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

Class
294
HANDLING: HAND AND HOIST-LINE IMPLEMENTS

Class definitions may be accessed by clicking on the class title, above.
Subclass definitions may be accessed by clicking on the subclass number, below.

Patents classified in a subclass may be accessed by clicking on the " " icon following the subclass number, below.

( please note that links to definitions and classified patents may not be available for some classes and subclasses )

For search strategies, please refer to the Classification Index Explanation of Data web page.

Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> HANDLING: HAND AND HOIST-LINE IMPLEMENTS
1.1		MISCELLANEOUS
1.2		CONTACT LENS APPLICATOR
1.3		SANITARY HANDLER FOR PET DROPPINGS
1.4		. Pole mounted
1.5		. . Catcher
2		MISCELLANEOUS COMPOUND IMPLEMENT
3		. Plier or tong type
3.5		MORTAR HAWK
3.6		ZIPPER PULLING TOOL
4		BARREL-ROLLER TYPE
5		EAR-CORN HOLDERS
5.5		ROD-TYPE SUPPORTS AND HANGERS
6		PLATE TURNERS
7		PANCAKE TURNER TYPE
8		. Special turning element
8.5		CLOTHES TONGS
8.6		CARPET STRETCHER
132		WIRE ENGAGING AND CLAMPING MEANS FOR USE WITH CABLE TYPE WIRE TENSIONING APPARATUS
133		. Wire engaging portion of means includes rotatable, generally circular disk or cylinder
134		. Including threaded tightener
135		. Including pivotally attached and hand engaged lever
136		. . Having curved, camming portrusion formed on lever
9		STOVE IMPLEMENTS
10		. Combined
11		. Fire tong
12		. Lid lifter
13		. . Pivoted jaw
14		. Poker
15		HAND BARS AND HAND BARROWS
16		. Opposing jaws
17		. Cant hook type
18		. Railway coupling tools
19.1		POLE MOUNTED IMPLEMENT
19.2		. Ball Retriever
19.3		. Grappling Gaff
22		. Store goods
23		. . Compound tool
23.5		. Laundry sticks
24		. Compound tool
25		HAND AND FINGER ATTACHMENTS
26		HAND-HOOK TYPE
26.5		DISCHARGING HAND RECEPTACLES, TRAYS OR CAGES
27.1		DETACHABLE PLATE AND RECEPTACLE LIFTER
28		. Pivoted graspers
29		. . Rim- and bottom-engaging
30		. . Axially extending handle
31.1		. . Rim gripping jaws
31.2		. Band type
32		. Bottom-engaging
33		. Resilient
34		. Sliding graspers
49		HAND FORKS AND SHOVELS
50		. Fork-tine shovel clearers
50.5		. . With grappling-type forks or shovels
50.6		. Grappling type
50.7		. . Annularly arranged
50.8		. . With movable cooperating load-engaging member
50.9		. . . Fixed and movable members
51		. Convertible and combined
52		. . Fork and rake
53.5		. Pivoted and adjustable head
54.5		. Snow shovel
55		. Scoop
55.5		. Fork
56		. Edge guards
57		. Handles
58		. . Auxiliary
59		. Attachments
60		. . Foot pieces
61		SPEARS
62		BRICK CARRIERS
63.1		. Hoist-line frame
63.2		. . Expanding grapple, fluid pressure inflatable
64.1		VACUUM
64.2		. Venturi effect
64.3		. By positive fluid stream directed against article
65		. Frames
65.5		MAGNET
66.1		UNDERWATER IMPLEMENT
66.2		. With locating means
81.1		SPACING HOIST BAR OR FRAME
81.2		. Adjustable to accommodate different size loads
81.21		. . Telescopic
81.3		. With center of gravity adjustment
81.4		. With orienting means
81.41		. . Load engaging guide
81.5		. Load supporting units
81.51		. . Pivotal about horizontal axis
81.52		. . Rotatable about vertical axis
81.53		. . . Twist lock
81.54		. . Horizontally slideable
81.55		. . Underlying load spanning support and sling
81.56		. . Hook
81.6		. Load gripping units
81.61		. . Pivoted gripping element
81.62		. . Slideable gripping element
68.1		HOISTABLE RECEPTACLE
68.2		. With discharge or loading means
68.21		. . Bottom or side discharge or loading
68.22		. . . Bucket or bailer type
