Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
043
FISHING, TRAPPING, AND VERMIN DESTROYING

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> FISHING, TRAPPING, AND VERMIN DESTROYING
1		MISCELLANEOUS
2		DECOYS
3		. Duck
4		FISHING
4.5		. Methods of fishing
5		. Fish landing devices combined with tackle, e.g., gaffs, grapples
6		. Harpoons and spears
6.5		. Gathering or catching device with conveyer to boat
7		. Nets
8		. . Handling apparatus
9.1		. . Trawl
9.2		. . . Having excluder device
9.3		. . . Having limiting or limit indicating feature
9.4		. . . Bottom running sled
9.5		. . . Bottom running roll
9.6		. . . Utilizing electrical shock to control fish or aquatic animal
9.7		. . . Having specific flow affected board device for holding net mouth open, e.g., an otterboard, etc.
9.8		. . . Having specific line element
9.9		. . . Having specific chafe preventing element
9.95		. . . Fabric construction
10		. . Gill
11		. . Dip
12		. . . Foldable
13		. . Fish wheels
14		. . Seines
15		. Automatic hookers or catchers
16		. . Signaling
17		. Signal devices
17.1		. Electric current or sonic wave energy
17.2		. Releasing devices
17.5		. Illuminated, e.g., luminous
17.6		. . Artificial bait
18.1		. Rod
19		. . With line propelling or trajecting means
19.2		. . With nonreeling motion means for rod and line, or line
20		. . Reel section
21		. . . Motor operated
21.2		. . Holders, supports, steadying devices
22		. . Reel mounts
23		. . Butts
24		. . Line guides or tips
25		. . Attachments
25.2		. . . Hook and tackle holders
26		. . Cases
18.5		. . Fiber glass or graphite fishing rod
26.1		. Motor-operated
26.2		. . Artificial bait
27.2		. Trolley apparatus
27.4		. Fixed support line handling means, e.g., trawls
34		. Trap hooks
35		. . Artificial bait
36		. . Expanding
37		. . Pull-actuated
41		. Enclosed or protected
41.2		. . Casting guards
42		. Artificial bait
42.02		. . Line surge action with biased reaction
42.03		. . Automatically movable directing vane
42.04		. . Shiftable on strike
42.05		. . . Lure slidable on line
42.06		. . Substance emitting and/or water passage
42.08		. . Interlocked hook lure and line connections
42.09		. . Interchangeable body parts
42.1		. . Flexible body's housing or guarding hook
42.11		. . Plural lures and movably connected rigid lure members
42.12		. . . One member within the other, at least one spinning
42.13		. . . Plural movable members offset or at sides of body
42.14		. . . Plural rotating members
42.15		. . . Movably connected in series
42.16		. . . . One member rotating
42.17		. . . . . Sheet material member preceding and rotating
42.18		. . . . Sheet material
42.19		. . Spinner rotatably mounted on shaft
42.2		. . . Spiral or oppositely turned vanes
42.21		. . . . Plug or minnow type
42.22		. . Adjustable direction or buoyancy control
42.23		. . . Selective or shiftable lure to line connection
42.24		. . Flexible or with flexible appendages, e.g., worms
42.25		. . . Feathers, strands, fibers, etc., only, e.g., flies
42.26		. . . Bodies with plural side-attached appendages
42.27		. . . . Wing simulations
42.28		. . . Bodies with trailing appendages
42.29		. . . . Detachable bait strip
42.3		. . . . Two rearwardly directed appendages, e.g., frogs
42.31		. . With confined shifting material and/or sound making
42.32		. . Ornament
42.33		. . . Transparent, with reflector or pattern
42.34		. . . Projections and indentations for simulation and reflecting
42.35		. . Hollow bodies
42.36		. . Hook and line connection extending through or along body
42.37		. . Mounted on hook
42.38		. . . Detachable
42.39		. . Weighted
42.4		. . With guards
42.41		. . . Hook housed or guarded by body
42.42		. . . Guards downwardly projecting
42.43		. . . Hook closing
42.44		. . Hook pivoted to lure with motion-limiting means
42.45		. . Solid bodies
42.46		. . . With spiral or vanes for spinning
42.47		. . . With sheet material vane
42.48		. . . Plugs
42.49		. . Special line attachments
42.5		. . Spoon type
42.51		. . . With spiral or oppositely directed vanes
42.52		. . . Nonmarginal and/or nonpivoted hook attachments
42.53		. . Methods of making
42.7		. Snagging and shellfish rigs, e.g., jiggers
