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Class 312
SUPPORTS: CABINET STRUCTURE
Class Definition:
This class provides for receptacles or enclosures, combined
with article supporting means such as drawers, racks,
shelves, etc., fixed or movable partly or wholly out of the
enclosure to make the article supported more readily
accessible, and enclosures combined with any nonreceptacle
feature for which there is no other provision. This
statement is intended to include receptacle structures having
modified features to cooperate with the indicated combined
devices.
Included in this class, for example, are article containing
magazine type cabinet structures having means to facilitate
the removal of articles therefrom, showcases, counters,
outdoor type cabinets, cabinets designed for use in worship,
sectional unit type cabinets, enclosures specially designed
to house radios, television sets, phonographs, and picture
machines and film. See Subclass References to the Current
Class, below, for these subclasses.
The term "component" as used in the subclass titles and
definitions relates to compartments, walls, doors, shelves,
partitions, racks or other article supports, or similar parts
of a compartment, fixed or removable.
LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
In general, except for article supports, etc., as set forth
in the above class definition, instrumentalities provided for
in other classes with an enclosure solely for housing the
instrumentality are classified with the type of
instrumentality.
Receptacle structure, per se, is not provided for herein.
Such structures are in the appropriate receptacle classes of
which Class 220, Receptacles, is the generic class. For the
distribution of the receptacle art see the notes to the
definition of Class 220.
SPECIAL USE TYPES AND COMBINATIONS OF WHICH A CABINET IS A
PART:
A. Cabinets or enclosures specially designed to house radios,
phonograph instruments or records, picture machines or film
are found in this class. (See Subclass References to the
Current Class, below. ) The housed apparatus may be defined
in general terms without the recitation of the
characteristics of it or its particulars or relationship with
the cabinets.
Cabinets in combination with apparatus such as loud-speakers,
dials, tuning handles or shafts, chassis and so forth, are
classified with the apparatus.
B. Cabinets designed solely for use in worship and cabinets
designed specially for laboratory, dental, barber or medical
use are in this class. (See Subclass References to the
Current Class, below. )
See Reference to Other Classes, below, for related art
areas.
CABINET SUBCOMBINATIONS
A. Closures and Doors.
Cabinets with doors and closures are found in the various
subclasses providing for movable components depending upon
the particular type of motion of the closure or door. See
Subclass References to the Current Class below, for cabinets
with inner and outer closures and those with a closure having
an auxiliary opening. Arrangements of doors or closures on
two or more sides of a cabinet are also provided for in this
class. Folding cardboard type cabinets with sliding doors
are provided for in this class.
B. Closure Fasteners and Locks:
With the exception of a few special types of locking and
latching devices provided for in the subclasses of this
class, such devices for movable cabinet parts have not been
set out since they are of the types that can be adequately
cross-referenced in Class 70 and Class 292. Also see Subclass
References to the Current Class.
C. Guides for Drawers and Other Sliding Components:
Horizontally sliding cabinet drawers, shelves, closures,
etc., provided with guide means are in this class. Other
combinations of cabinet components and guide means therefor
are classified in the subclass providing for the particular
type of component. See Subclass References to the Current
Class, below.
D. Handles:
Cabinets with carrying handles and those having both a
carrying handle and a particular supporting means usable
independently of the handle are found in this class. See
Subclass References to the Current Class, below.
Movable cabinet components or parts provided with a handle
mounted thereon and movable therewith as a unit. See Subclass
References to the Current Class, below.
E. Operators:
Cabinet components or parts provided with power driven means
are in this class. See Subclass References to the Current
Class, below.
F. Panels and Walls:
This class is not concerned with wall or panel structure, per
se, since such structures are provided for in other classes.
See Subclass References to the Current Class, below for
cabinets having walls of foraminous material and those with
spaced walls or with insulation.
Also see References to Other Classes for related art areas.
G. Cabinet Supports:
Cabinet structures including supporting or mounting means for
the cabinet are specifically provided for in this class. See
Subclass references to the Current Class, below.
Outdoor type cabinets with wall or window mounting means and
canopy or curtain type cabinets with wall mounting means.
Cabinet supporting means combined with any of the cabinets
provided for in subclasses 3 to 241 are classified with the
particular type of cabinet.
Also see References to Other Classes for related art areas.
H. Tables, Racks and Other Article Supports:
See Subclass References to the Current Class for the
following: Cabinet structures associated with a leg supported
table which can be removed from and used independently of the
structure are classified in this class. See Subclass
References to the Current Class for other cabinet
combinations involving a table or shelf.
Movable racks and other article supports are found in
substantially all of the subclasses involving movable
components.
See Subclass References to the Current Class for show cases
with racks, for cabinets with external racks or article
supports, and for cabinets with fixed or merely removable
racks or other article supports; for cabinets with supporting
means for a typewriter, adding machine, dictaphone or sewing
machine. Also see Subclass References to the Current Class
for cabinet structure with means to support a supply of paper
in position to be written on and for cabinets with means to
support a book in position to be read. Cabinets with article
supporting means of the disappearing instrument type are also
referenced there.
Also see References to Other Classes for related art areas.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
4 for canopy or curtain type cabinets with wall mounting
means.
7.1 for cabinets or enclosures specially designed to house
radios.
7.2 for cabinets for television sets.
8.1 for cabinets or enclosures for phonographs.
20.1 for cabinets or enclosures for picture machines and
film.
21 for cabinets with article supporting means of the
disappearing instrument type.
33, for cabinets designed for use in worship
35 for article containing magazine type cabinet structures
having means to facilitate the removal of articles therefrom
in subclasses
100 for outdoor type cabinets
101 for outdoor type cabinets with wall or window mounting
means.
107 for sectional unit type cabinets
107.5 215, 216+, 222, and 333, for special types of locking
and latching devices.
114 for showcases
126 128+ for show cases with racks.
140.1 for counters.
208.1 through 208.6, and 223.1+ for cabinets with supporting
means for a typewriter, adding machine, dictaphone or sewing
machine.
209 for cabinets designed specially for laboratory, dental,
barber or medical use.
213 for cabinets having walls of foraminous material.
214 for cabinets with spaced walls or with insulation.
222 266+, 271+, 293.1+, and 294+, for movable parts of a
compartment.
231 for cabinet structure with means to support a supply of
paper in position to be written on.
233 for cabinets with means to support a book in position to
be read.
243 for cabinets having both a carrying handle and a
particular supporting means usable independently of the
handle.
243 through 248, 249.1-249.13, 351.1-351.14, for cabinet
structures including supporting or mounting means for the
cabinet.
244 for cabinets with carrying handles.
260 for folding cardboard type cabinets with sliding doors.
277 for cabinet structures associated with a leg supported
table which can be removed from and used independently of the
structure.
280 for cabinets with external racks or article supports
281 313+, for other cabinet combinations involving a table or
shelf.
283 for arrangements of doors or closures on two or more
sides of a cabinet.
291 for cabinets with inner and outer closures
292 for cabinets with a closure having an auxiliary
opening.
293 351 for cabinets with fixed or merely removable racks or
other article supports
319.5 for cabinet components or parts provided with power
driven means.
330.1 for horizontally sliding cabinet drawers, shelves,
closures, etc., provided with guide means.
332.1 333, and 348.6, for movable cabinet components or parts
provided with a handle mounted thereon and movable therewith
as a unit.
351 for parts of a compartment, fixed or removable.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
5, Beds, subclass 2.1, for beds combined with some other
article of furniture. (See "Special Use Types And
Combinations, etc." above)
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, subclass 82 for drawer stops,
per se. (see "Guides for Drawers, etc." above)
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, 110 for handles, per se, and see
the notes to subclass 110 of that class for the location of
other related handle combinations. (see "Handles" above)
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), for a construction
forming an enclosure of the type which is erected or
assembled at the job site. Class 52 also takes (1) a
component, e.g., panel, of more general utility which is
structurally similar to those used in in situ type
structures, even though defined or disclosed as having
another art use, or (2) in situ erected type enclosures
combined with an article or article support where additional
structure not merely housing the article or article support
is defined, see particularly 27. (See "Panels and Walls,"
above)
62, Refrigeration, for a cabinet having features specialized
to refrigeration, and see the Notes referring to Class 62 in
other subclasses of this class (312).
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 606 for casings combined
with means to support gearing therein.
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, appropriate
subclasses for protective cabinets such as fire and theft
resistance safes, and especially subclass 63.5 for cabinets
such as refrigerators including means to render the closure
fastening means thereof ineffective when the cabinet is in a
condition of abnormal use. (See "Special Use Types And
Combinations, etc." above)
126, Stoves and Furnaces, for cabinets with combustion means
to heat the cabinet either internally or externally, i.e.,
stoves, enclosures of all kinds in combination with means to
extract heat of combustion and distribute it.
165, Heat Exchange, appropriate subclasses for housing
structure having features peculiar to heat exchange or for a
housed heat exchange means where the enclosure is solely for
housing the heat exchange means.
4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, 619, for basins,
subclasses 538+, for tubs, per se, or in combination with an
enclosure therefor, there being no cabinet features such as
drawers, racks, shelves, etc., and no compartments for
general storage purposes beyond the compartment formed by the
basin enclosure, and subclasses 656 for sink drainboards.
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 258
for cases and containers for shoe blacking boxes and kits.
38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing, 103 for ironing board
support or mount.
42, Firearms, the various "magazine" subclasses, for
cartridge magazines and combinations thereof with guns.
43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying, subclass 55
for bait holders.
49, Movable or Removable Closures, appropriate subclasses,
for a closure of the type provided for and see the search
notes thereto for the loci of closures in other classes. (See
"Cabinet Subcombinations" above)
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclass 503 for a
closure panel modified to accommodate a latch or lock and see
the search notes thereto for the loci of other closure
latches or locks. (see "Closure Fasteners and Locks" above)
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, subclass 232, for
tubs especially designed for the fluid treatment of
textiles.
70, Locks, for locks, per se. (see "Closure Fasteners and
Locks" above)
73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 431 for instrument
casing structures.
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, appropriate
subclasses for tables, generally; especially 33 for a
horizontally supported planar surface combined with an
enclosure for housing it in an inoperative position,
subclasses 134+ for a folding horizontally supported planar
surface attached laterally of a support such as a cabinet,
and subclass 152 for a horizontally supported planar surface
attached laterally of a support. (See "Tables, Racks, etc."
above)
119, Animal Husbandry, 416 for housings specially adapted to
confine animals.
132, Toilet, 286 for toilet kits including a toilet article
combined with a receptacle which may be in the form of a rack
or cabinet.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, for
flexible panels of the flexible or portable panel type. (See
"Panels and Walls, " above)
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, for
flexible closures and see the notes thereto for related art.
(See "Cabinet Subcombinations" above)
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, 48 and 50+ for
inclosures having electrical structure.
181, Acoustics, 148 for diaphragms mounted within a cabinet
and subclass 199 for a speaker cabinet with specific
acoustical features. (See "Special Use Types And
Combinations, etc." above)
190, Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage, for receptacles and
cabinets designed for use as trunks or traveling bags, 3
having trunks convertible to bureaus and 11+ having trunks
convertible to table or desk. (See "Special Use Types And
Combinations, etc." above)
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass 19 for a
container arranged for sacramental use and subclasses 307+
for a container for a sound recording (e.g., phonograph
disc). (See "Special Use Types And Combinations, etc."
above)
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, 370 for
bins, casing, compartments, receptacles, etc., enclosing
sifters there being no compartments of general utility
included.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 40 for phonograph record
racks. (See "Special Use Types And Combinations, etc."
above)
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 1.3 for rack structures
combined with enclosing storage space for housing the rack in
inoperative position, and appropriate subclasses, for
cabinets having exteriorly mounted racks, the included
portion of the cabinet structure providing only for mounting
or operation of the rack. (See "Tables, Racks, etc." above)
215, Bottles and Jars, 237 and 273+ for bottles and jars
with closure fastenings. (see "Closure Fasteners and Locks"
above)
217, Wooden Receptacles, 56 and 89, for closure fasteners on
wooden receptacles. (see "Closure Fasteners and Locks"
above)
220, Receptacles, and the notes thereto for receptacle or
housing structure and see particularly 62.11, 560.12+,
592.05, 592.09+, and 592.2+ and the notes thereto for
receptacle structures of the spaced wall or insulated type
and subclasses 639+ for receptacle wall structure. (See
"Panels and Walls," above)
220, Receptacles, 315 for closure fasteners combined with
metallic receptacle structure. (see "Closure Fasteners and
Locks" above)
220, Receptacles, 476 for wall or ground mounted
receptacles. (See "Cabinet Supports:" above)
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses, and
especially 282 for article dispensers not otherwise provided
for including cabinet and support structures therefor. The
line between Classes 221 and 312 is as follows: Class 221
will take any cabinet serving as a source of supply for
discrete articles combined with means to eject or release
such articles by means which are recognized in the class
definition of Class 221 as dispensing means, without regard
to the presence or absence of cabinet structure. Class 312
will take cabinet structures involving a source of supply of
articles and not including such dispensing means. Attention
is directed to the subclasses of Class 312, in which are
classified cabinet structures of the magazine type for
containing articles and having means facilitating the removal
thereof. (See "Special Use Types And Combinations, etc."
above)
222, Dispensing, subclass 129.1 for the combination of a
cabinet and a bulk dispenser, subclasses 173+ takes a fluent
material dispensing container and a casing solely therefor.
Throughout the class (222) are container structures having
combined therewith bulk dispensing features.
223, Apparel Apparatus, subclass 107 for boxes and baskets
especially designed to hold sewing accessories such as, work,
spools, needles, pins, scissors, etc.
229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, for paper
receptacles and paper receptacle blanks.
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, for deposit and
collection receptacles not having general purpose
compartments or article supports in addition to the deposit
and collection compartment. (See "Special Use Types And
Combinations, etc." above)
237, Heating Systems, subclass 79 for casings and heat
shields for radiators.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, for a housing combined
with winding or unwinding, usually in the form of a specified
coil support or guide structure for dispensing elongated
material. Generally a continuous strip towel-type hand dryer
in Class 242 is provided with a roll core or spindle while
those in Class 312 are not.
248, Supports, and the notes thereto for supports generally
and see particularly subclasses indented under subclass 127
for receptacle type stands; see also subclasses 188.2+ for
furniture leveling devices and subclass 188.8 for furniture
legs and feet and terminal tips or shoes therefor. (See
"Cabinet Supports:" above)
248, Supports, and the notes to the class definition, for
supports, generally; and especially 441.1 for an easel, book
or music score holder. (See "Tables, Racks, etc." above)
292, Closure Fasteners, for door or closure fasteners, per
se. (see "Closure Fasteners and Locks" above)
343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas, subclass 702 for
antennas combined with a radio cabinet wherein a significant
relationship exists between the antenna and the cabinet. (See
"Special Use Types And Combinations, etc." above)
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
838 for mirrors and mirror systems, per se.
362, Illumination, 127 for combinations of a source of light
and an article of furniture is modified merely for the
promotion of illumination and subclasses 125+ for the
combination of a source of light and a showcase modified only
for the promotion of illumination.
369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, subclass 12
for cabinet details of a radio-phonograph; and subclasses
75.1+ for a phonograph with particular cabinet structure.
(See "Special Use Types And Combinations, etc." above)
381, Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices,
150 for loud speaker structures. (See "Special Use Types And
Combinations, etc." above)
384, Bearings, for guides or slides for supporting drawers,
trays or shelves for sliding movement. (see "Guides for
Drawers, etc." above)
396, Photography, 589 for light-excluding cases or cabinets
used in processing exposed film.
401, Coating Implements With Material Supply, 118 for a kit;
i.e., a holder or receptacle for coating material and a
removable applicator or spreader for the material.
433, Dentistry, 77 for cabinets combined with dental
equipment. (See "Special Use Types And Combinations, etc."
above)
434, Education and Demonstration, 408 for furniture designed
for educational demonstrations or instruction and subclasses
61+ for blackboards not combined with cabinet structure.
455, Telecommunications, 347 for combinations of a cabinet
and radio structure in general. (See "Special Use Types And
Combinations, etc." above)
446, Amusement Devices: Toys, 71 for a toy which serves as,
or has been converted from, a container; and subclass 482 for
toy furniture.
604, Surgery, subclass 309 for applying solid materials to
the body.
607, Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application,
subclass 81 for cabinets having combined therewith means for
applying to the body any one or combination of light or
analogous rays, electricity or thermal treatments.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Apparatus including an opening in a barrier and flexible
means mounted at the opening and entirely closing it or
sealing against an operating member, e.g., hand, between
opposite sides of the barrier thus allowing an operator to
manipulate an object on the distal side of the barrier
without leakage of fluid through the opening.
(1) Note. This subclass is the residual home of the defined
structure. Many classes contain patents to such structures
combined with art features; e.g., surgical devices; work
handling; specific machines as abrading, washing, drying,
welding, etc. Such patents are classified in the appropriate
art class. Exemplary instances are noted under "SEARCH
CLASS".
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
2, Apparel, 16 for a hand or arm guard and protector,
subclasses 158 for a mitten, 159+ for a glove, and subclass
270 for a sleeve closure, per se.
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, subclass 242
for means to seal an opening in a treating chamber against
gas or vapor leakage and provide for the feeding of material
through the opening.
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, subclass 17.8 for devices
providing motion transfer through an imperforate seal and
subclasses 18+ for a flexible sealing diaphragm attached to a
moving rod and to a casing.
128, Surgery, appropriate subclass for an enclosure with a
surgical operating device or with a feature specialized to a
surgical operating device.