68.23		. . . . Twin bucket sectors (e.g., clamshell bucket)
68.24		. . . . Twin doors
68.25		. . . . Vertically sliding closure
68.26		. . Tilting discharge or loading
68.27		. . . With trunnions
68.3		. Separable auxilliary hoisting means (e.g., sling, spreader frame)
67.1		HOISTLINE ATTACHED LOAD SUPPORTING FRAME
67.2		. L-frame
67.21		. . With center of gravity adjustment
67.22		. . With load retainer
67.3		. Load capturing supports
67.31		. . Pivotable about horizontal axis
67.32		. . Rotatable about vertical axis
67.33		. . Horizontally slideable
67.4		. Underlying load spanning support and sling
67.41		. . With load retainer
67.5		. Load leveling or shifting
74		HOIST-LINE SLINGS
75		. Latch release
76		. . Bottom
77		. Net
82.1		HOISTLINE OR GRAB HOOK
82.11		. Cable and hook tackle
82.12		. . With center of gravity adjustment
82.13		. . Opposed load grasping hooks
82.14		. . Choker type
82.15		. Driven positioning mean
82.16		. Resilient suspension means (e.g., spring or fluid)
82.17		. Locking device (i.e., hook throat closure)
82.18		. . Overlapping loop forming hooks
82.19		. . Locking arm swings in plane of hook
82.2		. . . With pivoted latch
82.21		. . . With sliding latch
82.22		. . Swivel locking arm
82.23		. . Slidable locking arm
82.24		. Load releasing means
82.25		. . Parachute release means
82.26		. . Store ejector (e.g., aircraft carried)
82.27		. . Boat detaching
82.28		. . Plurality of balls
82.29		. . Explosive release
82.3		. . Motor operated
82.31		. . Pivoted load support
82.32		. . . Plurality of similar coacting supports
82.33		. . . With pivoted latch
82.34		. . . With sliding latch
82.35		. . Sliding load support
82.36		. . Load ejecting
85		OVERHEAD BEAM HOOKS AND GRAPPLES
86.4		GRAPPLE
86.41		. Load shifting
86.42		. Interwoven contractable gripper (e.g., chinese fingers)
86.1		. Well type
86.11		. . Basket-forming
86.12		. . Combined insertable and surrounding grappling means
86.13		. . With separate lateral positioning means
86.14		. . With separate grapple-setting operator
86.15		. . . Fluid pressure operator
86.16		. . With laterally movable grapple support
86.17		. . With releasing means
86.18		. . . Excessive force-responsive
86.19		. . . Spring release means
86.2		. . . Grappling means latched in release position
86.21		. . . . Lateral pocket and lug
86.22		. . . Screw-threaded
86.23		. . With impact means
86.24		. . Expanding grapple means
86.25		. . . Cammed grappling means
86.26		. . Contracting grappling means (e.g., overshot)
86.27		. . . Inwardly biased grappling means with trip
86.28		. . . Outwardly biased grappling means
86.29		. . . Pivoted grappling means
86.3		. . . Cammed grappling means
86.31		. . . . Inwardly biased grappling means
86.32		. . . Resilient grappling means
86.33		. . . Shoulder-engaging
86.34		. . Including washover or cutover means
87.1		. Multiple grapples for multiple objects
87.11		. . Confection stick handling (e.g., popsicle stick)
87.12		. . Egg handler
87.2		. . Groove- or shoulder-engaging type
87.22		. . . Pivoted jaws
87.24		. . . . Link- or lever-operated
87.26		. . . Slidable jaws
87.28		. . . Rigid type
88		. Magnet- or piston-controlled
89		. Lewises
90		. Collar-engaging
91		. . Rigid yoke
92		. Rigid gripper
93		. Expanding
94		. . Cam-spread jaws
95		. . . Pivoted
96		. . . Slip wedge
97		. . Pivoted
98		. . . Hayfork type
98.1		. . Inflatable
99.1		. Resilient jaws
99.2		. . Hand-held (e.g., tweezer, tongs)
100		. . Separate sliding operator
101		. Pivoted cam and hook
102.1		. Socket and slip wedge
102.2		. . Well pipe elevator
103.1		. Fixed and moveable jaw
103.2		. . Coil gripper