42.72		. With line shock absorber or resilient extension feature
42.74		. Spreaders or separators for plural lines and/or hooks
43.1		. Line-attached bodies, hooks and rigs
43.11		. . Line storing
43.12		. . Releasable from line, e.g., casting weights
43.13		. . Line-guiding or twist-controlling, e.g., trolling vanes, otters
43.14		. . With adjustable weight or buoyancy
43.15		. . Plural diverse-type bodies
43.16		. . Hooks
43.2		. . . Guards, e.g., weedless hooks
43.4		. . . . Shiftable, collapsible, or line-operated
43.6		. . . . Hook closing
44.2		. . . Bait holders and retainers
44.4		. . . . Bait encircling
44.6		. . . . Opposed gripping jaws
44.8		. . . . Mounted on, integral with, or rigidly connected to hook
44.81		. . . Weighted
44.82		. . . With plural piercing points
44.83		. . . With leaders and/or line-connection feature
44.84		. . . . Branch or lateral line type
44.85		. . . . . Adjustable along line
44.86		. . . . With check or collect ring keeper
44.87		. . Selectively free sliding or fixed on line
44.88		. . . Line strain or motion actuated, e.g., strike or pole tip released
44.89		. . Bendable or deformable material for line connection, e.g., split shot
44.9		. . With line passing through center of body
44.91		. . . With line-gripping means
44.92		. . With relatively movable parts and/or resilient construction for attachment to line
44.93		. . . Movable wedge or collect ring type
44.94		. . . Spiral or pigtail line holder wrapped around stem
44.95		. . . Resiliently biased or elastic line clamping means
44.96		. . Sinkers with ground-engaging means, e.g., trolley or surf anchors
44.97		. . Sinkers with guards or retrieving features
44.98		. Lines and/or leaders
44.99		. Bait distributors, e.g., chumming devices
53.5		. Disgorgers and gags
54.1		. Holder
55		. . Catch and natural bait
56		. . Minnow buckets
57		. . . Aerating pump
57.1		. . Hook
57.2		. . . Holder for snelled hook under tension
57.3		. . Trotline holder
58		TRAPS
59		. Burglar
60		. Imprisoning
61		. . Swinging or sliding closure
62		. . Falling encaging member
63		. . Jaw cage type
64		. Self and ever set
65		. . Nonreturn entrance
66		. . . Victim-opened
67		. . . Victim-closed
68		. . Sinking compartment
69		. . Tiltable platform
70		. . . Trigger-released
71		. . Rotatable platform
72		. . . Trigger-released
73		. Self-reset
74		. . Rotating door or platform
75		. . Smiting
76		. Victim-reset
77		. Impaling or smiting
78		. . Rectilinear striker movement
79		. . . Impaling
80		. . . . Burrow type
81		. . Swinging striker
81.5		. . . Auxiliary striker holder
82		. . . Direct engaging latch
83		. . . . Automatic catch
83.5		. . . Automatic set
84		. Explosive
85		. Choking or squeezing
86		. . Movable loops
87		. . Constricting noose
88		. Jaw
89		. . Suspended
90		. . Modified jaw
91		. . . Parallel oscillating
92		. . Modified trigger mechanism
93		. . . Direct engagement
94		. . . . Wedge or toggle
95		. . . Automatic catch
96		. . Attachments
97		. . . Setting
98		. Electrocuting
99		. . Body-removing or concealing
100		. Fish
101		. . Weirs
102		. . Elevatable cage
103		. . Portable or floating
104		. . . Towable
105		. . Foldable or collapsible
106		. . Porpoise
107		. Insect
108		. . Tree trunk
109		. . Furniture
110		. . Operator-controlled
111		. . Mechanically operated
112		. . Electrocuting
113		. . Illuminated
114		. . Adhesive
115		. . . Flypaper holders
116		. . . Flexible with drawable section
117		. . . Upright perch slidable receptacle
118		. . Reticulate fabric
119		. . Window screen or door
120		. . Garbage can
121		. . Crawling insect type
122		. . Fly vases
123		. . Bedbug type
124		VERMIN DESTROYING
125		. Fumigators
126		. . Tree apparatus
127		. . Smokers
128		. . . Bee type
129		. . Vaporizers
130		. . . Steam
131		. Poison holders
132.1		. Insect
133		. . Catchers
134		. . . Implements
135		. . . . Spring-operated
136		. . . . Adhesive
137		. . . . Swatters
138		. . . Machines
139		. . . . Suction
140		. . . . . Traveling
141		. . . . Blast
142		. . . . Rotated agitator
143		. . . . Oscillated agitator
144		. . Burners
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