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, subclass 200
for spray or jet supplying and/or applying means with a
closable work-treating chamber.
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclass 83
for a circuit maker or breaker actuated by a fluid pressure
diaphragm, and subclass 86 for circuit-controllers
incorporated in mats or treads and adapted to be operated by
a person stepping on them.
220, Receptacles, 694 for miscellaneous attachments for
metallic receptacles.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, 189 for means joining a pipe
to a plate.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, 50 for manipulative
chemical laboratory devices.
451, Abrading, 75 for a sandblasting machine of general
utility.
454, Ventilation, appropriate subclasses for a ventilated
enclosure, per se, and subclass 184 specifically for the
ventilation of a cabinet which houses electrical or
electronic components.
Subclass:
3
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structures generally of a skeleton-frame nature,
designed to be inclosed largely or entirely by flexible
material, as fabric.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
31.05 for liquid wetted fabric wall cabinets.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, 87 for canopies.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 180 for racks with screens
or curtains.
Subclass:
4
This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Structures
designed to be mounted in or on or secured to a wall
surface.
Subclass:
5
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Devices so made
that they may be knocked down or folded to occupy a small
space.
Subclass:
6
This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Devices with
means whereby they may be knocked down or folded to occupy a
small space.
Subclass:
7.1
RADIO TYPE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinets designed to house radio apparatus.
(1) Note. See section 3, a, of the main class definition
for a more complete statement on radio cabinets and see the
search notes to such section for the distribution of related
combinations in other classes.
Subclass:
7.2
TELEVISION TYPE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter having a video feature (e.g., viewing screen)
associated with the cabinet.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
348, Television, 836 for cabinet structure in combination
with television components.
Subclass:
8.1
FOR PHONOGRAPH RECORD PLAYER:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structure having structure particularly configured to
support a device for reproducing sound that has been
mechanically transcribed in a groove on a circular disk or
cylinder.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
9.1 for cabinet having structure to support an audio or
visual recording medium.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, Digests 12-14
for tape or phonograph record cleaner.
181, Acoustics, 148, for diaphragms mounted within a cabinet
and subclass 199 for a speaker cabinet with specific
acoustical features..
206, Special Receptacle or Package, 307 for a container
under the class definition for removably containing an
article which includes machine readable information
registered thereon.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 40 for frame structure to
support phonograph record.
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for operating
or ejecting mechanism of an article dispenser which is not
limited to the handling of phonograph records and not
otherwise specialized to the phonograph art.
360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,
subclass 133 for recording medium disk container.
362, Illumination, subclass 86 and 87 for lighting of
phonograph or sound reproducing equipment.
369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, subclass 12
and 75.1+ for cabinet structure of a sound reproducing
machine.
D14, Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval
Equipment, 175 for console type radio or phonograph,
subclasses 199+ and 204+ for speaker, phonograph housing, or
housing of a video or audio recording, transmission or
playback equipment.
Subclass:
8.11
Record compartment situated under player compartment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.6. Cabinet
structure wherein the record compartment is located below the
record player compartment.
Subclass:
8.12
Player accessible through front of cabinet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.1. Cabinet
structure including an opening or closure at the front of the
cabinet for access to the record player.
Subclass:
8.13
Player accessible through top of cabinet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.1. Cabinet
structure including an opening or closure on the top of the
cabinet for access to the record player.
Subclass:
8.14
Removable closure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.13. Cabinet
structure including a particular closure on the top of the
cabinet which can easily be detached from the cabinet.
Subclass:
8.15
Pivoted closure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.13. Cabinet
structure including a closure on the top of the cabinet which
can be pivoted about an axis.
Subclass:
8.16
Having a movable speaker compartment closure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.1. Cabinet
structure including a speaker chamber having a movable
closure to provide access to the speaker chamber.
Subclass:
8.2
Having pivoted or rotating player support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the player support structure is configured
to be pivoted or rotated about an axis.
Subclass:
8.3
About a vertical axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.2. Cabinet
structure wherein the player support is pivoted or rotated
about a vertical axis.
Subclass:
8.4
Portable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.2. Cabinet
structure in the form of a compact carrying case for easy
transportation.
Subclass:
8.5
Having sliding player support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.1. Cabinet
structure including structure configured to permit the record
player to slide.
Subclass:
8.6
Having separate phonograph record compartment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.1. Cabinet
structure having a compartment in which a record player is
supported and another compartment particularly adapted for
storing a record.
Subclass:
8.7
Including interconnected or interrelated player and record
compartment doors:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.6. Cabinet
structure including a movable or removable closure for the
record player compartment and another movable or removable
closure for the record compartment, wherein a means is
provided such that movement of one compartment closure causes
movement of the other compartment closure.
Subclass:
8.8
Including movable record support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.6. Cabinet
structure further including structure for supporting a record
and which can be moved relative to the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
8.9
Record compartment situated above or beside player
compartment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.6. Cabinet
structure wherein the record compartment is located over or
to a side of the record player compartment.
Subclass:
9.1
FOR STORING AUDIO OR VISUAL RECORDING MEDIUM (E.G., COMPACT
DISC, PHONOGRAPH RECORD, FILM, TAPE):
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structure including structure specifically configured
to support optically or magnetically recording medium.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, 307 for a container
under the class definition for removably containing an
article which includes machine readable information
registered thereon.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 40 for frame structure to
support phonograph record.
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for operating
or ejecting mechanism of an article dispenser which is not
limited to the handling of phonograph records and not
otherwise specialized to the phonograph art.
360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,
subclass 133 for record medium disk container.
362, Illumination, subclass 86 and 87 for lighting of
phonograph or sound reproducing equipment.
369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, subclass 12
and 75.1+ for cabinet structure of a sound reproducing
machine.
D14, Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval
Equipment, 175 for console type radio or phonograph,
subclasses 199+ and 204+ for speaker, phonograph housing, or
housing of a video or audio recording, transmission or
playback equipment.
Subclass:
9.11
Removed by individual ejector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.9. Cabinet
structure wherein an individual mechanism is provided for
each of a plurality of stored recording media and which
operates to partially or completely deliver a recording
medium from the inside to the outside of the cabinet
housing.
Subclass:
9.12
And a master selector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.11. Cabinet
structure wherein a means is provided for selecting one of a
plurality of recording media, and is connected to or operates
to selectively engage one of the recording medium ejectors to
partially or completely deliver the selected recording medium
from the inside to the outside of the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
9.13
Removable key-type selector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.12. Cabinet
structure wherein the selecting means includes a member
separable from the cabinet structure and configured to fit
into an opening in the cabinet to actuate one of the ejectors
to deliver the chosen recording medium partially or
completely from inside to the outside of the cabinet
housing.
Subclass:
9.14
Sliding selector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.12. Cabinet
structure wherein a recording medium is removed partially or
completely from the cabinet housing by sliding the selector
to a position to actuate one of the individual ejectors.
Subclass:
9.15
Pivoting or rotating selector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.12. Cabinet
structure wherein a recording medium is removed by pivoting
or rotating the selector to a position to actuate one of the
individual ejectors.
Subclass:
9.16
Activated by manually pushing the ejecting mechanism:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.11. Cabinet
structure wherein a recording medium can be partially or
completely removed from the cabinet housing by manually
pushing one ejecting mechanism to activate an ejector
associated with the chosen recording medium.
Subclass:
9.17
Including individual support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.16. Cabinet
structure including an individual support means for each
recording medium.
Subclass:
9.18
Tilting support causes recording medium to roll out:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.17. Cabinet
structure wherein one individual support is caused to incline
forward when one of the individual ejectors is pushed to make
the recording medium to roll partially or completely out of
the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
9.19
Ejector returned by a spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.16. Cabinet
structure wherein the ejector is biased by a spring to return
to its recording medium storing position when the pushing
force is removed.
Subclass:
9.2
Cylinder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the support structure is particularly
configured to support a tubular shape recording medium.
Subclass:
9.21
Movable blocking member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.16. Cabinet
structure including a blocking member which is integral with
or connected to one of the ejecting mechanisms, and is in
contact with a recording medium to keep the same in place,
wherein the recording medium is released from the cabinet
housing by manually pushing the ejecting mechanism to
disengage the blocking member from the recording medium.
Subclass:
9.22
Spring biased recording medium:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.21. Cabinet
structure wherein the ejecting mechanism includes a spring to
move the recording medium partially or completely out of the
cabinet housing when the blocking member is disengaged from
the recording medium.
Subclass:
9.23
Lifting ejector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.16. Cabinet
structure wherein one of the ejectors includes structure
adapted to raise a recording medium partially or completely
from the inside to the outside of the cabinet housing when
the associated ejecting mechanism is pushed.
Subclass:
9.24
Fulcrum ejector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.16. Cabinet
structure wherein one ejecting mechanism includes a lever
pivotally attached to the cabinet housing and which pivots to
cause a recording medium to move partially or completely
outside of the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
9.25
Including interactive linkage:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.24. Cabinet
structure wherein the ejecting mechanism includes a linkage
system having members which interact to cause the lever to
pivot.
Subclass:
9.26
Horizontally oriented recording medium:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.16. Cabinet
structure including a means to support a recording medium in
a horizontal position.
Subclass:
9.27
Activated by manually pulling out the ejecting mechanism:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.11. Cabinet
structure wherein a recording medium can be partially or
completely removed from the cabinet housing by manually
pulling one ejecting mechanism to activate an ejector
associated with the chosen recording medium.
Subclass:
9.28
To eject recording medium together with holder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.27. Cabinet
structure including a separate holder for each of a plurality
of recording media, wherein a recording medium is ejected
together with its associated holder when the ejector is
activated.
Subclass:
9.29
Removed by a master ejector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.9. Cabinet
structure including a traveling ejector adapted to be moved
to a selected position to partially or completely remove a
selected recording medium from the cabinet.
Subclass:
9.3
On a sliding shelf:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.2. Cabinet
structure wherein the support structure is a platform which
is contrained for gliding movement relative to the cabinet
housing.
Subclass:
9.31
Stored in a carousel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.29. Cabinet
structure wherein a recording medium is supported inside or
on one of a plurality of compartments, shelves, etc., carried
by a revolving structure.
Subclass:
9.32
Supported on a shelf:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.29. Cabinet
structure wherein the support structure is a platform spaced
above the floor of the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
9.33
Including a manual rotary selector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.32. Cabinet
structure including a selector which is manually rotated to
move the traveling ejector to a position for engagement with
the chosen recording medium.
Subclass:
9.34
Including a manual sliding selector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.32. Cabinet
structure including a selector which is moved and constrained
for gliding movement along a path to move the traveling
ejector to a position for engagement with the chosen
recording medium.
Subclass:
9.35
And a manual pull-out operator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.34. Cabinet
structure further including an element integral with or
connected to the master ejector and which is adapted to be
manually pulled to actuate the master ejector to partially or
completely remove the recording medium from the cabinet
housing.
Subclass:
9.36
And a manual push fulcrum operator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.34. Cabinet
structure including an operating element integral with or
connected to the master ejector and which is adapted to be
manually pushed to actuate the master ejector, wherein the
master ejector comprises a lever which pivots to push the
chosen recording medium partially or completely outside of
the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
9.37
Including interactive linkage:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.36. Cabinet
structure including a linkage system having members which
interacts to cause the lever to pivot.
Subclass:
9.38
Multiple recording media ejector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.29. Cabinet
structure wherein the master ejector operates to
simultaneously remove a chosen group of recording media from
the storage position.
Subclass:
9.4
Pivoting or rotating support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.2. Cabinet
structure wherein the recording medium is supported for
pivotal or rotating motion.
Subclass:
9.41
Recording medium shifted with the closure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.9. Cabinet
structure wherein the support structure is connected to the
cabinet closure and includes structure to support a recording
medium, wherein the stored recording medium moves together
with the cabinet closure as the cabinet closure is opened.
Subclass:
9.42
Support integral with the closure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.41. Cabinet
structure wherein the recording medium supporting structure
is a structural part of the closure.
Subclass:
9.43
Plural recording media shifted with the closure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.41. Cabinet
structure including structure to support a plurality of
recording media.
Subclass:
9.44
Support integral with the closure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.43. Cabinet
structure wherein the recording media supporting structure is
a structural part of the closure.
Subclass:
9.45
On rotary support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.9. Cabinet
structure wherein the medium is supported on a cabinet which
is rotated.
Subclass:
9.46
About a vertical axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.45. Cabinet
structure wherein the axis of rotation is a vertical axis.
Subclass:
9.47
Manually slidable recording medium or medium support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.9. Cabinet
structures wherein a disk or parallelpiped shaped recording
medium can be exposed or removed partially or completely from
the cabinet housing by manually sliding the recording medium
or medium support structure.
Subclass:
9.48
Horizontally oriented recording medium:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.47. Cabinet
structure wherein the support structure is configured to
support a recording medium in a horizontal position.
Subclass:
9.5
Including a drive belt:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.4. Cabinet
structure including a mechanism having an endless motion
transmitting belt for pivoting or rotating the recording
medium.
Subclass:
9.51
On terraced shelves:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.48. Cabinet
structure wherein the support structure comprises a plurality
of shelves forming a stepped arrangement.
Subclass:
9.52
Plural recording media on shelf:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.48. Cabinet
structure wherein the supporting means is configured for
supporting more than one recording medium.
Subclass:
9.53
Vertically oriented recording medium:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.47. Cabinet
structure wherein the support structure is configured to
support a recording medium on an edge for storage.
Subclass:
9.54
And removed vertically:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.53. Cabinet
structure wherein a recording medium is adapted to be removed
from the cabinet housing by moving the recording medium
upwardly in a vertical direction.
Subclass:
9.55
Holder for multiple recording media
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.53. Cabinet
structure including a sleeve for storing more than one
recording medium.
Subclass:
9.56
Stored in individual holder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.53. Cabinet
structure wherein one recording medium is stored in a
sleeve.
Subclass:
9.57
Spring biased:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.47. Cabinet
structure including a spring means for assisting the sliding
motion of the recording medium or recording medium support.
Subclass:
9.58
Manually pivotable recording medium or medium support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.9. Cabinet
structure wherein a disk or parallelpiped shaped recording
medium can be exposed or removed partially or completely from
the cabinet housing by manually pivoting the recording medium
or medium support structure.
Subclass:
9.59
Suspended medium support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.58. Cabinet
structure wherein the support structure is pivotally
connected to the cabinet housing at or near the top of the
housing to suspend the recording medium therefrom.
Subclass:
9.6
Rotating closure type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.4. Cabinet
structure wherein the recording medium is carried by a
rotating closure.
Subclass:
9.61
Removable support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.58. Cabinet
structure wherein the support structure is configured for
easy removal from the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
9.63
Spring retainer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.9. Cabinet
structure including a an elastically deformable member for
applying a yielding force directly to a recording medium to
hold the same firmly in storage position.
Subclass:
9.64
Portable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.9. Cabinet
structure in the form of a compact portable case for easy
transportation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
9.8 for carrying case having structure for storing or
supporting cylindrical phonograph record, 208.6 for sewing
machine carrying case, 902 for various types of carrying
case, 244 for structure with carrying handle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist Line Implements, 137 for
article carrier which can be gripped and carried by hand.
Subclass:
9.7
Rotatable about a vertical axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.4. Cabinet
structure wherein the recording medium is rotatable about a
vertical axis.
Subclass:
9.8
Portable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.2. Cabinet
structure in the form of a compact carrying case for easy
transportation from place to place.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
9.64 for carrying case having structure for supporting disks
or parallelepiped recording media, subclass 208.6 for sewing
machine carrying case, subclass 902 for various types of
carrying case, subclass 244 for structure with carrying
handle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, 137 for
article carrier which can be gripped and carried by hand.
Subclass:
9.9
Disk or parallelepiped shape:
This subclass is indented under subclass 9.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the support structure is particularly
configured for supporting a flat round or parallelepiped
shape recording medium.
(1) Note. A parallelepiped shape is a structure with six
faces, wherein each face being a plane figure with four sides
wherein the opposite sides are parallel and equal.
Subclass:
10.1
FOR PROJECTOR:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structure including structure particularly configured
to support an optical apparatus for projecting image of still
or moving pictures upon a screen.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
7.2 for cabinet with a television adjunct.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, 917 for video display screen support.
348, Television, 836 for cabinet or chassis of a picture
reproducer.
352, Optics: Motion Pictures, 34, 242, and 243 for housing
or supports of an optic or motion pictures device, subclass
104 for cabinet type projector.
353, Optics: Image Projectors, subclass 19 for picture and
sound record carrier system, subclass 18 for cabinet
enclosing projector, subclass 119 for housing of an optic or
image projector.
Subclass:
21
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structures having special means for housing and
supporting instruments or machines so that relative guided
motion between the latter and the cabinet structure results
in placement of the instrument or machine in a position
exposed for use or in a position, as for storage, out of the
way in the cabinet structure. Some of the patents include
the instrument housed by name only but in general if any
instrument structure is recited, the combination is
classified with the instrument.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
194 for spaced pedestal type cabinets, per se.
208.1 208.5+, 223.3, and 223.4, for cabinets having means to
support or house typewriters, adding machines, sewing
machines, computers or computer related equipments, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
112, Sewing, 217.1 for sewing machine tables.
248, Supports, 500 for hold-downs to secure the machine on
the disappearing leaf or table.
Subclass:
22
This subclass is indented under subclass 21. Subject matter
in which the special supporting means is combined with the
closure of the cabinet.
Subclass:
23
This subclass is indented under subclass 22. Subject matter
in which the special supporting means is interconnected with
the closure.