104		. . Pivoted jaw
105		. . . Hayfork type
106		. Pivoted jaws
107		. . Hayfork type
108		. . . With auxiliary retainer
109		. . . Latched
110.1		. . Automatic
110.2		. . . Cam and follower
111		. . Separate cable operator
112		. . . Suspension
113		. . Surrounding frame
114		. . . Opposing load-engaging cams
115		. . Separate sliding operator
116		. . Cam-operated
117		. . Auxiliary operating handle
118		. . Crossed levers
119		. . . Tandem tongs
119.1		. Slideable jaws
119.2		. Band type
119.3		. Inflatable
119.4		. Swing dampener
120		HAYFORK TYPE
121		. Corkscrew
122		. Single tilting fork
123		. . With auxiliary retainer
124		. . Latch release
125		. Combined harpoon and fork
126		. Harpoon
127		. . Mechanically spread barbs
128		. . . Multiple
129		. . . . Latch release
130		. . . Latch release
131		SHIELD DEVICES
137		ARTICLE CARRIER GRIPPED AND CARRIED BY HAND
138		. Including means to cover book or sheet
139		. Including support for optical instrument (e.g., camera holder)
140		. Carrier for person
141		. Convertible to, or useable as, different device or different type carrier
142		. . Having means for supporting or mounting carrier
143		. . . Having plural receivers or supports for plural articles (e.g., rack)
144		. . . Tray
145		. Configured for complimentary projections on package or article
146		. Having plural diverse receivers or supports for diverse articles
147		. . Including receiver or support for ski
148		. Including helical spring or elastic material for engaging or supporting article
149		. Having flaccid receiver, support or fastener for article
150		. . Including means to tighten flaccid member about article
151		. . Including rigid, semirigid or reinforced panel
152		. . Having plural handles connected by flaccid receiver or support (e.g., sling)
153		. . And rigid handle or bar
154		. . . Plural discrete flaccid supporting members suspended from handle or bar at spaced points
155		. . . . And connected by cross-strap or brace (e.g., harness)
156		. . . Single web or strap (e.g., sling)
157		. . Having parallel flaccid members forming article support
158		. Carrier component positioned in aperture in article
159		. Having plural discrete receivers or supports for spaced articles
160		. . Separable supports
161		. . Vertical array
162		. . Having movably mounted or separable means to retain articles
163		. . . Common to plural receivers or supports
164		. Article gripping or retaining means actuated by lifting carrier
165		. Including means to release article or to fasten carrier to or around article
166		. . Resiliently biased
167		. Support or receiver movably, removably, or adjustably mounted to handle or handle portion (e.g., collapsible)
168		. . Having slidable sections
169		. . Having pivoted sections
170		. Including handle having article or cord engaging means depending at each end
171		. Having cord or bail accommodating groove or passage along length of handle
172		. Tray
		******************************
		CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
		******************************
901		PLATE LIFTING CLAMP
902		GRIPPING ELEMENT
903		BATTERY CARRIER
904		VEHICLE CARRIER
905		WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE
906		ATOMIC FUEL HANDLER
907		SENSOR CONTROLLED DEVICE

Information Products Division -- Contacts

Questions regarding this report should be directed to:

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Information Products Division
PK3- Suite 441
Washington, DC 20231

tel: (703) 306-2600
FAX: (703) 306-2737
email: oeip@uspto.gov

---

Last Modified: 6 October 2000