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

Class
108
HORIZONTALLY SUPPORTED PLANAR SURFACES

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> HORIZONTALLY SUPPORTED PLANAR SURFACES
1		TILTABLE SURFACES
2		. Biased
3		. Sectional
4		. About plural axes
5		. With horizontal adjustment
6		. Pivotally adjustable about horizontal axis
7		. . Mechanical actuator tilts surface
8		. . Oppositely tiltable with respect to horizontal plane
9		. . Surface adjusting link spaced from axis
10		. . . Vertically adjustable axis
11		CONVERTIBLE
12		. Reorientatable support
13		. Alternately usable surfaces
14		. Receptacle
15		. Vertical surface
16		. Rack support
17		. Multiplanar to coplanar position
18		. Support becomes inoperative
19		. . Alternately usable legs
20		POWER DRIVEN
21		. Intermittent drive
22		. Along circuitous path
23		WITH ILLUMINATION MEANS
24		WITH DRAIN
25		WITH RECEPTACLE
26		. Detachable or relatively movable
26.2		. . Inkwell
27		WITH PERIPHERAL GUARD
28		WITH DIVERSE SUPPORT FOR ARTICLES
29		. Rod or bar
30		. . Hook
31		. . Superposed
32		. Inclined surface
33		WITH HOUSING
34		. Formed by collapsible surface
35		. . Surface and support pivotally interconnected
36		. . . Paired legs
37		. Counterbalanced surface
38		. Surface forms closure
39		. Surface adjusts to plural operative positions
40		. Surface slidably hinged to housing wall
41		. Formed from support
42		WITH STRUCTURAL INSTALLATION
43		. Body related
44		. Vehicle supported
45		. . Instrument panel
46		. . Support enters window recess
47		. On top and side of upright wall
48		. Having wall and floor relationship
49		. Bed supported
50.01		. WITH MACHINE (I.E., TYPEWRITER, COPY MACHINE, ETC.)
50.02		. HAVING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT (E.G., WIRE, OUTPUT JACK, ETC.)
50.11		COMBINED
50.12		. With umbrella structure
50.13		. With heating or air moving means
50.14		. With head, arm, leg, or foot rest
50.15		. With mirror
50.16		. With walker
50.17		. With a roll
50.18		. With liquid conduit or gas duct
51.11		INDUSTRIAL PLATFORM
51.3		. Formed from folded semirigid material (e.g., cardboard, etc.)
52.1		. Handler entry between load and support
53.1		. Stacking
53.3		. . Nesting
53.5		. . Tiering
54.1		. Adjustable
55.1		. With load-confining means
55.3		. . Support surface having article-engaging projection or recess
55.5		. . Means for receiving load holddown means
56.1		. Knockdown or setup
56.3		. . Support element attachable to or separable from support surface
57.1		. Invertible
57.12		. Including shock-absorbing means
57.13		. For supporting a barrel
57.14		. Wire pallet
57.15		. Including a roller or track contacting area
57.16		. Load-contacting surface having upwardly projected edge
57.17		. Load-contacting surface having parallel spaced-apart support members
57.18		. . Corrugated or grooved support members
57.19		. . Support members interlock with parallel crossing stringers by notched joints
57.2		. . Including elongated binding means extending perpendicular to and engaging upper surface of support members (e.g., flange, strap, etc.)
57.21		. Load-contacting surface having parallel support members in juxtaposed position
57.22		. . Tubular or channel-shaped support members
57.23		. . Including one-piece elongated channel bar engaging upper and lower surfaces of support members
57.24		. . Including elongated angle bar having horizontal flange engaging upper surface of support members
57.25		. Having plastic load-contacting surface
57.26		. . Formed by joining mating spacers of identical pallet halves together
57.27		. . Load-contacting surface formed by bonded plastic sheets
57.28		. . One-piece molded pallet
57.29		. Having corrugated, grooved, or notched load-contacting surface
57.3		. . One-piece bent sheet metal
57.31		. Including tubular support
57.32		. Metal load-contacting surface
57.33		. Having support spacer between a load-contacting surface and a base member
57.34		. Laminated load-contacting surface
59		PLURAL RELATED HORIZONTAL SURFACES
60		. With partition
61		. . Horizontally adjustable
62		. Invertible surface
63		. . Superposed sections convert to coplanar sections
64		. Laterally connected individual units
65		. Coplanar extension surface
66		. . Circular segment
67		. . Flexible material or hingedly interconnected slats or panels
68		. . . Guided in arcuate path
69		. . End leaf
70		. . . Surface lowers into coplanar position with leaf
71		. . . Elevating mechanism
72		. . . . Link
73		. . . . Cam and slide
74		. . . . . Also moves principal surface
75		. . . . . Cam slot
76		. . . Elevatable
77		. . . Dropleaf
78		. . . . Leaf supports move in plane parallel to primary surface
79		. . . . . Supports include leg
80		. . . . Diagonal brace
81		. . . . . Toggle type
82		. . . . . With trip mechanism
83		. . Intermediate leaf
84		. . . Elevating mechanism
85		. . . . Responsive to end section movement
86		. . . Concealed in stored position
87		. . . With equalizer for opposed end section movement
88		. . . Divided pedestal supports end sections
89		. . . End sections secured mutually or to insert
90		. Detachable enlarging or substitute surface
91		. Nested or stacked units
92		. Terraced
93		. . One surface concealed beneath another surface
94		. . Rotatable
95		. . . Vertically adjustable
96		. . Vertically adjustable
97		. . Detachable surface clamped to stationary surface
98		. . . Clamping leg
99		. . Folding
100		. . . Opposite edges of surfaces vertically aligned
101		. . With separable components
102		. Horizontally adjustable
103		. . Rotatable about vertical axis
104		. . . Inner section rotates relative to fixed outer section
105		. . . Vertically adjustable
106		. Vertically adjustable
107		. . Removably mountable in plural positions
108		. . . Cantilever support
109		. . . . Support members face each other
110		. . . Interlocked with surface configuration of support