Subclass:
24
This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Subject matter
in which the special supporting means is also connected to
the fixed casing solely by a swingable link or linkage
capable of relative movement with reference to the instrument
or machine and its support.
Subclass:
25
This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Subject matter
in which the special supporting means is also mounted for
movement on a trackway or guideway.
Subclass:
26
This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Subject matter
in which the special supporting means is also mounted for
pivotal movement about an axis fixed with respect to the
casing or cabinet structure.
Subclass:
27
This subclass is indented under subclass 21. Subject matter
in which the special supporting means is connected to the
fixed casing solely by a swingable link or linkage capable of
relative motion with reference to the instrument or machine
and its support.
Subclass:
28
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Subject matter
in which the support for the instrument is also mounted for
movement on a trackway or guideway.
Subclass:
29
This subclass is indented under subclass 21. Subject matter
in which the special supporting means is a trackway or
guideway.
Subclass:
30
This subclass is indented under subclass 21. Subject matter
in which the special supporting means is pivoted on a fixed
axis.
Subclass:
31
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Containers combined with means to treat contained material or
articles with a gas or vapor, usually by the operation of a
slow diffuser or absorber, generally of the static type as
sponges, or other liquid wetted means, where the combination
includes more structure of the container than is necessary to
mount the treating means or where the particular mode of
combination between the treating means and the container is
set forth.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
27, Undertaking, subclass 11, for corpse preserving coffins.
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, for devices
which in addition to the drying or gas or vapor contact
function, have positive means, such as heaters, coolers,
blowers, regenerators, material handling, et cetera, to
facilitate such function.
43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying, subclass 55
for bait holders.
62, Refrigeration, appropriate subclasses for specific
refrigeration apparatus and see the reference to Class 62 in
subclass 31.01 of this class (312).
96, Gas Separation: Apparatus, 108 for solid sorbent
apparatus for gas separation.
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, 467 for a container for
food that is being subjected to a modified atmosphere.
118, Coating Apparatus, 726 for apparatus for coating with a
gaseous or vaporized coating material having positive means
to vaporize the coating material or material handling means.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 281 for dough raisers.
131, Tobacco, 300 for patents claiming tobacco treating
processes or for containers combined with tobacco handling
apparatus or dynamic gas treating means.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, 213 for an insect proof
container, subclasses 205+ for a container including an
ancillary content contacting medium (e.g., antiseptic
means).
220, Receptacles, 87.1 for containers with disinfectant
devices.
221, Article Dispensing, 135 for article dispensers combined
with means to treat the articles dispensed and which are not
otherwise provided for.
222, Dispensing, subclass 190 for fluent material dispensers
with material treatment or conditioning means.
223, Apparel Apparatus, subclass 86 for garment hangers with
material treatment means.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, 34 for slow
diffusers, per se, or for slow diffusers combined with
holders.
261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, particularly 94, 100+
and 108+, for containers combined with gas and liquid contact
devices, and having positive or dynamic means to promote gas
and liquid contact such as conduits or passages to admit or
direct air into contact with the liquid.
454, Ventilation, subclass 183 for provision safes in which
the food chamber has conduits communicating with a cellar or
well, or the outside atmosphere and see the notes
thereunder.
502, Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product
or Process of Making, for a composition comprising a sorbent,
per se, and see especially 60 and 400+.
Subclass:
31.01
This subclass is indented under subclass 31. Devices having
liquid wetted means exposed to, or forming, a material
holding chamber, so that the liquid is continuously in
contact with either an unconfined gas that contacts the
material in the chamber or with an unconfined gas exterior to
the chamber and a gas that contacts the material in the
chamber. The liquid supply receptacle may also contain ice,
and the liquid wetted means may be a pan of water.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
31.1 for liquid wetted means continuously exposed to the
atmosphere because a small area has been left exposed for the
purpose of readily renewing the liquid charge.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, subclass 72
for forced air circulators or heaters or both included in
devices having a wetted surface exposed to material chamber
and continuously contacted by an unconfined gas.
62, Refrigeration, subclass 287 for wetted wall type
refrigerators and subclasses 304+ for cooling apparatus
utilizing gas-liquid contact means wherein the treating and
contacting fluid does not contact the material within a
cooled space.
454, Ventilation, subclass 110, 157, 223, 291, 328, and 337
for ventilation devices which humidify the air.
Subclass:
31.02
This subclass is indented under subclass 31.01. Devices
which can be set up from or disjointed into, unassembled
elements, or which comprise components whose aggregate volume
can either be increased to or decreased from the operative
volume of the container.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5 for knockdown fabric wall cabinets, per se.
Subclass:
31.03
This subclass is indented under subclass 31.01. Subject
matter in which one or more walls of the material holding
chamber are wetted with a liquid. The wetting liquid supply
may be in the space formed by plural walls.
Subclass:
31.04
This subclass is indented under subclass 31.03. Devices
having ceramic or similar porous mass walls as the sole
liquid wetted means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, 94 for gas and liquid
contact devices which include a porous mass.
Subclass:
31.05
This subclass is indented under subclass 31.03. Devices
having porous fabric sheets as the sole liquid wetted means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, 100 for gas and
liquid contact devices which include porous sheets.
Subclass:
31.06
This subclass is indented under subclass 31.05. Subject
matter in which movement of the liquid along the walls is
chiefly in a downward direction, there being means for
collecting the drip from the lower portion of the walls.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, subclass 103 and 106,
for porous sheet gas and liquid contact devices having liquid
downflow.
Subclass:
31.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 31. Devices having
the treating means mounted on that wall or other part of the
container which is ordinarily moved to gain access to the
interior thereof for removal of the contents.
Subclass:
31.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 31. Devices having
the treating means located in such a manner that they may be
accessible for recharging or replacement without giving
access to the container interior for removal of the
contents.
Subclass:
31.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 31.2. Devices
having a movably mounted holder for the treating means.
Subclass:
33
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structures designed solely for use in worship.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass 19 for
receptacles specifically arranged for sacramental use.
Subclass:
34.1
FOR SHEET MATERIAL (E.G., TOWEL):
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structure including structure particularly configured
for supporting a piece, roll, or stack of sheet material.
(1) Note. Particular housing of a roll with a nominal
recitation of an axially supported roll holder (e.g.,
spindle, spool, etc.,) or mounting structure therefore,
without a means to particularly facilitate winding or
unwinding (e.g., particular relationship between the roll
holder and the housing, particular roll drive means, feeding
mechanism, winding or unwinding mechanisms, etc.) is
classified in Class 312.
Particular housing that peripherally supports a roll, without
recitation of a means to particularly facilitate winding or
unwinding (e.g., particular relationship between the roll
support and the housing, particular roll drive means, feeding
mechanism, winding and unwinding mechanism, etc.) is
classified here in Class 312. Class 312 takes particular
housing with nominal recitation of a drive means (e.g.,
cranking means, feeding means, etc.). See search notes refer
to Class 242 below.
Exception to the above notes: Class 312 will take housing of
a continuous reusable type of towel (usually made of cloth)
wherein the housing sometimes includes details of an axially
supported roll holder, or mounting structure therefore, or
details of a means to facilitate winding or unwinding (e.g.,
particular relationship between the roll support and the
housing, a roll drive means, winding or unwinding mechanism,
etc.). This type of housing usually includes a means to
store the solided portion of the towel (e.g., a take-up roll,
a storing compartment, etc.).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, subclass 243.3 for
a continuous roll of flat covers.
83, Cutting, appropriate subclasses for movable cutting means
for sheet material.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, 389 for container or
wrapper for coiled or wound material with or without support
structure wherein the coiling or winding is disclosed as
performed while said material is disassociated from
encompassing container or wrapper. The term "disassociated"
indicates that there is a destruction of wrapper, package,
cover material retainer structure in order to wind or unwind
material, subclasses 39+ for special receptacle for ticket,
subclass 233 for special receptacle wherein one of the
contents is a roll or thin sheets to be removed one at a
time, subclasses 225+ for special receptacle wherein one of
the contents is a sheet or roll.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 135 or 45+ for support or
shelf-type support of sheet or textile sheet material,
subclasses 6 and 16 for towel service type racks, per se.
221, Article Dispensing, 33 for napkin holders, subclass 25
for progressively destroyed cellular magazine type supply
source, subclasses 70+ for rolled or folded web type
magazine, subclasses 282+ for article dispensing with a
casing or support which is not otherwise provided for. Class
221 does not take apparatus which forms articles by cutting
them from a continuous strip. Class 221 will take cabinet
serving as or source of supply for discrete articles combined
with means to eject or release such articles (dispensing
means), without regard to the presence or absence of cabinet
structure.
225, Severing by Tearing or Breaking, appropriate subclasses
for devices or processes accomplishing manual severing of
indefinite or fixed length material wherein a static blade
having a severing edge is provided.
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, appropriate
subclasses for methods of and apparatus for, feeding material
without utilizing the leading edge or trailing ends to effect
movement of the material, 127 for dispenser, subclass 188
for means to advance material, subclasses 135 and 136 for
means to select or adjust increments of advance material.
Class 226 will take an original patent claiming means for
positively moving an indeterminate length strip provided that
the supply roll and its mounting is not specially recited. A
patent claiming a device wherein the strip is directly grasp
to pull the strip out of the cabinet, will be placed as an
original in Class 312.
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, subclass 18 for
ticket registers and recorders.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 550 and 590+ for
dispensing elongated material from a coil.
271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, appropriate subclasses for
sheet feeding means, per se, when not necessarily reeling or
unreeling.
Subclass:
34.11
Including a take-up roll:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.9. Cabinet
structures wherein the means for storing the used portion of
the continuous towel includes a roll upon which the used
portion of the continuous towel is wound.
Subclass:
34.12
Electrical drive means for supply or take up roll:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.11. Cabinet
structures including a power operated element connected to
one of the rolls for winding or unwinding the continuous
towel.
Subclass:
34.13
Stop-timer mechanism:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.11. Cabinet
structure including means operates to stop the dispensing
operation after a predetermined length of towel and to delay
resetting of a dispensing mechanism for a predetermined
length of time prior to a subsequent dispensing operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Article Dispensing, subclass 15 and 16 for article
dispenser having timing or delay mechanism.
Subclass:
34.14
Dash pot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.13. Cabinet
structure wherein the stop-timer mechanism comprises a
reciprocal piston-cylinder device that operates to retard
resetting of the dispensing mechanism for a predetermined
length of time.
Subclass:
34.15
Suction cup:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.13. Cabinet
structure wherein the stop-timer mechanism comprises a
suction cup which operates to retard resetting of the
dispensing mechanism for a predetermined length of time.
Subclass:
34.16
Stop-manual-release mechanism:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.11. Cabinet
structure including a means for stopping the dispensing
operation after a pre-determined length of towel and a means
manually operated by a person to permit further dispensing
operation.
Subclass:
34.17
Spring driven take-up roll:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.11. Cabinet
structure further including a spring means for drawing a
hanging soiled loop or end of the continuous towel into the
cabinet housing.
Subclass:
34.18
Drawer magazine type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.8. Cabinet
structure including structure in the nature of a drawer and
in which the sheet material is directly unwound without
removing the roll of sheet material from the drawer.
Subclass:
34.19
Including external manual operating means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.8. Cabinet
structure including a member which is exposed externally
outside of the cabinet housing and adapted to be manually
operated by a person to dispense the sheet material from the
roll.
Subclass:
34.2
Rotatable cabinet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the cabinet is rotatable about an axis.
Subclass:
34.21
And plural outlets:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.19. Cabinet
structure including a plurality of openings through which
sheet material from a roll may be dispensed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
34.3 34.7 and 34.23, for cabinet structure having plural
outlets.
Subclass:
34.22
Including a reserved supply roll:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.8. Cabinet
structure comprising an area or compartment particularly
configured for holding an extra roll of sheet material.
Subclass:
34.23
Having plural outlets:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.8. Cabinet
structure having plurality of openings each through which
sheet material may be dispensed or removed.
Subclass:
34.24
For mounting in a wall recess:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.8. Cabinet
structure including structure particularly configured for
mounting the cabinet housing into a cavity of a room
partition.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
242 for structure mounted in wall or panel recess.
Subclass:
34.3
Having plural outlets:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.2. Cabinet
structure including a plurality of openings each through
which sheet material may be dispensed or removed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
34.7 34.21 and 34.23, for cabinet structure having plural
outlets.
Subclass:
34.4
Stacked or folded:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.1. Cabinet
structure including structure particularly configured to
accommodate sheet material which is folded into layers or
stacked upon each others.
Subclass:
34.5
Including means for storing used portion of a continuous
towel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.4. Cabinet
structure including structure particularly configured to
accommodate the used portion of a folded, continuous piece of
towel.
Subclass:
34.6
Including a take-up roll:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.5. Cabinet
structure wherein the means for storing the used portion of
the continuous towel includes a roller upon which the used
portion of the continuous towel is wound.
Subclass:
34.7
Having plural outlets:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.4. Cabinet
structure including structure particularly configured to
accommodate a plurality of stacks of sheet material, and a
plurality of openings each through which sheet material from
one stack may be dispensed or removed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
34.3 34.21 and 34.23, for cabinet structure having plural
outlets.
Subclass:
34.8
In roll form:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.1. Cabinet
structure comprising structure particularly configured for
supporting a supply roll of sheet material.
Subclass:
34.9
Including means for storing used portion of a continuous
towel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.8. Cabinet
structures including structure particularly configured to
accommodate the used portion of a continuous roll of sheet.
Subclass:
35
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structures designed for use in storing articles and
comprising a magazine to contain a supply of articles and
outlet means through which the articles may be removed and
including means whereby the ease with which such articles may
be removed is increased.
(1) Note. The term "article" is here used in sharper
distinction from the term "bulk" and means a definitely
shaped thing, not so small as substances ordinarily dispensed
in bulk, as nuts, granular or fluent material, cards, sheets,
stamps, tickets, or material dispensed by winding from a roll
and then cutting off the dispensed part.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for similar
structures, including means to release, discharge or eject
the articles therefrom, and see sections I and II of the
class definition of that class (221) for definition and
explanation of the features which establish the distinction
between removal facilitating structure and dispensing means.
Subclass:
36
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Devices,
provided with means for lowering the temperature of or
maintaining a low temperature of the articles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
62, Refrigeration, 378 for structure specialized to
refrigeration combined with a material handler.
221, Article Dispensing, subclass 150 and 286 for article
dispensing devices not otherwise provided for, including
cabinet structure and provided respectively with cooling
means or with a spaced casing structure.
Subclass:
42
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Devices which
hold the articles stacked against one another.
Subclass:
43
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Devices in
which the articles are cup-shaped.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
50 for foldable paper cups which are stacked in flat folded
condition.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for article
dispensing devices not otherwise provided for, many of which
are for cup-shaped articles. subclass 63, 221+, 289+, and
303+ represent the best collections of such art.
Subclass:
45
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Devices in
which the articles are cylindrically shaped.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
224, Package and Article Carriers, appropriate subclasses,
particularly subclass 196, 199, 239, 602, and 660+ for
cartridge holding magazines combined with means to support
them from the body or belt.
453, Coin Handling, appropriate subclasses for appliances and
machines limited to use in facilitating or transferring coins
in coin handling.
Subclass:
49
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Subject matter
in which the articles are ball-shaped.
Subclass:
50
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Devices in
which the articles are in the form of cards or sheets.
Subclass:
59
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Devices in
which the cards or sheets are retained in rotatable
magazines.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Article Dispensing, subclass 113 and 119+ for rotatably
mounted plural source article dispensing devices and see also
subclasses 76+ for cellular magazine type article dispensers
in many of which the cellular magazine structures are
rotatably mounted.
Subclass:
60
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Devices in
which the cards or sheets are retained in a magazine which is
at a perceptible angle with the horizontal plane, so that the
magazine is a chute or column.
Subclass:
61
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Devices having
a follower to press the cards or sheets towards the outlet.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Articles Dispensing, 56, 226+, and 279+ for article
dispensing devices not otherwise provided for, having
follower structures included therein.
Subclass:
71
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Devices having
a follower to press the stacked articles (other than cards or
sheets) toward an egress outlet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61 for similar devices in which the articles are cards or
sheets.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Article Dispensing, 226 and 279+ for article dispensing
devices including follower means.
Subclass:
72
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Devices in
which the articles are cylindrical.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
453, Coin Handling, appropriate subclasses for appliances and
machines limited to use in facilitating or transferring
coins.
Subclass:
73
This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Devices in
which the cylindrical articles are relatively long and
slender.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Packages, 96 for pocket match
safes.
Subclass:
86
This subclass is indented under subclass 73. Devices having
means for igniting the article ejected.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, 85 for a tobacco
container with igniter means for the content.
221, Article Dispensing, 136 for article dispensing devices
not otherwise provided for, including igniting means.
Subclass:
91
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Devices in
which the articles are advanced toward an outlet by means of
a web conveyor to which they are secured by friction or other
means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Article Dispensing, subclass 25 for web conveyors in
the form of cellular magazines which serve as a supply source
for articles to be dispensed and which are progressively
destroyed in the dispensing of the articles, subclasses 70+
for rolled or folded web type cellular magazine article
supply source structures in article dispensing devices,
subclasses 84+ for flexible conveyor belt carried cell
structure as article source of supply structure, and subclass
253 for other article dispensing devices in which discharge
assistant means are carried upon endless belt structure.
Subclass:
97
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Devices having
an endless carrier to bring the article to the outlet where
they may be removed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, appropriate subclasses,
including 606, 688.1, and 844.1+ for endless conveyor
structure.
