Class 186: MERCHANDISING ( Manual of U.S. Patent Classification )

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

Class
186
MERCHANDISING

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> MERCHANDISING

35		CUSTOMER SERVICE
36		. Combined services
37		. Banking
38		. Dining room service
39		. . With machine readable means
40		. . In a transport vehicle
41		. . Drive-in
42		. . Dining table structure movable in fixed path
43		. . With conveyor cleaner
44		. . Menu make-up table
45		. . Wheeled carrier
46		. . . Track guided
47		. . . . With food carrier elevating means
48		. . . . Overhead
49		. . With conveyor (e.g., belt type)
50		. . . With food carrier elevating means
51		. . With elevator
52		. Store service
53		. . Drive-in
54		. . With cooling room having transparent access door
55		. . With remote item dispensing
56		. . . Machine readable
57		. . Relatively movable selection station and merchandise shelving
58		. . With order carrier movable on track means
59		. . Checkout counter
60		. . . With conveyor to vehicle loading station
61		. . . With means enabling price reading
62		. . . With cart accommodation or handling
63		. . . . Cart emptying facilitation
64		. . . . . Self-unloading
65		. . . . . With elevating means
66		. . . With bag storage or bagging support
67		. . . With turntable
68		. . . With power driven belt conveyor
69		. . With power driven conveyor
2		. . Gravity systems
3		. . . Selective delivery
4		. . . Tilting track
5		. . . . Both ends movable
6		. . . . . Pivoted arms
7		. . Self-propelled car systems
8		. . Single-impulse systems
9		. . . Speed increasing
10		. . . Spring
11		. . . . Longitudinally moving line
12		. . . Gravity
13		. . . Spreaders
14		. . Cable-propulsion systems
15		. . . Grip, selective release
16		. . . Load release
17		. . . Reciprocating
18		. . . . Drop car
19		. . Switches
20		. . . Selective
21		. . . . Carrier returned
22		. . Elevators and drops
23		. . . Speed-controlled drop
24		. . Buffers
25		. . . Slide
26		. . Carriers
27		. . . Wheeled
28		. . . . Self-propelled
29		. . . . Drop receptacle
30		. . . . Derailment guards
31		. . . Rolling
32		. . . Sliding
33		. . Details
34		. . . Track

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Last Modified: 6 October 2000

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

Class 186 MERCHANDISING

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

Class
186
MERCHANDISING