162		. Foldable component
163		. . Surfaces comprise plural bars
164		. . Superjacent support
165		. . Integrally formed from sheet
166		. . Hinged horizontal surfaces
167		. . . Folded along lateral center line
168		. . . . With latch
169		. . . . Leg collapses between surface sections
170		. . . . Surface section collapses between legs
171		. . . Folded along longitudinal center line
172		. . . . With latch
173		. . . Leg and surface sections collapse concurrently
174		. . . . Leg collapses between surface sections
175		. . . . Surface section collapses between legs
176		. . Support structure includes leg
177		. . . With caster
178		. . . . Pairs of legs pivotally connected at their top ends and diverging downwardly
179		. . Horizontal surface pivotally connected to support
180		. Separable component
181		. . Surfaces comprise plural bars
182		. . Superjacent support
183		. . Vertically spaced circular surfaces
184		. . Transparent surface
185		. . Laterally interconnected coplanar surfaces
186		. . Support structure includes leg
187		. . . Horizontal brace connecting legs
188		. . . Diagonal brace connecting legs
189		. . . With caster
190		. . . Sectional legs
191		. . . Single pedestal
192		. . . Leg attached at surface corner by clamping means
193		. . . Surface detachably connected to vertical side frames
115		FOLDING
116		. With vertical adjustability
117		. . Sliding pivot connects surface and support
118		. Mutually pivoted crossed legs support surface
119		. . Surface pivoted to one, separably supported on other
120		. . Sliding pivot connects surface and leg
121		. All legs pivot toward common surface edge
122		. . On common axis
123		. . Conjointly actuated by interconnected brace
124		. Surface separably supported by means spaced from fixed pivot
125		. Legs pivot perimetrically of surface
126		. . Conjointly
127		. Legs pivotally converge toward surface center
128		. Folding arms support surface
129		. Legs fold axially parallel to surface edges
130		. . Paired legs conjointly actuated
131		. . Releasable means holds paired legs in predetermined position
132		. . . Legs folded adjacent surface
133		. . . Spring biased
134		. Laterally attached surface
135		. . Detachable assembly
136		BIASED SURFACE
137		HORIZONTALLY ADJUSTABLE
138		. Concurrent horizontal and vertical movements
139		. Rotates about vertical axis
140		. . And moves lineally
141		. . Vertically adjustable
142		. . With means to limit or inhibit rotation
143		. Mounted on slide-and-guide
144.11		VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE
145		. Articulated link shifts surface
146		. With biased holding means; e.g., latch
147		. With force-multiplying means
147.11		. Shelf type
147.12		. . Including means for securing a corner of shelf to a vertical tubular post
147.13		. . . Including corner sleeve
147.14		. . . Including corner clamp
147.15		. . Attached to corner post
147.16		. . Having shelf-supporting means mounted between parallel spaced-apart upright walls
147.17		. . Including shelf supporting bracket
147.18		. By clamping assembly
147.19		. By telescoping
147.2		. . And pivoting
147.21		. . Including fastening means passing through registered openings
147.22		. By pivoting a leg
148		. Holding means cooperates with smooth face
149		SUPPORTING STRUCTURE EXTENDS UPWARDLY OF SURFACE
150		PEDESTAL SUPPORTED
151		SURFACE MEMBER EMBRACES SUPPORT
152		ATTACHED LATERALLY OF SUPPORT
153.1		WITH SEPARABLE COMPONENTS
154		. Surface and support interlocked by spaced detachable constrainer
155		. Surface secured to leg-connecting parallel member
156		. Independent legs support surface
157.1		. Surface separable from support entity
157.11		. . Attachable to armchair
157.12		. . Detachable ironing board
157.13		. . Detachable shelf-type
157.14		. . Formed from folded semi-rigid material (e.g., cardboard, fibrous paper material, etc.)
157.15		. . Table top having downwardly extended edge for directly contacting with and securing to an end of support entity
157.16		. . Table top having notch means for receiving projection from support entity
157.17		. . Table top solely connected to support entity by its own weight
157.18		. . Support entity having means with opposite members (e.g., slot, groove, clamping means, etc.) for holding an edge of table top therebetween
159		. . Surface vertically removable, horizontally immovable
159.11		. . By latch or clamping means
159.12		. . Including folding legs
158		. . Threaded connection
158.11		. Having means to detachably connect a tubular component to another component
158.12		. Separable components connected together by interlocking parts (e.g., groove and tongue, etc.)
158.13		. Separable components connected together by clamping means
160		SURFACE WITH BRACED HINGED LEG
161		MISCELLANEOUS
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		CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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901		SYNTHETIC PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL PLATFORM (E.G., PALLET, ETC.)
902		. Made with deformable integral fastening elements
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		FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS
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		Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been reclassified have been transferred directly to FOR Collection listed below. These collections contain ONLY foreign patents or nonpatent literature. The parenthetical references in the Collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these Collections were derived
FOR 100		COMBINED (108/50)
FOR 101		INDUSTRIAL PLATFORM (108/51.1)
FOR 102		VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE (108/144)
FOR 103		WITH SEPARABLE COMPONENTS (108/153)
FOR 104		. Surface separable from support entity (108/157)

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Last Modified: 6 October 2000