221, Article Dispensing, 84 for article dispensers in which
a cellular magazine type supply source is carried on flexible
conveyor belt structure, and subclass 253 for article
dispensers having discharge assistants which are carried on
endless belt structures.
Subclass:
97.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Devices having
a plurality of article magazines rotatable about a single
common axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
59 for rotatable magazine structures for retaining cards or
sheets.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Article Dispensing, subclass 113 and 119+ for plural
source article dispensing devices having rotatably mounted
sources of supply.
Subclass:
100
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structures designed to be stationed, when in use,
outdoors.
Subclass:
101
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Devices
mounted outdoors on the wall or window of a building.
Subclass:
102
This subclass is indented under subclass 101. Devices having
transparent wall structure to form a show case.
Subclass:
107
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structures comprising assembled cabinet parts, as
bases, compartments, and tops or individual cabinets to be
interfitted or interlocked with one another to form a
built-up cabinet. Also joints or connecters and aligning
devices used for securing the units together.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass 97 and the
notes thereto for container stacking devices generally.
Subclass:
107.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Structures
having movable components which can be simultaneously secured
against movement by a bar or chain having portions positioned
across the paths of motion of said components.
Subclass:
108
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Devices
designed so that each unit can be knocked down to take up
less space. A special form of this construction is where the
parts are foldable.
Subclass:
109
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Subject matter
relating to door or closure constructions.
Subclass:
110
This subclass is indented under subclass 109. Devices having
means to equalize the motion of the door or closure on its
bearings or guides to prevent binding.
Subclass:
111
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Devices
comprising joining devices or connecters for securing
sectional units of cabinet structures together and also for
aligning such sectional units and keeping them in line.
Subclass:
114
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structures with transparent wall structures so that
articles placed within the cabinet structure are visible from
the outside. This subclass also includes transparent counter
protectors or guards in the nature of partial show cases.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, subclass 88
for drying apparatus with display or inspecting means.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate
subclasses for a residual structure having a fixed panel
which may be a pane, particularly 171.3 for a residual panel
with treating means, subclass 201 for a bay window, subclass
204.52 for a vented double pane panel, subclasses 204.591+
for resilient means spacing a pane from an edging, subclasses
455+ for a sectioned framed panel, subclasses 475.1+ from a
peripheral frame surrounding a panel, and subclasses 777+ and
800.11+ for an interfitting edge frame and panel.
Subclass:
115
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Devices
provided with sprinklers or sprayers, such as are used to
spray vegetables in the cabinet structure with water.
Subclass:
116
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Devices
designed as refrigerators.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
36 for dispensing cabinets having cooling means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
62, Refrigeration, 246 for a cooled display type cabinet
having specific means to promote cooling, e.g., aiding air
circulation or having a specifically defined refrigeration
means.
221, Article Dispensing, subclass 150 for article dispensing
combinations including cabinet structure and cooling or
heating means, and see also subclass 286 for article
dispensing devices having space casings.
222, Dispensing, subclass 131 for jacketed compartments, and
subclass 146.1 for dispensers with cooling means.
Subclass:
117
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Devices having
compartments.
Subclass:
118
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Devices having
a compartment for reserve stock or supply of articles and
another compartment for samples of the same.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass 561, for a
compartmented tray-type container.
Subclass:
119
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Subject matter
wherein the compartment is slidable to permit access.
Subclass:
120
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Subject matter
wherein the compartment is pivotally mounted.
Subclass:
121
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Devices having
a stock compartment which has a filling opening and a
dispensing opening, so that in connecting the two openings,
it acts as a chute or hopper.
Subclass:
122
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Subject matter
wherein the compartment is slidable to permit access.
Subclass:
123
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Subject matter
wherein the compartment is pivotally mounted.
Subclass:
124
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Subject matter
in which a compartment has a filling opening and a dispensing
opening, so that the compartment acts as a chute in
connecting these two openings.
Subclass:
125
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Devices which
are rotatable independent of the cabinet or are rotatable
with the cabinet.
Subclass:
126
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Devices
including trays which form a regular part of the cabinet
structure.
Subclass:
127
This subclass is indented under subclass 126. Devices
connected to the closure of the cabinet by means intermediate
the tray and closure and adapted for relative motion with the
tray.
Subclass:
128
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Devices
including racks.
Subclass:
129
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Devices
including racks which are combined with the closure of the
cabinet structure.
Subclass:
130
This subclass is indented under subclass 129. Devices
including racks connected with the closure by means
intermediate the rack and closure and adapted to have
relative motion with the rack.
Subclass:
131
This subclass is indented under subclass 129. Devices with a
trackway or guide, so that they may be withdrawn from the
cabinet structure proper.
Subclass:
132
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Devices
mounted for movement on a trackway or guide.
Subclass:
133
This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Devices having
the article support of the rack also mounted for pivotal
movement.
Subclass:
134
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Devices in
which the article-supporting elements are mounted on flexible
endless carriers designed for travel over guides ordinarily
rotatable.
Subclass:
135
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Subject matter
comprising rotatable racks or rotatable cabinets inclosing
racks.
Subclass:
136
This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Devices
pivotally- mounted.
Subclass:
137
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Devices
comprising partial show cases to be mounted on counters to
protect or guard the merchandise from being handled by the
public.
Subclass:
138.1
With closure (e.g., door):
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Devices with a
movable component for closing the cabinet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
321.5 for a cabinet not of the showcase type with a closure
including an article support, e.g., a household
refrigerator.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, appropriate subclasses for
the structure of a closure, per se, and particularly 381 for
closures of general utility mounted for swinging.
Subclass:
139
This subclass is indented under subclass 138.1. Devices with
special means for operating them.
Subclass:
139.1
Movable sequentially, pivotally and rectilinearly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 138.1. Devices in
which the closure is mounted to move with two subsequent
components of motion, one component including swinging and
the other sliding.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, 254 for closures of
general utility mounted for sequential translation and
pivoting.
Subclass:
139.2
Rectilinear movement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 138.1. Devices in
which the closure is mounted to slide along a straight line.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, 404 for closures of
general utility mounted for reciprocation.
Subclass:
140
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Devices with
special fasteners, joints, or connectors, for securing
adjacent glass walls together. This subclass includes also
these fasteners, joints, or connectors, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 764 for a shaft,
e.g., frame member, with a separable retainer for a facer,
e.g., pane.
Subclass:
140.1
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures in the nature of a table or bench on which goods
are displayed for inspection and sale, usually distinguished
by being inclosed at the front and sides and frequently
having drawers or compartments. Details of structure, as tops
and attachments, are also here.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, 10 for
counters provided with means for protection against attack.
Subclass:
140.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 140.1. Counters of
a portable or knockdown nature.
Subclass:
140.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 140.1. Subject
matter relating to the top structure.
Subclass:
140.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 140.1. Subject
matter relating to attachments for counters.
Subclass:
183
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures in which the article supports or components are
specially adapted for the support of cards or sheets by the
provision in the organization of means for releasably
securing the cards or sheets, generally in a stacked
relationship, to the article supports.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Pictures, or Sign Exhibiting, appropriate
subclasses for support means and receptacles for display
sheet or cards; 377 and 493 for a rotatable carrier tray,
subclasses 380+ and 508+ for a tray display items requiring
planar motion for exposure, and subclasses 388+ and 530+ for
hinge mounted display trays and subclass 359 for a folder
including index receiving means.
229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, 67.1 for a
file folder or file envelope.
402, Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of
Sheet, appropriate subclass for a sheet retainer device in
the form of means which passes through the thickness
dimension of a sheet or a group of sheets to releasably
secure the same in either geometrically congruent relation or
in haphazard arrangement so that destruction of the sheet
upon removal from the sheet retainer device may be
accomplished without mutilation of either the device or
sheet.
Subclass:
184
This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Structures in
which the cards or sheets are supported substantially
vertically and depend from the support structure.
Subclass:
185
This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Structures in
which the card or sheet carrying components are each movable
to an unhoused or accessible position, wherein there is
coaction between housing structure and components whereby the
retainers hold the sheets only when the component is housed.
Subclass:
186
This subclass is indented under subclass 185. Structures,
the article supports comprising cylindrical drums or
containers rotatable about a horizontal axis having
peripheral card or sheet carrying compartments and provided
with retaining elements for securing the cards or sheets in
the compartments when the compartments are in any but the
uppermost position.
Subclass:
187
This subclass is indented under subclass 185. Structures,
the housing carrying a sheet retainer for each component.
Subclass:
188
This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Structures,
the components having closures which are particularly shaped
to coact with the card or sheets to retain them when the
closure is in the closed position.
Subclass:
189
This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Structures,
the cards or sheets being strung or impaled upon the securing
means.
Subclass:
190
This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Structures, in
which the securing means are spring urged to retaining
position.
Subclass:
191
This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Structures, in
which the sheet supports are relatively movably supported in
a face to back relationship.
Subclass:
192
This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Structures, in
which each of the card or sheet supports is swingable about a
vertical axis from a housed position to a position of
access.
Subclass:
193
This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Structures, in
which the securing means comprise fixed, nongripping
elements.
Subclass:
193.4
And a card selector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Cabinet
structure including a mechanism which operates to locate a
selected card.
Subclass:
194
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures continuously organized when completely set up, to
provide (1) at least one pedestal having one or more
compartments, (2) at least a second pedestal, spaced
therefrom, being in the form of one or more compartments or a
leg, and (3) a table or equivalent work surface positioned
across or between the spaced pedestals, or movable to and
from a position across or between the pedestals.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21 for spaced pedestal type cabinets combined with
disappearing instrument type supports.
107 for additive-unit type cabinets in which the supporting
units are adjacent.
239 for spaced pedestal cabinets in which the pedestal
structure is merely a support and has no storage utility.
294 particularly 314, for a table or equivalent work surface
and a floor contacting support movable relative to an
enclosure structure so as to convert the enclosure structure
to a spaced pedestal type cabinet.
Subclass:
195
This subclass is indented under subclass 194. Structures,
which can be readily set up from or disjointed into,
unassembled elements, or which comprise foldable or sectional
components which permit the structure to be collapsed into
smaller volume for shipment or storage, usually by
eliminating the knee space.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
6 for similar structure in curtain type cabinets.
31.02 for vapor treating knockdown cabinets.
Subclass:
196
This subclass is indented under subclass 194. Structures in
which there is additional structure above the table, which
may completely cover or enclose the table if one or more
parts of such structure are movable to expose the table
surface, or movable to and from housed position beneath the
table.
Subclass:
197
This subclass is indented under subclass 194. Structures in
which at least one pedestal compartment is mounted to swing
or to rotate relative to the pedestal.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
195 for pedestals which pivot to inoperative position and
thereby eliminate the knee space.
Subclass:
198
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures in which there are two or more individually
complete housing sections, polygonal in horizontal
cross-section and having four or more top, side, or bottom
exposed walls not enclosed by walls of another housing
section, each having one or more compartments, at least two
being connected to a common support and spaced from each
other, connected to each other in spaced relation, or
connected with each other for relative motion.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
107 for additive-unit type cabinets, the units of which are
connected neither for relative motion nor in spaced
relation.
194 for spaced section cabinets having a table or table top
extending there between.
294 for housing sections with less than four such sides, as
a movable or removable compartment.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
190, Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage, 1 and 19+ for plural
section trunks, and 40+ for suitcases or traveling bags.
217, Wooden Receptacles, subclass 13 and 45 for plural
section boxes and crates.
220, Receptacles, 23.2 for horizontally attached receptacle
sets, and subclasses 23.83+ for arrangement of plural
receptacles having no cabinet features.
Subclass:
199
This subclass is indented under subclass 198. Structures in
which one section closes another when they are in one
relative position or one section is open for access when they
are in another relative position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, subclass
49, for safes having complementary sections which close
face-to-face.
Subclass:
200
This subclass is indented under subclass 199. Structures in
which the plural sections may be moved as a unit in addition
to the relative closing motion.
Subclass:
201
This subclass is indented under subclass 198. Structures in
which the sections are connected either to one another or to
a common support so that at least one section is mounted to
move relative to another section.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
107 for additive-unit type cabinets in which one unit is
movably mounted on another unit, but only for the purpose of
assembly or disassembly.
199 where there are two complete cabinet sections at least
one movable relative to the other so that when moved to
face-to-face position each closes the other.
Subclass:
202
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Structures in
which at least one complete cabinet section is mounted to
rotate about its axis.
Subclass:
203
This subclass is indented under subclass 198. Structures in
which one cabinet section is supported in spaced relation
above another, a table being mounted to slide in the space
between the two.
Subclass:
204
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having either ornamental characteristics, features
that simulate devices other than cabinets, or that simulate
other cabinet parts (e.g., a wall panel that simulates a
drawer), or provided with at least one compartment whose
presence is unobvious from the structure employed.
Subclass:
205
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures in which the overall dimensions may be changed to
provide for a plurality of operative volumes.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
257.1 for knockdown structures which have only one operative
volume.
Subclass:
206
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures specially designed to house one or more brushes,
brooms or mops, and having either additional storage space or
means to support the structure, or both.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 258
for shoe shine kits, wherein the coating implement (i.e.,
applier or spreader) is not claimed.
132, Toilet, 286 for containers for a brush and at least one
other toilet article.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, 361 for a brush
container, per se. A brush receptacle plus means to support
such container will be found in this (312) class.
211, Supports: Racks, 65 for racks for supporting two or
more brush type articles or one such article and at least one
different article.
248, Supports, 110 for supports for single brush type
articles.
401, Coating Implements With Material Supply, 118 for the
combination of a container for a supply of coating material
and an applicator removable therefrom for application of the
material to a work surface.
Subclass:
207
This subclass is indented under subclass 206. Structures in
which the handle of the brush, broom or mop projects from the
housing.
Subclass:
208.1
FOR KEY-BOARD WRITING MACHINE (E.G., TYPEWRITER):
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet including structure particularly configured for
supporting a machine having a keyboard for producing letters
or figures.
(1) Note. Structures for housing or supporting a computer
or computer related equipment such as a printer, display
unit, etc., are found in subclass 223.2 or 223.3.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21 for related structure of the disappearing instrument
type.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, 637 for machinery supports not restricted to
use with a cabinet structure.
400, Typewriting Machines, 691 for frame, casing or support
for typewriter.
Subclass:
208.2
Including work-sheet storing area:
This subclass is indented under subclass 208.1. Cabinet
structure including a separate compartment or area for
supporting paper to be fed to the key board writing machine.
Subclass:
208.3
Having particular machine-cover detail:
This subclass is indented under subclass 208.1. Cabinet
structure wherein significance is attributed to a machine
cover which is movable or removable with respect to a
supporting structure for a key-board writing machine and
configured to partially or completely enclose the key board
writing machine.
Subclass:
208.4
Portable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 208.1. Cabinet
structure in the form of a compact carrying case by which the
keyboard-writing machine may be easily transported.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
8.4 9.8, 9.64, 208.6, 244, and 902, for different types of
portable cases.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
400, Typewriting Machines, subclass 685 for typewriter built
into a carrying case.
Subclass:
208.5
FOR SEWING MACHINE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structure having structure particularly configured
for supporting a sewing machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21 for structure for supporting disappearing instrument type
machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
112, Sewing, 217.1 for sewing machines with table or stand.
362, Illumination, subclass 90 for sewing machine lighting.
Subclass:
208.6
Portable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 208.5. Cabinet
structure having means to facilitate carrying by hand.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
9.8 or 9.64, for carrying case having structure for storing
or supporting cylindrical, disk or parallel-piped shaped
phonograph record, subclass 208.2 for typewriter carrying
case, subclass 244 for structure with carrying handle,
subclass 902 for different types of carrying cases.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, 137 for
article carrier which can be gripped and carried by hand.
Subclass:
209
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures specially designed for laboratory, dental, barber
or medical use.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, 363 for a body treatment
tool container.
433, Dentistry, 77 for cabinets combined with dental
equipment.
Subclass:
210
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures which partially enclose an object supported
independently of the cabinet and which have additional
storage space or rack structure of general utility. The wall
or floor which supports the object, together with the mask or
screen type cabinet, may form a complete enclosure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
284 for bottomless covers associated with a table member and
forming a container when shifted to noncovering position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, 549 for tub
enclosures.
Subclass:
210.5
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures combined with material sifting means, there being
also a cabinet component not directly associated with the
sifting function.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, subclass
374 for cabinets with sifters and having no compartments of
general utility.
Subclass:
211
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having a general purpose compartment and a deposit
and collection compartment, which (1) is filled through one
opening and emptied from another opening, though the filling
opening may be auxiliary to the collection opening; (2)
receives at intervals and is emptied at one time, or is
filled at one time and collected from at intervals; and (3)
requires the deposited material to travel along a vertical or
inclined path.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
229 for liquid drains and dust collectors.
283 particularly 287+, for cabinets having deposit openings
in one side and collection openings in an opposite side,
there being no vertical travel of the deposited material.
292 for a closure in a closure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Article Dispensing, 97 for article dispensers not
otherwise provided for, combined with a second nondispensing
compartment and see especially subclass 102 in which said
compartment is for used articles and is therefore in the
nature of a deposit and collection receptacle.
222, Dispensing, 130 for cabinets having general purpose
compartments and a specific fluent material dispenser, and
subclass 457 for cabinets having a deposit opening, a
collection opening, and means, such as a partition, to cause
the deposited material to assume an angle of repose to
facilitate its removal.
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, appropriate subclass
for such devices not having general purpose compartments.
