 200, for tuning devices, and 304, for
tuning pegs.
140, Wireworking, subclass 123.5, for wire tighteners.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclasses 199+ for a portable implement or
apparatus for tensioning flexible material (e.g., fence wire
from which the implement or apparatus is detached when
moved).
Subclass:
38
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Devices
including a suspended weight.
Subclass:
39
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Devices that
employ the power of a spring to accomplish the stretching.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
54, Harness, subclass 48, for elastic stirrups.
267, Spring Devices, subclasses 69+, for elastic extension
devices.
Subclass:
40
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Devices
employing a member upon which the wire is wound.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclasses 213+ for a portable, rotatably driven
drum for tensioning a flexible material, the drum engages and
pulls on either the material or a cable attached to the
material.
Subclass:
41
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Devices having
winding elements for a plurality of strands and pluralities
of winding elements operating upon individual strands, but
mounted upon a common spindle.
Subclass:
42
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Devices carried
by brackets secured to or bearing against the post.
Subclass:
43
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Devices mounted
within the post.
Subclass:
44
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Devices mounted
upon the post and project laterally therefrom.
Subclass:
45
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Devices
consisting of fabrics formed wholly or partially of wire
wherein the stays and strands are held together by separate
ties, such as wires, lock rods, or clips.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclasses 848+ for an
endless belt conveyor formed of wire fabric.
245, Wire Fabrics and Structure, for woven all wire or
slat-and-wire fabric.
403, Joints and Connections, subclasses 384+ for
connections, between individual rods joined side-to-side.
Subclass:
46
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Devices
including circular section and ribbon strands peculiar to
fences.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 6+ for barbed strand structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate
subclasses for a masonry construction of general
application.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 119.01, for clothesline
supports.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses
544+ for stock materials, e.g., of indefinite length, which
are all metal or have adjacent metal components. See the
notes in the main Class Definition of Class 428.
Subclass:
47
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Subject matter
relating to connections peculiarly adapted to attach a strand
of the fence to a post, pole, stay, or like upright having a
structural shape.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclasses 335+ for
combinations of two or more simple forms of fastenings for
connecting other than fence parts.
248, Supports, subclasses 49+ is the general locus for
supports for cables, particularly subclass 66, for brackets
for securing a road guard cable to its post.
403, Joints and Connections, subclasses 384+ for rods
joined side-to-side.
Subclass:
48
This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Devices wherein
the strand crosses a structural upright.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 65+ for connections between a rail and
structural upright.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
47, Plant Husbandry, subclasses 44+, for plant supports.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclasses 154+
and 168+, for conductor holders.
248, Supports, subclass 353, for clothesline props.
Subclass:
49
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Devices wherein
the strand is stapled or otherwise attached to a facing strip
which is secured to or embedded in a structural upright.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
65 for a rail attached to a facing strip on the upright.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate
subclasses for a structure of more general application,
particularly subclasses 364+ for a ground member serving as
a penetrating fastener receiver, and subclasses 698+ for an
anchor or tie.
Subclass:
50
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Devices which
require that the upright shall be made of some plastic
material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
49 for facing strips upon a plastic post to which the strand
is attached.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclasses 698+
for a building component anchor or tie which is generally
assembled with other components as the structure is erected,
e.g., anchors set in concrete before hardening.
Subclass:
51
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Subject matter,
the plastic post having a reinforcing element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate
subclasses for a structure or building component of more
general classification, particularly subclasses 633+ for
openwork and 721.1+ for elongated rigid members which in use
may be embedded in concrete.
Subclass:
52
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Subject matter
relating to a plurality of crossing wires to a structural
upright by a single member extending longitudinally of the
upright.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
49 for single members imbedded or otherwise longitudinally
secured to a post to which a series of wires are stapled or
similarly attached.
Subclass:
53
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Devices where
the wire is held in a plurality of slots, which slots or
their mouths are out of alinement, so that it is necessary to
bend a portion of the strand to cause it to enter the slots.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48 for separate members attached to uprights to receive the
wire in a curved or obliquely formed slot therein or between
oppositely directed hooks formed thereon.
58 for obliquely formed slots in the upright or oppositely
directed hooks struck from the material of the upright in
which the wire is held.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclasses
174+, for analogous insulator structure.
Subclass:
54
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Devices
comprising clamps.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
68 for rail clamps.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclasses
154+, for insulator and conductor holders; 169+, for
terminal-type conductor-holding means and 172+, for
insulator-holding means.
Subclass:
55
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Connections in
which a screw is an essential element of the clamp.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
69 for similar structure in rail fences.
Subclass:
56
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Connections in
which a wedge is an essential element of the clamp.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
70 for similar structure in rail fences.
Subclass:
57
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Connections in
which the strand is tied to the structural shaped upright by
means of a flexible member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
71 for similar structure in rail fences.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
47, Plant Husbandry, subclasses 44+, for plant supports.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 173,
for wires tied to an insulator.
403, Joints and Connections, subclasses 384+ for rods
joined side-to-side.
Subclass:
58
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Connections
which are made without the employment of connecting means
other than the wire and upright.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48 for a wire crossing an upright.
53 for wires bent to enter misaligned slots.
Subclass:
59
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fences
composed of structural uprights and individual structural
runner members or rails either permanently or removably
attached to the uprights or posts in the erection of the
fence. Posts particularly adapted for the reception of rails
are classified in subclasses hereunder.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1 for strictly tight board fences.
Subclass:
60
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Devices having
two adjacent sections standing in intersecting planes.
Subclass:
61
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Angle rail
fences supported by a wire running the length of several
sections or where the rails are tied to the post or to each
other by wire or other separate element.
Subclass:
62
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Rail fences
provided with a tie wire running the length of the fence
sections or having the rails tied to the posts or to each
other or wherein a separate member is used to lock the
sections of the fence together.
Subclass:
63
This subclass is indented under subclass 62. Devices which
are braced in addition or tied and braced by the same means.
Subclass:
64
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Rail fences
comprising combinations of rails or runners with braced posts
or like parts and braced posts or like parts specially formed
to receive and support rails or runners.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
35 for bracing of one line post of a fence by another.
Subclass:
65
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Subject matter
relating to the connections between the rail and a post,
pole, stay, or like structural upright.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclasses 336+ for
combinations of two or more simple forms of fastenings for
connecting other than fence parts.
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses for
joints and connections in general.
Subclass:
66
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Devices between
the rail and the upright which require that the upright be
made of some plastic material at the point of connection.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
50 for similar structure in wire fence connections.
Subclass:
67
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Devices in which
the angles between the rail and the upright may be varied.
Subclass:
68
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Devices wherein
the rail is clamped to the upright.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
54 for similar structure in wire fences.
Subclass:
69
This subclass is indented under subclass 68. Devices in which
the clamp is characterized by a screw.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
55 for similar structure in wire fences.
Subclass:
70
This subclass is indented under subclass 68. Devices in which
the clamp is characterized by a wedge.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56 for similar structure in wire fences.
Subclass:
71
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Devices in which
the connection is a flexible tying member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
57 for similar structure in wire fences.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
403, Joints and Connections, subclasses 384+ for rods
joined side-to-side.
Subclass:
72
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Devices
comprising direct connections between the rail and
upright--e.g., having no connecting means other than the rail
and upright.
Subclass:
73
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
comprising unitary fence or gate structures including panels,
per se, of general application adapted to extend between two
adjacent supports and comprising generally vertical and
horizontal members.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
appropriate subclasses, for fence or gate panels of flexible
material, and fence or gate panels formed of plural strips,
slats or panels interconnected with one another for relative
motion.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000