Subclass:
212
This subclass is indented under subclass 211. Structures in
which the compartment into which the articles or materials
are deposited is movably mounted.
Subclass:
213
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having at least one exterior wall (which may be a
movably mounted or removable closure wall) formed with at
least one ventilating opening there through or formed at
least in part by foraminous material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
3 for cabinets formed of flexible material, as fabric.
31.01 for cabinets having foraminous walls in combination
with liquid wetted means.
206 for brush, broom or mop cabinets with ventilating
features.
234 for cabinets having wall openings for the purpose of
displaying the contents.
292 for cabinets having a main closure with an auxiliary
closure, if the latter permits access to at least part of the
housing contents.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, 201 for
cabinet structure combined with added drying means such as
fans.
62, Refrigeration, subclass 409 and 410+ for an enclosure
having features peculiar to refrigeration and with an
exterior port.
220, Receptacles, 485 for wire receptacles, and subclasses
676 and 913 for ventilated wall structure.
454, Ventilation, appropriate subclasses for cabinets or
cabinet structure, including significant ventilation
structure, and specifically subclass 184 for the ventilation
of a cabinet which houses electrical or electronic
components.
Subclass:
215
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having a plurality of locked or latched movable
parts which can be individually unlocked or unlatched either
by a single means which can be positioned to select a desired
lock or latch operator, or by a plurality of individual
operators which are grouped together so as to be accessible
from one portion only of the cabinet.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, 15 for jail type closures
with similar latching devices.
Subclass:
216
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having two or more movable or removable components
which can be simultaneously secured against movement by a bar
or chain positioned across the paths of motion of said
components. The bar may consist of a marginal extension of a
door or of an exterior wall of a movable compartment.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
107.5 for similar structure in sectional unit cabinets.
310 for a movable component, such as a closure, which
confronts one or more housed components and blocks movement
thereof, unless and until moved to unblocking position.
324 for two closures which pivot in opposite directions to
housed position about spaced and parallel axis, the marginal
portion of one closure overlapping the other when both are in
housed position.
Subclass:
217
This subclass is indented under subclass 216. Structures
housed within the device and having portions or adjuncts
positioned across the paths of motion of said components or
of accessories carried by said components, and
subcombinations and elements peculiar to the defined
organizations.
Subclass:
218
This subclass is indented under subclass 217. Structures
wherein a manually operable rectilinearly reciprocating rod
actuates said bar or rod member to or from its locking
position.
Subclass:
219
This subclass is indented under subclass 217. Structures
wherein the motion of a separable key is imparted to said bar
or rod member to shift it from its locking position.
Subclass:
220
This subclass is indented under subclass 217. Structures
having a movable closure which actuates said bar or rod
member to or from its locking position.
Subclass:
221
This subclass is indented under subclass 217. Structures
having a movable compartment which actuates said bar or rod
member to or from its locking position.
Subclass:
222
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having a movable component provided with a latch
which is actuated to or from latching position by another
component, movable or removable, or by the motion of a latch
for the latter.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
292, Closure Fasteners, appropriate subclasses particularly
subclass 99, 102, 146, 182, 198, 203, and 216, for closure
catch operators.
Subclass:
223.1
FOR PARTICULAR ELECTRICAL DEVICE OR COMPONENT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structure including structure for housing or
supporting electrical wiring, component, device, etc.
(1) Note. Many patents classified in other subclasses
disclose electrical devices or features. However, only those
patents that attribute significantly to the electrical
features have been cross-referenced here.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
208.1 for structure adapted to support or house typewriter
or keyboard writing machine, subclass 208.5 for structure
adapted to support or house a sewing machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 20 for power
driven planar surfaces.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, 52.1 for boxes
and housing with electric device or mounting means.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 26 for electric fixture
type.
248, Supports, 49 for pipe or cable supports.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, 600 for
housing and mounting assemblies with plural diverse active
electrical components, e.g., transistors, microprocessors,
tubes, etc.
Subclass:
223.2
Housing for computer or computer related equipment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 223.1. Cabinet
structure including structure particularly configured for
housing or covering plural diverse electronic parts or
components of a computer or computer related equipment and
which is normally sold with the computer or computer related
equipment as a merchandised unit.
(1) Note. The housing of a computer or computer related
equipment which is normally sold with the computer as a unit
and directly encloses or covers diverse electronic components
of the computer or computer related equipment, without
positive recitation of a computer or computer related
equipment is classified in this subclass. Housing of a
computer or computer related equipment in combination with a
positive nominal recitation of a computer or computer related
equipment is classified in Class 361.
(2) Note. The terms "display panel" is interpreted in light
of the disclosure as follows: positive recitation of a
"display panel" will be classified under this subclass if
referring to a covering panel of a display unit, and will be
classified under Class 361 if referring to a panel display
unit (which inherently comprises diverse electrical
components).
(3) Note. Positive recitation of a "computer" or computer
related equipment will be classified in this subclass if by
disclosure is intended to mean a housing itself for covering
or enclosing a computer or computer related equipment, and
will be classified in Class 361 if interpreted as a positive
recitation of a computer or computer related equipment (which
inherently comprises diverse electrical components).
(4) Note. Examples of computer related equipment are:
printer, keyboard, display unit, etc.
Subclass:
223.3
Work station or support furniture for computer or computer
related equipment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 223.1. Cabinet
structure including structure particularly configured for
supporting a computer or computer related equipment.
(1) Note. Cabinet or work station of furniture type which
includes structures for supporting a computer or computer
related equipment, without a positive recitation of a
computer or computer related equipment is classified in this
subclass.
(2) Note. Claims that include language such as "means for
supporting a computer. . ." and followed by the phrase: ". ..
said computer" does not necessarily constitute a positive
recitation of a computer. In such case classification will
be depend on whether or not the recited computer is an
absolutely necessary element of the claimed combination.
(3) Note. Positive recitation of a "computer" or computer
related equipment will be classified in this subclass if by
disclosure is intended to mean a housing itself for covering
or enclosing a computer or computer related equipment, and
will be classified in Class 361 if interpreted as a positive
recitation of a computer or computer related equipment (which
inherently comprises diverse electrical components).
Subclass:
223.4
Telephone:
This subclass is indented under subclass 223.1. Cabinet
including structure particularly configured for supporting a
telephone unit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
362, Illumination, subclass 88 for telephone equipment
lighting.
Subclass:
223.5
Illumination means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 223.1. Cabinet
wherein significance is attributed to the lighting
distribution inside or outside of the cabinet housing or to
the attachment of the lighting fixture to the cabinet.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, subclass 88
for apparatus having illuminating means.
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, subclass 367 for
portable slide viewer with internal light source, subclasses
553+ for structure having illumination.
62, Refrigeration, subclass 264 for a cabinet having
specific refrigerating means and provided with illuminating
or radiant treating means.
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclass 23 for
structure including illuminating means.
132, Toilet, subclass 288 for illuminated toilet kit.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, 17, 48+ and 50+
for housing specially designed only for electrical equipment
and see the class definition section 7 and Note 15 thereto.
219, Electric Heating, subclass 220 for heating device
having illuminator.
348, Television, subclass 842 for cabinet or chassis with
light shield.
362, Illumination, subclass 97, 127+ for furniture lighting,
98, 125, 135 for various structures with illuminator.
Subclass:
223.6
Particular electrical wiring feature:
This subclass is indented under subclass 223.1. Cabinet
structure wherein significance is attributed to structure
particularly configured to accommodate electrical wiring.
Subclass:
224
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having a mirror.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
838 for mirrors, per se.
Subclass:
225
This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Structures in
which there are two or more mirrors.
Subclass:
226
This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Structures in
which the mirror is mounted for motion.
Subclass:
227
This subclass is indented under subclass 226. Structures in
which the movable mirror is (1) interconnected with a closure
so as to move when the closure moves, (2) mounted on a
closure or (3) forms a closure.
Subclass:
228
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having a basin or tub claimed as a part of the
combination.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
210 for cabinets which partially enclose an independently
supported basin or tub.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, 619, particularly
subclass 630 for basins and subclasses 538+ for tubs, per se,
or in combination with an enclosure therefor, there being no
cabinet features such as drawers, racks, shelves, etc., and
no compartments for general storage purposes beyond the
compartment formed by the basin enclosure.
Subclass:
228.1
Having particular shelf or rack:
This subclass is indented under subclass 228. Cabinet
structure wherein significance is attributed to a particular
article support or article support mounting structure inside
the basin or tub.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, subclass 58
for dishwasher machine with electrically operated door
latch.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 181.1 for support or rack
made of wire.
220, Receptacles, subclass 487 and 488 for dish or
dishwasher rack, per se.
Subclass:
229
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having any one or any combination of (1) means to
drain liquids from the structure or some part thereof, (2) a
pan in which draining liquid or dust may collect, (3) means
to allow dust to settle to the bottom of the structure, or
(4) a splash board.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
209 for laboratory, dental, barber, or medical cabinets
having such structure.
228 for disclosed basin or tub combinations having drains,
drain-boards, or splash boards for the basin or tub.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, subclass 637 for
sink drainboards.
222, Dispensing, particularly 108 for dispensers with drains
and see section 7 of the main class definition.
Subclass:
230
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having an erasable surface, (e.g., a blackboard)
as a part of the combination.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
434, Education and Demonstration, 408 for such subject
matter without cabinet features.
Subclass:
231
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures claimed in combination with either or both (1) a
drafting board or (2) means for holding a supply of material
(usually paper) in a position to be written upon.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
233 for combinations with means to hold a book or other copy
in a position to be read.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
281, Books, Strips, and Leaves, for such structures, per se,
and in combination with means other than a table surface to
support the same in position to be written upon.
462, Books, Strips, and Leaves for Manifolding, for means
for associating plural sheets or strips so that matter
written upon the topmost is duplicated in the others and in
combination with means to support the same in position to be
written upon.
Subclass:
232
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures claimed in combination with an inkwell.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclass 26.2
for an inkwell attached to a desk and opening upwardly.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 69.2 for an inkstand and
penrack, combined.
222, Dispensing, subclass 577 for an inkstand comprising a
dispensing inkwell and a base therefor.
401, Coating Implements With Material Supply, 118 for the
combination of ink supply means and a pen removable therefrom
for use independently thereof.
Subclass:
233
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having means for supporting a book or other copy
in a position in which it can be read.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
231 for combinations with means to support material in a
position to be written upon.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, for advertising
exhibitors in general; and see 341 for copy holders,
including a movable line guide or copy.
84, Music, subclass 180, for pianos having music desks or
racks and subclasses 486+ for music holders having leaf
turning means.
248, Supports, 441.1 for an easel, book, copy, or music
score holder.
400, Typewriting Machines, 718 for a copy holder combined
with or having means for attachment to a typewriter; which
copy holder includes either (a) a copy support permitting
adjustment of copy relative to a viewing locus or (b) an
adjustable indicator (e.g., line guide).
Subclass:
234
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having any one of any combination of an exhibitor
of any kind, a display opening in a wall, a signal or
indicator of any kind, or an arrangement by which a stock is
maintained of a stored commodity and means separate from the
stated stock are provided to exhibit a sample.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
114 for housings having transparent outer walls.
118 for showcases of the stock and sample type.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, for such structure,
per se, and in combination with housings therefor.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass 459.1 for a
special receptacle or package with an indicator and subclass
459.5 for a special receptacle or package with indicia.
217, Wooden Receptacles, subclass 9, 10, 11, 58, and 63, for
those that display their contents.
221, Article Dispensing, 2 for article dispensers not
elsewhere provided for, combined with indicating, signaling
or exhibiting means.
Subclass:
234.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Devices, in
which the indicators are means to identify the contents of
one or more components.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, appropriate subclass
for a device which retains or supports a display item or an
assembly of display items, with an index or other selective
means of identification for the item.
Subclass:
234.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 234.1. Devices in
which the indicators comprise labels on components or
compartments together with a list associated with the
structure and relating to the subject matter of the material
in the labeled compartments.
Subclass:
234.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 234.2. Devices in
which the list is mounted on a component closure.
Subclass:
234.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 234.1. Devices in
which the indicators comprise labels on stationary elements
of the structure, usually of the "pigeonhole type", to
identify the contents of adjacent sheet holding components.
Subclass:
234.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 234.1. Devices in
which the indicators are on components movable from a housed
to an access position.
Subclass:
235.1
WITH STEP:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Devices in combination with a device adapted to support a
person in standing position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclass 25 for
a surface of that class incorporating a receptacle.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, 70 for a cabinet
storing a supple fire escape or ladder, the cabinet features
being only such as are necessary for the support or housing
of the fire escape or ladder.
Subclass:
235.2
WITH SEAT OR REST:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Devices in combination with a device adapted to support a
person in sitting position or to support a specific body
part; e.g., footrest, backrest.
(1) Note. Class 312 only contains nominal recitations of
seat structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 188.01 for a seat combined with
holder or receptacle for disparate articles.
Subclass:
235.3
Seat storable within cabinet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 235.2. Devices with
seat or rest adapted to have the body support stored within,
and alternately removed therefrom.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, subclass 14 for a bottom and back
connected to and storable within a wall or partition, there
being provision for storage of the seat structure only.
Subclass:
235.4
Component rearrangeable to form seat:
This subclass is indented under subclass 235.2. Devices with
seat or rest in which the cabinet has a movable element which
reorients to provide the seat.
Subclass:
235.5
Cabinet with seat component:
This subclass is indented under subclass 235.2. Devices with
seat or rest which serve as part of the body support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
235.2 for a cabinet modified to provide additional function
as a seat (e.g., a hassock, a trunk, etc.).
235.4 for a cabinet having a component which can be shifted
to add the function of a seat.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 188.01 for a seat combined with
holder or receptacle for disparate articles.
Subclass:
235.6
Cabinet forming armrest:
This subclass is indented under subclass 235.5. Devices with
seat or rest which serve as part of the arm support.
Subclass:
235.7
Cabinet forming backrest:
This subclass is indented under subclass 235.5. Devices with
seat or rest which serve as part of the back support.
Subclass:
235.8
Diverse cabinet adapted to be mounted upon seat:
This subclass is indented under subclass 235.2. Devices with
seat or rest which are separate from, and designed to be
supported upon, the body support.
Subclass:
235.9
Diverse seat and cabinet fixedly connected (e.g., classroom
desk):
This subclass is indented under subclass 235.2. Devices with
seat or rest which are separate from, but rigidly attached
to, the body support.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, 135 for a seat combined with a table,
desk, or easel.
Subclass:
236
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures combined with heating, cooling or heat exchange
means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
31.01 for cabinets combined with liquid wetted means which
may evaporate to cool housed material.
36 for article-dispensing cabinets having cooling means.
116 for showcase type cabinets combined with a
refrigerator.
223.1 for cabinets combined with electric stoves or
heaters.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, particularly
108, 179+, 192+, 201+, and 549+, for cabinets having
structure peculiar to that class.
62, Refrigeration, for a cabinet having means specialized to
refrigeration such as a solid refrigerant handler or
refrigeration producing means, particularly 404 for a
cabinet with a gas controller or director, subclass 430 for a
cabinet with an intermediate heat transfer means, and
subclasses 440+ for another cooled storage enclosure.
122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers, for a closed or
pressurized liquid heater or vaporizer, subclass 19.2 for a
stand boiler (e.g., water heater, etc.) that provides hot
water for domestic or household use (e.g., cooking, cleaning,
washing, bathing, space heating, etc.) that may be in other
than a house or home (e.g., apartment building, office
building, restaurant, laundry, recreational vehicle, etc.)
and a casing for the stand boiler or an external tank
therefor.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, for cabinets with combustion means
to heat the cabinet either internally or externally, i.e.,
stoves and enclosures of all kinds in combination with means
to extract heat of combustion and distribute it. It has such
means in combination with an enclosure for the stove.
165, Heat Exchange, appropriate subclasses for (1) a housed
heat exchanger where the enclosure is solely for housing the
heat exchange means; (2) for an enclosure with a specific
heat exchanger, and (3) for an enclosure with a heat
exchanger in which there is a specific heat transferring
relationship between the heat exchanger and the enclosure.
217, Wooden Receptacles, subclass 130 for a box receiving a
refrigerant and a container for refrigeratable contents, the
latter in spaced relation from the box walls and bottom.
219, Electric Heating, 452.11 for an exposed planar support
surface for material to be heated (e.g., hot plate, etc.)
having a particular frame, casing, or housing support for a
heating unit (e.g., range top, stove top, countertop, etc.).
Subclass:
237
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinets in combination with features other than cabinet
structure.
(1) Note. A cabinet is a receptacle combined with a rack,
table, drawer, shelf or other article supports. Considered as
part of cabinet are means for supporting the cabinet,
carrying handle therefor, convertibility and knockdown
features, means to movably or removably mount or interconnect
any of the enumerated parts and operating means for such
parts.
(2) Note. In this subclass are, for example, combinations
with a music box, a pencil sharpening mechanism, an insect
guard, a repairman's creeper, etc.
(3) Note. All preceding subclasses must be investigated for
particular combinations.
(4) Note. See the notes to section 3 of the main class
definition for combinations of cabinets with other devices
located in other classes.
Subclass:
238
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures designed to fit into the corner of a room when in
use. The walls of the room may substitute for some of the
cabinet walls.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
242 for cabinets mounted in wall recesses or apertures.
245 for cabinets supported by spaced walls or panels which
do not converge to form a corner of a room.
Subclass:
239
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure having a recess or niche which permits a person to
sit or stand either closer to the cabinet than would
otherwise be possible or within the cabinet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
194 for spaced pedestal cabinets which provide knee room for
a person seated at the desk.
235.2 for cabinets combined with chairs or seats.
278 for cabinets having an externally stepped arrangement
not designed to enable a person to sit or stand adjacent to
the cabinet.
Subclass:
240
This subclass is indented under the class definition. A
structure having components which can be re-arranged to
change it to a structure not having a housing function, a
different form of housing classified in another class, or a
housing classified in this class but having components which
are replaceable by other or auxiliary components of either
different size or form.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
198 for plural section cabinets having components which are
rearrangeable for conversion purpose.
283 for cabinets accessible from plural sides and providing
either a table surface and storage space or a table surface
having upstanding guard flanges for at least one-half of its
perimeter.
293.1 for movable and merely removable components.
294 for movable components.
Subclass:
241
This subclass is indented under subclass 240. Structures
having parts which can be rearranged to provide only a table
surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
266 for cabinets having two or more interconnected shelves
that can be moved into coplanar relation to form a table.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 11 for a
horizontally supported planar surface having convertible
characteristics, and subclasses 34+ for a housing for a
horizontally supported planar surface which is formed by a
collapsible surface.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 144
for an article-transporting tray convertible to a table.
Subclass:
242
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures which are mounted in an aperture or recess in a
wall, floor, ceiling or panel. May include a table, or other
type panel in which the only compartment structure is an
aperture or recess therein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
238 for cabinets mounted in a corner of a room.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
62, Refrigeration, subclass 263 for a cabinet having
specific refrigerating features mounted in or on a vertical
wall.
Subclass:
243
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having a plurality of independent devices for
supporting the housing structure, at least one of said
devices being inoperative when another is serving as a
support.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, subclass 558 for a support adapted to be
converted from one type of support to another or to support
an article in different positions or orientations by
rearrangement, substitution, or removal of one or more parts;
and subclasses 126, 207, 518, and 645 for supports having
characteristics which adapt them for alternative mounting or
for use as supports of different types.
Subclass:
244
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure having means adapted to be grasped by the hand for
the purpose of lifting or carrying the complete structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
190, Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage, subclass 39, for trunks
with handles and subclasses 115+ for traveling bags with
handles.
220, Receptacles, 752 for receptacles of that class with
handles.
222, Dispensing, 465.1 for devices of that class with
handles.
Subclass:
245
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having mounting or supporting means associated
with a wall, ceiling, vertical panel, the underside of a
horizontal panel, or a pair of spaced vertical panels.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
4 for wall mounted cabinets of flexible or fabric walls.
101 for wall mounted cabinets of the outdoor type.
194 for housings supported on one of a plurality of pedestal
walls spacedly connected by a table top.
198 for arrangements of plural housings, at least one of
which may be wall or panel mounted.
206 for wall mounted brush cabinets.
242 for housings mounted in a wall or panel recess.
249.1 for cabinets movably mounted on the floor of a room or
the topside of a panel.
351.1 for cabinets with particular support structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
5, Beds, subclass 2.1, 58 and 308 for cabinets attached to or
inserted in beds.
62, Refrigeration, subclass 263 for a cabinet having
specific refrigeration features mounted in or on a vertical
wall.
Subclass:
246
This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Structures
having a housing or compartment movable (mostly rectilinearly
movable, or rectilinearly and pivotally movable) relative to
the supporting panel, which may form one wall of the
housing.
Subclass:
247
This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Structures
wherein the housing or compartment is suspended from the
ceiling of a room or other superior support and is vertically
movable relative to the support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243 for suspended cabinets with special floor engaging
supports.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
187, Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for
Vehicle, appropriate subclasses, particularly 401+ for an
elevator car which transports, but does not store, a load.
248, Supports, 317 for suspended article supports,
particularly subclass 318, for suspended receptacles.
Subclass:
248
This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Structures
wherein the housing or compartment is merely movable by
rotating, revolving, tilting, rocking or any combination of
these motions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
199 and 201+, for plural housings (with or without housed
movable compartments) connected to each other for relative
motion.
242 for complete housings movably mounted in a wall or panel
aperture.
246 for housings movably associated with a vertical wall or
panel, or with the underside of a horizontal panel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, 127 and 200+ for cabinet supporting stands
and brackets not claiming significant cabinet structure,
particularly subclasses 132, 157 and 161+ for vertically
adjustable stands, subclasses 188.2+ for furniture elevating
or leveling devices, and subclasses 311.2+ for pivoted drawer
brackets.
Subclass:
249.1
MOVABLY MOUNTED CABINET HOUSING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structure wherein the cabinet housing is mounted
either (a) on a wheel for easy moving, or (b) on a support
such as a stand, pedestal, bracket, or leg which allows
movement of the cabinet housing relative to the support.
Subclass:
249.11
Having sliding drawer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 249.8. Cabinet
structure including a horizontally movable compartment
configured to slide into and out of the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
249.12
And exterior shelf:
This subclass is indented under subclass 249.11. Cabinet
structure including an article supporting platform located on
the exterior of the cabinet housing and which can not be
moved into the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
249.13
Having exterior shelf:
This subclass is indented under subclass 249.8. Cabinet
structure including an article supporting platform located on
the exterior of the cabinet housing and which can not be
moved into the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
249.2
Revolvable on vertical axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 249.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the cabinet housing is mounted on a support
for rotation about a vertical axis.
Subclass:
249.3
Having closure situated at top of cabinet housing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 249.2. Cabinet
structure including an opening on a top surface of the
cabinet, and a closure movable or removable from the opening
to provide access to the interior of the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
249.4
Having sliding drawer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 249.2. Cabinet
structure including a horizontally movable compartment
configured to slide into and out of the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
249.5
And exterior shelf:
This subclass is indented under subclass 249.4. Cabinet
structure and an article supporting platform located on the
exterior of the cabinet housing and which can not be moved
into the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
249.6
Having exterior shelf:
This subclass is indented under subclass 249.2. Cabinet
structure including an article supporting platform located on
the exterior of the cabinet housing and which can not be
moved into the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
249.7
Pivotal cabinet housing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 249.1. Structure
wherein the cabinet housing is pivoted on a support.
Subclass:
249.8
Wheeled:
This subclass is indented under subclass 249.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the cabinet housing is supported on a wheel
whereby the cabinet can be easily moved from place to place.
Subclass:
249.9
Including roll-out assembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 249.8. Cabinet
structure wherein significance is attributed to a wheeled
unit having a plurality of article support structures such as
shelves, drawers, compartments, etc., wherein the unit is
normally situated inside an opening of the cabinet housing
and can easily be wheeled out from the cabinet housing
through the opening.
Subclass:
257.1
KNOCKDOWN OR SETUP-TYPE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Devices in which the cabinet is formed by a plurality of
elements which can be alternately either assembled and
disassembled, or erected and folded.
(1) Note. The assembled or erected elements form a usable
receptacle or enclosure, while the disassembled or folded
elements facilitate storage or an alternate use.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5 for curtain type knockdown wall cabinets.
6 for curtain type knockdown cabinets.
31.02 for knockdown vapor treatment cabinets.
108 for knockdown sectional unit cabinets.
195 for knockdown kneehole desks.
205 for cabinets which can be folded from one operative
volume to a smaller or larger operative volume.
240 for cabinets convertible to structure having no storage
function.
348.1 for knockdown drawers or similar movable components.
351.1 for cabinet housing supports.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
217, Wooden Receptacles, 12 for knockdown wooden box
structures.
Subclass:
258
This subclass is indented under subclass 257.1. Structures
in which at least two main walls are pivoted to a third wall
or in which two opposite walls are connected by links that
permit one wall to collapse towards the other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
199 for cabinets having pivoted sections which constitute
mutual closures.
Subclass:
259
This subclass is indented under subclass 258. Structures
having stiff but flexible walls, usually of cardboard and
usually scored at the fold lines.
Subclass:
260
This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Structures
having an opening in a wall and one or more slidable mounted
closure sheets or panels therefor, or having guides for such
sheets or panels.
Subclass:
261
This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Structures
having compartments which are slidable to or from housed
position or having guides for such compartments.
Subclass:
262
This subclass is indented under subclass 258. Structures in
which two vertical sidewalls are pivoted either to a rigid
backwall on axes adjacent its vertical edges or to flange
members integral with, or secured to, said backwall edges.
Subclass:
263
This subclass is indented under subclass 257.1. Structures
in which adjacent walls are joined at their meeting edges by
rigid interlocking means, such as dovetailed
tongue-and-groove or plural stud-and-keyhole parts, which are
either integral with or rigidly secured to, said walls in
more than one direction.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
265.5 for knockdown cabinets having adjacent sidewalls
adapted to connect but not interlock.
Subclass:
264
This subclass is indented under subclass 257.1. Structures
in which opposite walls are joined by rigid, tying, interlock
members.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
263 for similar joints, where the tie member is also an
external wall of the structure.
Subclass:
265
This subclass is indented under subclass 264. Structures in
which the tie members are inside the structure secured by
readily detachable means, such as bolts, nuts or cotters,
accessible from the exterior side of said walls.
Subclass:
265.1
Skeletal frame:
This subclass is indented under subclass 257.1. Devices
having a framework designed to support elements forming sides
of the cabinet.
Subclass:
265.2
Parallel panels connected by skeletal frame members:
This subclass is indented under subclass 265.1. Devices in
which side elements in planes parallel to each other (i.e.,
on opposite sides of the cabinet) are linked by the
framework.
Subclass:
265.3
Parallel panels are vertically oriented:
This subclass is indented under subclass 265.2. Devices in
which the linked side elements stand upright (i.e., in a
vertical plane).
Subclass:
265.4
Free-standing in final configuration:
This subclass is indented under subclass 265.1. Devices in
which the assembled framework independently maintains the
same configuration as the assembled cabinet.
Subclass:
265.5
Connecting panels:
This subclass is indented under subclass 257.1. Devices
having substantially planar elements adapted to form sides of
the cabinet, in which planar elements on adjacent sides of
the cabinet are adapted to be linked by separable fastening
means.
(1) Note. The fastening means may take the form of one or
more bolts, a locking element, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
263 for cabinets having adjacent sidewalls adapted to be
interlocked by means integral with one or more of the
elements.
Subclass:
265.6
Removable panel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 257.1. Devices
having as part of the cabinet a substantially planar element
which is adapted to be readily separated from the remainder
of the cabinet.
Subclass:
266
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having compartments, shelves or article supports
which are maintained continuously level or upright while
revolving about a horizontal axis that is spaced from their
center of gravity. The axis of revolution need not be
stationary.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
24 and 27+, for continuously level supports for
disappearing-instrument type cabinets.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 94 for terraced
rotatable horizontally supported surfaces, subclasses 102+
for rotatable plural related horizontally supported surfaces
and subclasses 139+ for a rotatable horizontally supported
surface.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 2, for terraced shelf racks
convertible to table.
Subclass:
267
This subclass is indented under subclass 266. Structure in
which the compartments, shelves or article supports are not
movable beyond the confines of the housing.
Subclass:
268
This subclass is indented under subclass 267. Structures
having one or more flexible endless conveyors which carry the
continuously level or self-righting components from an
inaccessible housed position to a position opposite an access
opening of the structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
91 for web conveyors in article dispensers, and 97, for
endless conveyors in article dispensers.
134 for show case type cabinets with endless carriers.
Subclass:
269
This subclass is indented under subclass 266. Structures
having a rigid panel which forms an outer wall of the
structure and is mounted on the structure for pivotal
movement about a fixed axis, the pivotal movement of the
panel accompanying constrained and relative motion of the
continuously level or self-righting part.
Subclass:
270.1
HAVING A MOVABLE COMPARTMENT WITH IN-HOUSED COVER:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet having a movable compartment and a cover for closing
the compartment within the cabinet.
(1) Note. The walls or bottom of the compartment is not
considered to be a cover, and the cover may remain within the
housing or move together with the compartment.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
291 for cabinet having an outer closure for an access
opening in an external wall of a cabinet and an inner closure
for closing the same opening or a portion thereof or closing
an access opening to an inner compartment.
296 for cabinets having wiper strips adjacent a surface of a
movable compartment for preventing any article or
substance on said surface moving past said strip, or
structures to prevent dust or foreign matter entering the
cabinet housing or its components.
310 for structures having a closure and a movable housed
part, such as a drawer, in which the closure must be moved
before the movable housed part can be moved from an
inaccessible position to an accessible position.
Subclass:
270.2
Pivotally movable compartment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 270.1. Cabinet in
which the compartment is pivotally attached to the cabinet
between an accessible position and an inaccessible position
of the compartment.
Subclass:
270.3
Horizontally movable compartment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 270.1. Cabinet in
which the compartment is adapted for horizontally slidable
movement between an accessible position to an inaccessible
position.
Subclass:
271
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having at least two components, such as
compartments, walls, doors, shelves, partitions, racks or
other article supports, or similar parts of a compartment, so
associated and mounted that movement of one imparts
constrained motion to the other. Includes flexible-type
components of three or more strip, slat or panel elements
connected edge to edge for constrained relative motion and
movable to face-to-face or zigzag position or interconnected
with another component. Details, such as movable guide bars,
supporting arms, props, latch bolts, operating lever, etc.,
are not regarded as cabinet components.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21 for disappearing-instrument type cabinets having
interconnected parts.
266 for interconnected parts, one of which is continuously
level or self-righting while revolving around a horizontal
axis.
270.1 for closures supported inside a cabinet and movable
into position upon contact with an associated compartment
that is being moved into housed position.
297 for fabric-type components, and for flexible-type
components which comprise three or more strip, slat or panel
elements connected edge to edge for constrained relative
motion along an angular or curved path, that portion of the
component adjacent the path always forming a corresponding
surface.
298 for plural parts which move relatively as a unit,
particularly where the relative motion is not constrained and
is caused by gravity, and also where, during relative motion,
one of the parts can remain stationary.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, 61.62 for
electric circuit makers and breakers actuated by the movement
of a closure.
Subclass:
272
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Structures in
which one of the interconnected parts is vertically movable,
nonpivoted, and at least partly housed when in retracted
position.
Subclass:
272.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Structures in
which the vertically movable part is interconnected with a
rigid panel which forms an outer wall of the structure and is
mounted for pivotal movement about a fixed axis.
Subclass:
273
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Structures in
which one of the interconnected parts is horizontally
movable, nonpivoted, and at least partly housed when in
retracted position.
Subclass:
274
This subclass is indented under subclass 273. Structures in
which the horizontally movable part is interconnected with a
rigid panel which forms an outer wall of the structure and is
mounted for pivotal movement about a fixed axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 340 for stove ovens with
sliding shelves or racks that are moved out or in by the
opening or closing of the oven door.
Subclass:
275
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Structures in
which one of the interconnected parts is a rigid panel which
forms an outer wall of the structure and is mounted for
pivotal movement about a fixed axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
23 for disappearing-instrument closures interconnected with
other movable parts.
Subclass:
276
This subclass is indented under subclass 275. Structures in
which the wall pivots about a fixed horizontal axis.
Subclass:
277
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures associated with a leg supported table which can be
removed from, and used independently of, the structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 33 for a
horizontally supported planar surface which is movable into
or out of a housing, or which is merely removable from a
housing, and which cannot function as a supporting surface
when in housed position.
Subclass:
278
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having at least one re-entrant or stepped angle
formed by the exterior walls or limits of the structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
196 for cabinets having spaced pedestals connected by a
table and having structure above the table which is of
set-back formation or which forms a set-back with the table
and its subjacent pedestals.
280 for cabinets having a re-entrant angle formed by the
housing and a projecting wall which forms a continuously
external support.
Subclass:
279
This subclass is indented under subclass 278. Structures in
which there is a lower housing portion surmounted by an upper
housing portion of less depth (from front to rear) than the
lower portion and by a table, shelf or closure panel, all
having substantially the same length, the rear walls of the
upper and lower portions being substantially in the same
plane, the table, shelf or closure panel being positioned in
front of the upper portion.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
196 for spaced pedestal desks having a cabinet across the
rear portion of a table member which bridges the pedestals.
203 for structures involving one cabinet mounted above a
larger cabinet and a table slidable therebetween.
Subclass:
280
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having various types of article supports, such as
brackets, racks, shelves or tables, mounted on the outside of
the housing and not being movable to housed position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
313 for cabinet top panels which pivot to nontable
position.
318 for continuously external rests or guides for
compartments, closures or racks movable from housed
position.
Subclass:
281
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Structures
having shelves, tables, or portions of the top or bottom
walls of a housing, which lie either in a horizontal or
slightly inclined plane and extend outwardly from the
vertical sidewalls of the housing or beyond those planes
which contain the vertical sidewalls.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
201 for continuously external trays or cabinets which are
horizontally movable from a position above the supporting
cabinet to a position beyond the sidewalls of the supporting
cabinet.
277 for projecting tables provided with legs so that the
table can be removed from, and used independently of, the
cabinet.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 134 for a
folding horizontally supported planar surface which is
attached laterally of a support such as a cabinet wall and
having no more of the cabinet structure than is necessary to
provide a support for the surface, and subclass 152 for
similar structure which does not fold.
Subclass:
282
This subclass is indented under subclass 281. Structures in
which a shelf or table extends away from the housing and is
movable so as to lie either on the top wall of the housing or
adjacent one of the sidewalls.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
201 for continuously external trays or cabinets which are
movable onto the supporting cabinet section.
313 for closure panels which are movable to projecting shelf
or table position.
Subclass:
283
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures, which permit access to housed parts or contents
from more than one side of the structure by having, in
association with at least two sides, any of the following; an
open side, a movable or removable wall, compartment, shelf,
table, rack or other article support. A compartment, rack,
shelf, table or other article support which is mounted to
slide or pivot through a wall of the structure, makes of that
wall an "accessible side", while a movable closure or wall,
even though slidable or pivotal beyond one or more sides of
the structures, makes only that side closed by the wall an
"accessible side".
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
194 for spaced pedestal type cabinets which may be
accessible from more than one side.
198 for arrangements of plural and sectional cabinets, many
of which are accessible from plural sides.
211 for cabinets which are accessible from more than one
side because of the presence of a deposit and collection
compartment.
246 and 249.1+, for movable housings having fixed supports,
the motion of the housing permitting access to its contents
from more than one side of the support.
313 for cabinets having a sloping sidewall panel which is
movable to table position.
330.1 for closures which, in uncovering one side of the
housing, slide through or across one or more sidewalls.
Subclass:
284
This subclass is indented under subclass 283. Structures
comprising a table-like surface and a bottomless housing
supported on said surface to form an enclosure, the housing
being shiftable away from said surface to expose any article
thereon. An upstanding flange on one wall of the table may
form one wall of the dome cover.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
199 and 201+, for dome type covers associated with another
cabinet section.
210 for similar bottomless cover structures not having a
table member to form a complete housing.
240 for bottomless housings convertible to tables or racks
by shifting some or all of the dome walls so that the storage
function is eliminated.
Subclass:
285
This subclass is indented under subclass 283. Structures
which are accessible (1) from all vertical sides, (2) from
the entire perimeter, or (3) from less than all vertical
sides, or the entire perimeter, provided that the directions
from which the structures are accessible are at least
equivalent either to the three directions from which a
structure, triangular in cross-section, would be accessible
under (1), or to the four directions from which a structure,
rectangular in cross-section, would be accessible under (1).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
249.2 for housings rotatable on fixed supports and having an
opening in one sidewall, the rotation of the housing
permitting access to its contents from all sides of the
support.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, 126.1 for tiers of trays which are
accessible from all vertical sides.
Subclass:
286
This subclass is indented under subclass 283. Structures
having at least one compartment, shelf, rack, table or other
article support, which can be moved alternately through
opposite sides of the housing structure.
Subclass:
287
This subclass is indented under subclass 283. Structures
which have only four vertical sides, two of which are
opposite each other and permit access to the contents of the
structure. The four vertical sides may each be irregular in
vertical section.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
285 for four sided cabinets which are accessible from all
four vertical sides.
286 for cabinets having at least one compartment, shelf,
etc., which can be withdrawn from one side, rehoused and then
withdrawn from the opposite side.
Subclass:
289
This subclass is indented under subclass 287. Structures
being also accessible from the top, a third vertical side, or
both.
Subclass:
290
This subclass is indented under subclass 283. Structures
which are accessible from the top and from one or more
vertical sides.
Subclass:
291
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having a closure for an access opening in an
external wall and having a second closure inside the
structure for closing the same opening or a portion thereof
or for closing an access opening to an inner compartment.
The closures may be either movably. mounted on the structure
or merely removable therefrom.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
270.1 for compartments which, when moved to housed position,
are closed by a nonshelf member supported inside the
housing.
310 for cabinets having closures which must be moved to open
position before movable housed parts, such as compartments,
can be withdrawn to accessible position outside the cabinet.
Subclass:
292
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures which are optionally accessible through a main
opening having a movable or removable closure, or through an
auxiliary opening in said closure, the auxiliary opening also
having a movable or removable closure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
211 for deposit slots or openings in a closure for a
collection opening and see the notes thereunder.
271 for closures comprising three or more strips, slats, or
panels connected one to another for relative movement, the
panels being connected edge to edge and foldable face-to-face
or zigzag.
295 for movable closures having auxiliary openings therein,
the closure permitting access to the housing only through the
auxiliary openings.
Subclass:
293.1
HAVING A CLOSURE AND A DETACHABLE COMPONENT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet having a movable closure which allows access to the
interior from the exterior of the cabinet and a compartment
or portion thereof (i.e., shelf, partition, rack, etc.) which
can be completely removed from the cabinet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
310 for structures having a closure and a movable housed
part, such as a drawer, in which the closure must be moved
before the movable housed part can be moved from an
inaccessible position to an accessible position.
Subclass:
293.2
Pivotal closure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 293.1. Cabinet
wherein the detachable component is entirely housed within
the cabinet and is removable from the cabinet through a
pivotal closure.
Subclass:
293.3
Removable closure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 293.1. Cabinet
wherein the detachable component is removable from the
cabinet after separating a cabinet closure from the cabinet.
Subclass:
294
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures housing components, such as compartments, walls,
doors, shelves, partitions, racks or other article supports,
or similar parts of a compartment which are so mounted that
they remain supported by the housing structure during
movement from operative or accessible position either to an
inoperative or inaccessible position or to another operative
or accessible position.
(1) Note. The motion of a movably mounted component, as set
forth in a subclass title or definition, does not include any
motion which is incidental to the mounting or dismounting of
the component.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
198 for arrangements of plural cabinets wherein each cabinet
may have movable components.
212 for deposit and collection type cabinets having a
movable collection compartment.
220 and 221, for movable closures and compartments which
operate concealed gangbar type locking or latching means.
222 for movable components having latches operated by other
movable components or their latches.
226 for cabinets having movably mounted mirrors.
246 for compartments movably mounted on a wall, ceiling,
vertical panel, the underside of a horizontal panel, or
between a pair of spaced vertical panels.
266 for continuously level or self-righting components which
revolve about a horizontal axis.
270.1 for compartments movable to housed position and closed
by a member supported inside the cabinet.
271 for interconnected movable components.
280 for components mounted outside the cabinet and not
movable into the cabinet.
286 for components movable alternately through opposite
vertical sides of a cabinet.
293.1 for cabinets having both movably mounted and merely
removable closures.
Subclass:
295
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures
having a movable closure which, in uncovering one accessible
portion of the housing, covers either another accessible
portion or a movable closure therefore, and thus permits
access to one portion of the housing while preventing access
to another previously accessible portion. Includes a movable
wall or frame member having an access opening therein which
is adjacent one accessible portion of the housing, the wall
or frame member being shifted in order to position its access
opening adjacent other accessible portions of the housing.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
324 for at least two closures which pivot to housed position
in opposite directions, either closure permitting complete
access when swung open through an arc of 90 degrees, but
blocking another closure when swung 180 degrees.
Subclass:
296
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures
having one or more of the following: (1) a wiper strip
adjacent a surface of a movable part for preventing any
article or substance on said surface moving past said strip,
(2) either yieldable strips or interfitting contact surfaces
between the housing and its movable parts to prevent air,
dust or foreign matter entering the housing or its
components, and (3) means associated with the rear wall of a
movable compartment or rack to prevent the loss of warm or
cold air from a housing when the compartment is moved to
accessible position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
270.1 for closure panels inside a housing which are
contacted by movable compartments upon reaching housed
position.
291 for seals comprising inner and outer closure members,
provided neither closure forms the front or rear wall of a
movable compartment or shelf.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, 475.1 for a closure seal,
e.g., striker gasket as weather-strip and see the search
notes thereto for the loci of other seals.
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, subclass 75
for safe closure seals.
220, Receptacles, subclass 378 for packing in closures of
metallic receptacles, and subclasses 614 and 681 for
receptacle seam packing.
Subclass:
297
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures
having flexible components which either are formed of
flexible material, or comprise three or more strip, slat or
panel elements connected edge to edge so as to follow an
angular or curved path to an inoperative position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
3 for cabinets having fabric walls.
213 for cabinets having closure panels of wire mesh or other
material permitting ventilation.
260 for foldable cardboard cabinets having flexible sliding
closures.
271 for flexible type components which are movably
interconnected with another component or which if comprising
three or more strips, slats or panels are foldable face to
face or zigzag.
Subclass:
298
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures
having two or more components so mounted that (1) all can
move simultaneously without relative motion and (2) at least
one component can move with respect to another without
causing motion in the latter.
Subclass:
299
This subclass is indented under subclass 298. Structures in
which the plural components remain within the limits of the
housing during their simultaneous motion.
Subclass:
300
This subclass is indented under subclass 298. Structures in
which the plural components, when moving simultaneously and
without relative motion, have only pivotal and nonsliding
motion.
Subclass:
301
This subclass is indented under subclass 298. Structures in
which the relatively movable components have no pivotal
motion and move only in a horizontal direction.
Subclass:
302
This subclass is indented under subclass 301. Structures
having one or more components that can at least pivot
relatively to another component.
Subclass:
303
This subclass is indented under subclass 302. Structures in
which the pivotal axis of relative motion of the components
is horizontal and is transverse to the direction of motion of
the group of components.
Subclass:
304
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures in
which at least one of the housed components remains
substantially within the limits of the housing during
movement from operative to inoperative position or to another
operative position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
267 for continuously housed compartments, shelves or article
supports which are self-righting, or which remain level,
while revolving about horizontal axis.
Subclass:
305
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Structures
mounted so as to rotate or pivot about an axis extending near
or through the center of component.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
202 for axially rotatable cabinet sections.
249.2 for axially rotatable cabinets.
Subclass:
306
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Structures in
which the motion of the continuously housed component is
nonpivotal and in a vertical direction.
Subclass:
307
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Structures
having an angular or curvilinear trackway which guides a
component.
Subclass:
308
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures
having two or more movably mounted components, at least one
of which is readily detachable from another, and in one
position is wholly supported by another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
293.1 for cabinets having at least one movably mounted part
and at least one part which is merely removable.
298 for plural parts movable relatively and as a unit, even
though one of such parts is also removable.
Subclass:
309
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures
having at least two different types of component such as a
door and a drawer.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
293.1 for plural components one of which is merely removable
and the other which remains supported by the housing during
movement.
Subclass:
310
This subclass is indented under subclass 309. Structures in
which one of the components, when both are in housed,
inoperative or inaccessible position, must be moved before
the other can be moved.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
216 for doors and exterior walls of movable compartments
having marginal extensions or marginal portions which overlap
and block movement of two or more housed components, unless
and until the door or compartment is moved from closed
position.
222 for sequentially movable diverse parts wherein the
movement of one part release the latch of another movable
part.
Subclass:
311
This subclass is indented under subclass 310. Structures in
which a pivoted closure must be moved before a nonpivoted
part can be moved in a horizontal direction from housed to
accessible position.
Subclass:
312
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures in
which the components are rectilinearly and nonpivotally
movable to, or from, housed position in any direction which
is not horizontal. The component may have pivotal motion
before, but not after, it begins to move rectilinearly to
housed position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
272 for interconnected movable components, at least one of
which is vertically and nonpivotally movable.
Subclass:
313
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures in
which a panel pivots from a horizontal position, in which it
functions as a shelf or table, to any nonhorizontal position.
The panel may have rectilinear as well as pivotal motion.
Includes cabinet tops which pivot about a horizontal axis to
and from a table position. Either the inner or outer
surfaces, or both, may function as a table surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, 33 for a
horizontally supported planar surface combined with a
housing, in which the surface cannot function as a support in
the housed position, and subclasses 1+ for a tiltable
horizontally supported planar surface.
217, Wooden Receptacles, 60 for props to support a hinged
cabinet lid in raised position, no more of the cabinet being
claimed than is necessary to mount the prop and the lid.
Subclass:
314
This subclass is indented under subclass 313. Structures in
which the panel, while in horizontal position, has a movable
support that contacts the surface (usually a table top or
floor) upon which the housing structure is supported.
Includes panels which, in table position, rest directly upon
that surface supporting the housing.
Subclass:
315
This subclass is indented under subclass 313. Structures in
which the panel is a rigid housing wall that pivots to table
or shelf position about a fixed horizontal axis.
Subclass:
316
This subclass is indented under subclass 315. Structures in
which the panel is supported in table or shelf position by a
bracket which contacts the under side of the panel, or, if
the panel is a cabinet top, it is supported by the body
portion of the cabinet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
279 for stepped or set-back cabinets in which the horizontal
step portion also functions as a subjacent support for an
upper closure wall that pivots to table position.
Subclass:
317.1
Support for movable component contacts cabinet's supporting
surface:
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Devices in
which the movable component has its own supporting member
engaging the cabinet's supporting structure (e.g., a table
top or floor).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
314 for a movable panel adapted to function as a table and
having a floor support.
Subclass:
317.2
Component supported independently of cabinet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 317.1. Devices in
which the movable component's supporting member upholds the
component without relying upon the cabinet for maintaining
the component in supported position.
Subclass:
317.3
Component forms horizontal planar support (e.g., table):
This subclass is indented under subclass 317.1. Devices in
which the movable component comprises a rigid, substantially
flat surface supported in a horizontal plane.
Subclass:
318
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures
having a continuously external guide which is transversed by
a complementary guide member of a component during motion of
the component to or from housed position, or having a
continuously external support or rest which is contacted by a
component after the component is moved from housed position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
278 for cabinets having an external set-back which supports
a component movable from housed position.
317.1 for floor engaging supports which are carried by
components movable from housed position.
Subclass:
319.1
Having biasing means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structure
wherein significance is attributed to a means for urging a
component of the cabinet, e.g., drawer, shelf, compartment,
article support, etc., to move from one position to another.
Subclass:
319.2
For a pivotal structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 319.1. Structure
wherein the biasing means operates to urge a component of the
cabinet to pivot from one position to another.
Subclass:
319.3
Continuously leveled:
This subclass is indented under subclass 319.2. Cabinet
structure wherein the pivotal component of the cabinet is
maintained in a horizontal attitude throughout its movement.
Subclass:
319.4
Counterbalance weight:
This subclass is indented under subclass 319.1. Structure
wherein the biasing means includes a weight which operates to
urge a cabinet component from one position to another.
Subclass:
319.5
Having power driven means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Cabinet
structure wherein one of the movable components is moved by a
mechanism operated by a power source.
Subclass:
319.6
Pivotal operator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 319.5. Cabinet
structure wherein the power operated mechanism includes a
member which pivots to move the movable component.
Subclass:
319.7
Rotary operator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 319.5. Cabinet
structure wherein the power operated mechanism includes a
rotating member which operates to move the movable
component.
Subclass:
319.8
Linear operator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 319.5. Cabinet
structure wherein the power operated mechanism includes a
piston-cylinder device or operates to actuate a member
linearly to move the movable components.
Subclass:
319.9
Having foot-operated means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Cabinet
structure wherein one of the movable components is moved by a
member located exterior of the cabinet housing and adapted to
be engaged by a person's foot.
Subclass:
321
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures
having horizontally spaced guides or tracks for article
carrying bars, such as garment hangers, which are supported
at each end by the guides and are movable therealong from
housed position to a position outside of the structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
190, Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage, for similar devices,
particularly 13 when combined with convertible wardrobe
structure, subclass 36, when combined with a stet.
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 94.02, for the rack
structure, per se.
Subclass:
321.5
Door-type closure having article support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Devices with a
movable, substantially planar component adapted to close the
cabinet, wherein the component carries support means (e.g., a
rack, etc.).
Subclass:
322
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures, in
which a component, in moving to or from housed position, or
from one operative or accessible position to another, has at
least two consecutive motions, exclusive of any motion which
is incidental to the mounting or dismounting of the
component, one of which is pivotal and the other
rectilinear.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29 for sliding and pivoting disappearing instrument
supports.
133 for sliding and pivoting racks in showcase type
cabinets.
Subclass:
323
This subclass is indented under subclass 322. Structures in
which the rectilinear motion is horizontal, and the pivotal
motion is about one or more horizontal axes.
Subclass:
324
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures,
having at least one component pivoting clockwise to house
position, and another pivoting counterclockwise, the axes of
pivot being spaced and parallel.
Subclass:
325
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures
having one or more components pivotal about a movable axis,
the components being pivoted on an arm which is pivotally
connected to the housing, either on a fixed axis or through
one or more links. The pivoted arm or linkage either
supports the component or constrains it to nonrectilinear
motion about the shifting axis.
Subclass:
326
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Structures
having one or more nonrectilinearly movable components which
pivot about a fixed axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
220, Receptacles, 810 for pivoted closures.
Subclass:
327
This subclass is indented under subclass 326. Structures in
which the fixed axis is horizontal.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
315 for shelves or tables which pivot to nontable position
about a fixed horizontal axis.
323 for components which sequentially slide horizontally and
pivot about a horizontal axis.
Subclass:
328
This subclass is indented under subclass 327. Structures in
which the fixed axis is adjacent to, or within the plane of,
that side of the housing through which, or toward which, the
component moves to a housed position.
Subclass:
329
This subclass is indented under subclass 326. Structures in
which the fixed axis is adjacent to, or within the plane of,
that side of the housing through which, or toward which, the
component moves to housed position.
Subclass:
330.1
Horizontally movable (e.g., drawer):
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Devices
including a component limited to movement along a
substantially straight-line in a horizontal direction.
(1) Note. The component may move to and from a housed
position, or it may move between positions of relative
accessibility.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
273 for interconnected movable components, at least one of
which is limited to rectilinear movement in a horizontal
direction.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
62, Refrigeration, subclass 382 for a drawer or other
movable component within a refrigeration apparatus.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 339 for an oven-rack or
shelf within a stove, adapted to be withdrawn from the
stove.
Subclass:
331
This subclass is indented under subclass 330.1. Structures
having means, such as racks and pinions, pivoted links, and
plural cables, to cause opposing sides of a component to
travel at the same speed in order to prevent a twisting
motion of the component or a binding action between the sides
of the component and the adjacent surfaces of the housing
walls.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
266 for continuously level or selfrighting components
supported by pivoting links so as to revolve about a
horizontal axis.
334.3 for independently operating lazy-tong guides on
opposite sides of a component.
Subclass:
332
This subclass is indented under subclass 330.1. Structures
having a guide, runner, or trackway for the component which
can yield in a direction transverse to the rectilinear path
of the component in order to prevent sticking or binding of
the component during motion.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
334.1 for guides which move relatively to the component and
the housing in a direction or in a plane which is parallel to
the path of the component's motion.
Subclass:
332.1
Having handle cooperating with a latch:
This subclass is indented under subclass 330.1. Cabinet
structure including a handle or structure attached thereto
which causes the operation of a latch mechanism for securing
the movable component in closed position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
220, Receptacles, subclass 558 for drawer having hinged
tiltable front panel.
Subclass:
333
This subclass is indented under subclass 330.1. Structures
having any one or more of the following: (1) a device either
to latch or lock the component in open position; (2) a device
either to latch or lock the device in closed position; or (3)
means, such as an anti-friction guide roller subsiding into a
depression in the rollers trackway, to insure complete
closing movement of the component or to prevent rebound
thereof, the weight of the component effecting the closing
movement. Includes spring arm latches and spring pressed
bolts which also effect complete closing of the component or
prevent rebound.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
215 for a plurality of components having individual locks or
latches actuated by a single selector or by a group of remote
operators.
216 for a gang-bar type lock or latch for plural movable
components.
222 for locks or latches for one component actuated by
another component or its lock or latch.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
70, Locks, 85 for drawer locks and 95+, for locks for
sliding doors.
Subclass:
334.1
Having guide assembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 330.1. Cabinet
structure including a slide attached to and moves with the
drawer, and a guide attached to a wall of the cabinet
housing, wherein the slide is engaged with and moves relative
to the guide to facilitate movement of the drawer in and out
of the cabinet housing.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
317.1 for relatively movable guides or supports which
contact the floor.
318 for continuously external guides, supports or rests for
components movable from housed position.
322 for relatively movable guides which permit the component
to move rectilinearly and pivotally in sequence.
331 for relatively movable guides embodying an equalizer,
such as pivoted links which prevent a twisting motion of the
component, or a lazy-tongs on one side of the component which
is connected by an operator to a lazy-tongs on an opposite
side.
332 for guides which yield transversely to the path of the
component's motion in order to reduce sliding friction.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, subclass 20 for drawer bearing, per se,
subclass 22 for a drawer bearing having anchoring or aligning
means, subclass 18 for ball bearing for drawer, subclass 19
for roller bearing for drawer.
Subclass:
334.11
Ball bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.8. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly includes a spherical
rolling anti-friction element.
Subclass:
334.12
Roller bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.8. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly includes a cylindrical
rolling anti-friction elements.
Subclass:
334.13
Including a carriage:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.12. Cabinet
structure wherein the intermediate member is in the form of a
platform or two side members connected by a cross member,
wherein the platform or the cross member is located below the
bottom wall of the drawer.
Subclass:
334.14
And below a bottom wall of the drawer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.7. Cabinet
structure including an additional guide assembly which is
located at a bottom wall of the drawer.
Subclass:
334.15
Including roller or ball bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.14. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly includes a cylindrical
or a spherical rolling anti-friction elements.
Subclass:
334.16
Having anti-friction feature:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.7. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly includes a friction
reducing element made of material having low friction
characteristic or shaped to render movement of the drawer
more quiet and facile.
Subclass:
334.17
Ball bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.16. Cabinet
structure wherein the anti-friction feature includes a
spherical rolling anti-friction element.
Subclass:
334.18
Roller bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.16. Cabinet
structure wherein the anti-friction feature includes a a
cylindrical rolling anti-friction element.
Subclass:
334.19
On cabinet and drawer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.18. Cabinet
structure wherein the drawer and cabinet each includes a
roller bearing.
Subclass:
334.2
Lever type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly comprises a linkage
system attached to the cabinet housing and the drawer, which
operates to guide the drawer into and out of the cabinet
housing.
Subclass:
334.21
On drawer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.18. Cabinet
structure wherein the roller is mounted on the drawer.
Subclass:
334.22
Including plural diverse guide assemblies:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.7. Cabinet
structure including two structurally different types of guide
assemblies.
Subclass:
334.23
Suspension guide:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the drawer is suspended and supported by a
guide assembly which is located above the sidewalls of the
drawer.
Subclass:
334.24
And subjacent guide:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.23. Cabinet
structure including an additional guide assembly which is
located below the bottom wall of the drawer.
Subclass:
334.25
Including roller or ball bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.24. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly includes a cylindrical
or spherical rolling anti-friction element.
Subclass:
334.26
Including roller or ball bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.23. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly includes a cylindrical
or spherical rolling anti-friction element.
Subclass:
334.27
Subjacent guide:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the drawer is supported by a guide assembly
which is located below a bottom wall of a drawer.
Subclass:
334.28
And superjacent guide:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.27. Cabinet
structure including an additional guide assembly which is
located above the sidewalls of the drawer.
Subclass:
334.29
Including vertically separable slide and guide:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.27. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide includes structure which
cooperates with the slide such that the slide can be
separated from the guide by lifting the drawer upwardly in
vertical direction.
Subclass:
334.3
Lazy-tong:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.2. Cabinet
structure wherein the linkage system includes a series of
diagonal pairs of crossing members, each pair being pivoted
together between their ends and connected with the next pair
at the ends so that the arrangement, as a whole, can be
extended or retracted.
Subclass:
334.31
Including guide enclosed by a slide:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.27. Cabinet
structure wherein the slide attached to the drawer includes
structure to partially or completely house the guide.
Subclass:
334.32
Pull-out guide assembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.27. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly further includes an
intermediate member having sliding engagement with the slide
and the guide, and which operates to move relative to both
when moving the drawer into and out of the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
334.33
Including roller or ball bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.32. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly includes a cylindrical
or spherical rolling anti-friction element.
Subclass:
334.34
Slide having drawer's length:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.32. Cabinet
structure wherein the length of the slide attached to the
drawer is approximately equal to the length of the drawer.
Subclass:
334.35
Including slide integral with sheet metal drawer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.32. Cabinet
structure wherein the drawer is made of sheet metal material
and includes a slide integrally formed with the sheet metal
of the drawer.
Subclass:
334.36
Having anti-friction feature:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.27. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly includes a friction
reducing element made of material having low friction
characteristic or shaped to render movement of the drawer
more quiet and facile.
Subclass:
334.37
Including ball and roller bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.36. Cabinet
structure wherein the anti-friction feature includes a
cylindrical and a spherical rolling anti-friction element.
Subclass:
334.38
Ball bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.36. Cabinet
structure wherein the anti-friction feature includes a
spherical rolling anti-friction element.
Subclass:
334.39
Roller bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.36. Cabinet
structure wherein the anti-friction feature includes a
cylindrical rolling anti-friction element.
Subclass:
334.4
Vertically adjustable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly can be selectively moved
and fixed to any of plurality of vertically arranged
positions.
Subclass:
334.41
On cabinet and drawer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.39. Cabinet
structure wherein the roller bearing is mounted on both the
cabinet and the drawer.
Subclass:
334.42
On drawer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.39. Cabinet
structure wherein the roller bearing is mounted on the
drawer.
Subclass:
334.43
Single roller:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.42. Cabinet
structure wherein a single roller only is mounted on the
drawer.
Subclass:
334.44
And particular stop means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.1. Cabinet
structure including a means to limit the sliding movement of
a drawer into or out of the cabinet housing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, 82 for motion limiting devices
for slidable components.
384, Bearings, subclass 21 for a drawer stop, per se.
Subclass:
334.45
Engaging roller or ball bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.44. Cabinet
structure wherein the stop means engages a cylindrical or
spherical rolling anti-friction element to limit the extended
drawer movement.
Subclass:
334.46
Resilient releasable stop:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.44. Cabinet
structure wherein the limit means is a springy member which
is flexed or bent to an operative or inoperative position.
Subclass:
334.47
Pivot stop:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.44. Cabinet
structure wherein the limit means can be pivoted.
Subclass:
334.5
Horizontally adjustable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly can be selectively moved
to any of plurality of horizontally arranged positions.
Subclass:
334.6
At bottom corner:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly extends along an edge
with one portion on a sidewall and another portion on a
bottom wall of the drawer.
Subclass:
334.7
Between vertical sidewalls of drawer and cabinet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the drawer is supported by a guide assembly
which is located between a vertical sidewall of the drawer
and a vertical sidewall of the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
334.8
Pull-out guide assembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.7. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly further includes an
intermediate member having sliding engagement with the slide
and the guide, and which operates to move relative to both
when moving the drawer into and out of the cabinet housing.
Subclass:
334.9
Including roller and ball bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 334.8. Cabinet
structure wherein the guide assembly includes a cylindrical
and spherical rolling anti-friction elements.
Subclass:
348.1
Knockdown or setup type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 330.1. Devices in
which the component is formed by a plurality of parts which
can be alternately either assembled and disassembled, or
erected and folded.
Subclass:
348.2
Plurality of parts, held together by distinct fastening
elements (e.g., bolts):
This subclass is indented under subclass 348.1. Devices in
which the parts are adapted to be locked in assembled
position by a plurality of separate locking elements.
Subclass:
348.3
Compartmented:
This subclass is indented under subclass 330.1. Devices
including means dividing the component's interior into
several discrete spaces.
Subclass:
348.4
Facing (e.g., drawer front or face plate):
This subclass is indented under subclass 330.1. Devices in
which significance is attributed to that part of the movable
component adapted to face the outside of the cabinet.
Subclass:
348.5
For holding document or pad:
This subclass is indented under subclass 330.1. Devices in
which the movable component includes structure for gripping
or accommodating a unitary group of sheets.
Subclass:
348.6
Including particular handle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 330.1. Cabinet
structure wherein significance is attributed to structure of
a grasping element of a drawer.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, 110 for miscellaneous detachable
handle structure.
81, Tools, 489 for particular handle structure.
Subclass:
349
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures having guide means external thereto or on the
exterior surface thereof.
Subclass:
350
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures in which the housing or housing walls are provided
with internal guides or trackways for movable components.
Subclass:
351
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures housing either fixed or removable components, such
as receptacles, shelves, articles supporting partitions,
racks or other means to support articles or material in
spaced relation to the bottom wall of the structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
190, Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage, particularly subclass
12 and 35 for trunks and suitcases having merely removable
components.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, 557 for an article
holding tray accessible through the top and subclasses 278+
for a retainer for an item of apparel.
217, Wooden Receptacles, 18 for cell-type compartments and
partitions.
220, Receptacles, 600 for cell-type compartments and cell
structure useful only in metal receptacles.
Subclass:
351.1
HAVING PARTICULAR CABINET SUPPORT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cabinet structure wherein significance is attributed to
structure of a supporting member such as a stand, pedestal,
frame, leg, wheel, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
62, Refrigeration, subclass 297 for a cabinet with an
external support for a refrigerator housing.
248, Supports, subclass 129 for cabinet stands mounted on
wheels, subclasses 346.01+ for supporting bases, subclasses
133+, 144, and 145 for stands which support a cabinet for
pivotal motion.
Subclass:
351.11
Wheel mounting feature:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351.1. Cabinet
structure wherein significance is attributed to structure for
mounting a roller upon which the cabinet housing is
supported.
Subclass:
351.12
Detachable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351.11. Cabinet
structure wherein the mounting structure permits the
supporting roller to be easily removed from the cabinet.
Subclass:
351.13
And means to prevent moving:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351.11. Cabinet
structure including a means to prevent the cabinet from
rolling.
Subclass:
351.14
Attached to building structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351.13. Cabinet
structure wherein the means for preventing movement of the
cabinet comprises structure for temporarily fixing the
cabinet to a building structure, e.g., wall, door, floor,
etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
242 for structure mounted in wall or panel recess.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
220, Receptacles, 476 for wall supported container.
Subclass:
351.2
Single pedestal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351.1. Cabinet
structure wherein the cabinet is supported by only one
elongated column.
Subclass:
351.3
Legs:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351.1. Cabinet
structure including two vertically extending members for
supporting the cabinet above a surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, subclass 677 and 163.1+ for structure having
plural particular foot or legs, 157, 419+, 274.1+, 323+, and
354.1+ for adjustable supports, subclasses 678+ for
particular base or platform support.
Subclass:
351.4
U-shaped form:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351.3. Cabinet
structure wherein the supporting member is in the form of a
U-shape structure forming two legs.
Subclass:
351.5
Interconnected:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351.3. Cabinet
structure including structure for connecting the two legs
together.
Subclass:
351.6
Pivotally:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351.5. Cabinet
structure wherein the legs are hinged together.
Subclass:
351.7
Support base frame:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351.5. Cabinet
structure wherein the support member is a separate frame unit
having two legs connected by a cross member, and configured
such that the cabinet housing rests on the unit.
Subclass:
351.8
By a horizontal exterior cross member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351.5. Cabinet
structure including a horizontally extending member, spaced
apart from and located outside of the cabinet housing, which
connects one leg to another.
Subclass:
351.9
Pivotally connected to cabinet housing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 351.3. Cabinet
structure including a leg which is pivotally connected to the
cabinet housing.
Subclass:
352
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures not herein-before provided for.
Subclass:
400
SPACED INSULATED WALL:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure having an outer wall and a liner or inner wall
connected together to form a hollow wall structure with an
insulation layer therebetween.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
217, Wooden Receptacles, subclass 4, 128+, and 131 for,
respectively, a tank, box, or other receptacle of the class
comprising wall elements defining a temperature barrier to
the contents.
220, Receptacles, 62.11, 560.1, and 592.05 for a receptacle
having plural walls or wall layers and subclasses 560.12+,
592.05, 592.09+, and 592.2+ for an insulated receptacle.
Subclass:
401
Refrigerator cabinet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Structure
wherein the interior of the cabinet is adapted to be kept at
a temperature cooler than the exterior cabinet ambient
temperature.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
116 for refrigerators having transparent wall structure.
321.5 for closure having particular structures for
supporting article(s).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
62, Refrigeration, 440 for a cooled enclosure having
features peculiar to refrigeration which may include
insulated wall structure.
220, Receptacles, 592.01 for containers with a means to
lower or retain the temperature level of content stored
therein.
Subclass:
402
Including exterior-access drawer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Cabinet
including a horizontally slidable compartment having one wall
defining a movable closure to provide access to the interior
from the exterior of the compartment.
Subclass:
403
Including hot compartment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Cabinet
including an additional compartment which is adapted to be
kept at a temperature warmer than the exterior cabinet
ambient temperature.
Subclass:
404
Including particular storage compartment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Cabinet
including a receptacle provided within the cabinet for
article storage.
Subclass:
405
Closure structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Cabinet
wherein significance is attributed to a movable closure which
allows access to the interior from the exterior of the
cabinet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
291 for cabinet with inner and outer closures.
296 for closure seals.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, 475.1 for a closure seal,
e.g., striker gasket as weather-strip and see the search
notes thereto for the loci of other seals.
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, subclass 75
for safe closure seals.
Subclass:
405.1
Having article support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 405. Cabinet
wherein the closure includes structure for holding objects on
one side of the closure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
321.5 for closure having particular structures for
supporting article(s).
Subclass:
406
Wall structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Cabinet
wherein significance is attributed to particular construction
of the cabinet wall(s).
Subclass:
406.1
Including means to relieve thermal stress:
This subclass is indented under subclass 406. Cabinet
wherein the liner or inner wall includes means to reduce
stress forming across the wall due to extreme temperature
changes.
Subclass:
406.2
Wall-Ends connection:
This subclass is indented under subclass 406. Cabinet
wherein two walls or the outer wall and inner wall each
having an end portion connected together by a breaker strip
or separate member for bridging or sealing the gap between
the end portions of the walls.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
407 and 407.1, for structures of the wall end-portions of a
refrigerator divider.
Subclass:
407
Refrigerating-zones divider:
This subclass is indented under subclass 406. Cabinet
wherein significance is attributed to structure of a
partition which separates the interior of the cabinet into
distinct chambers.
Subclass:
407.1
Having opening:
This subclass is indented under subclass 407. Cabinet
including an opening in the partition to permit flow of air
from one chamber to another.
Subclass:
408
Shelf or shelf-supporting structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Cabinet
wherein significance is attributed to the structure of an
article support member or to structures for attaching an
article support member to the inner wall or liner of the
cabinet.
Subclass:
409
Fire-resistant cabinet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Cabinet having
structure particularly adapted to protect the contents of the
cabinet from deleterious effects of heat and moisture.
Subclass:
410
Particular oven shelf, rack, or support therefore:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Cabinet
structure wherein significance is attributed to a an article
support or article support mounting structure inside an
oven.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 181.1 for structure made of
wire.
220, Receptacles, subclass 487 and 488 for dish or
dishwasher rack, per se.
CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
Subclass:
901
FAN-OUT HOLDERS FOR RECORDING MEDIA:
Cross reference art collection concerned with holders for
recording media such as tapes, films, phonograph records,
etc. which are connected in series, wherein each holder is
hinged on an edge for swinging from side to side.
Subclass:
902
CARRYING CASE:
Cross-reference art collection concerned with compact
portable cases which is usually provided with a handle, and
adapted for easy transportation of articles, tools, devices,
etc., from place to place.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000