PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 215
 Class Title: BOTTLES AND JARS

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1 R     MISCELLANEOUS
  1 B     .Wooden vessels
  1 A     .Drinking straw
  1 C     .Plastic
  2       BOTTOM FILLED
  3       EJECTING
  4       .Siphon type
  5       ..Spring controlled
  6       COMPARTMENT
  365     CONTENT INDICATING
  366     .Interior of receptacle
  367     .Poison
  10      NESTING
  11.1    NURSING BOTTLES AND NIPPLES
  11.2    .With temperature responsve indicator
  11.3    .Collapsible liner or wall
  11.4    .With valve for liquid
  11.5    .With vent or valve for air
  11.6    .With cover
  12.1    MULTILAYER BARRIER STRUCTURE
  12.2    .Coating or lamination
  13.1    .Insulating material between spaced wall panels
  14      NONREFILLABLE
  15      .Air trap
  16      .Ejecting
  17      .Guard or valve type
  18      ..Valves
  19      ...Single type spring controlled
  20      ...Single type float controlled
  21      ...Single type gravity controlled
  22      ....Separate disconnected weight
  23      ....Pendant weight
  24      ....Pivoted
  25      ...Multiple type
  26      ..Guards
  27      ...Integral with the container
  28      ...Cap
  29      ...Fasteners
  30      ..Separate neck
  31      NECKS
  32      .Breakable
  33      ..Stoppers
  34      ...Multiple
  35      ..Stopper fasteners
  36      ...Spring
  99.5    GOBLET TYPE
  200     CLOSURES
  201     .Having warning means or means impeding closure removal (e.g.,
            child proof)
  202     ..Barbed
  203     ..With exhibitive feature
  204     ..Receptacle opening sealed by each of plural closuress
  205     ..Closure at or forms receptacle base
  206     ..Having registerable indicia to facilitate closure removal
  207     ..With key actuated lock
  208     ..Multi-directional turn or twist type
  209     ..Closure removal includes receptacle deformation
  210     ..Closure removal includes receptacle tilting
  211     ..Closure or closure portion engagingly enters receptacle
             opening
  212     ...Expandable
  213     ...With movable closure removal obstacle
  214     ...Closure guided in simultaneous turning and reciprocating
              movement, e.g., threaded
  215     ..With provision for opening tool
  216     ..Flexible locking member integral with or attached to closure
  217     ..Closure guided in simultaneous turning and reciprocating
             movement, e.g., screw threaded
  218     ...Closure threaded to receptacle and/or rotatable closure
              removal obstruction
  219     ...Encompassing closure removal obstacle and closure engaging
              for concurrent movement
  220     ....Axially movable closure removal obstacle or obstacle
               portion
  221     ...Closure removal obstacle movable to unobstructive position
  222     ...Quick removal, e.g., bayonet
  223     ..Closure guided in sequential turning and reciprocating
             movement
  224     ..Snap-type closure
  225     ...With movable closure removal obstacle
  226     .Substitute closure having means to remove original closure
  227     .With structure for removably holding an article or material
  228     .Combined or convertible
  229     ..With straw
  230     .Including visual indicia
  231     .Provided with means to purposely depress or contact receptacle
            contents
  232     .Retained by bonding or adhesive means
  233     .With hardenable liquid or plastic seal
  234     .With liquid seal at closure seat on receptacle
  235     .Closure pivoted about receptacle opening
  236     ..Pivoted at right angle to plane of closure
  237     ..With fastening means
  238     ...Cam type
  239     ...Closure mounted on lever-actuated yoke
  240     ....With specific closure structure
  241     .....Yoke-receiving slot or hole
  242     ....Lever bears directly on closure
  243     ...Screw-type clamp or threaded
  244     ...Spring type
  245     ....Catch or hook type
  246     .Shrinkable closure, fastener or seal
  247     .Self-sealing, piercable-type closure
  248     ..With vent and air filter means
  249     ..With frangible cover portion
  250     .Frangible member or portion
  251     ..Outer closure breaks or tears away to expose second closure
  252     ..Twist off motion frees reusable closure
  253     ..About line or point of weakness
  254     ...Tear stripp
  255     ....With nonintegral actuator, e.g., attached pull ring
  256     ....Line of weakness extends circumferentially of receptacle
               mouth opening
  257     ..With cutting or tearing means, e.g., wire or string rip cord
  258     .Closure removal causes portion thereof to remain with
            receptacle
  259     .Gas passes through a liquid
  260     .With pressure responsive valve
  261     .Barrier permeable to gas and impermeable to liquid
  262     .With vacuum breaker
  263     .Nonresealable, nonremovable closure
  264     .Applied from within receptacle
  265     ..Plural closures
  266     ..Ball type
  267     ..With manipulator
  268     ...Wire
  269     .Having an inflatable member
  270     .With pressure-responsive seal
  271     .Closure expands responsive to internal receptacle pressure
  272     .Cap type with manually actuated means to contract depending
            skirt part
  273     .With separate applied fastener to hold closure in closed
            portion
  274     ..Ring type
  275     ...Contracting
  276     ...Screw
  277     ..Cap-type fastener
  278     ...Bound or tied
  279     ..Expanding fastener
  280     ..Clamping fastener
  281     ...Inclines to interrupted threads
  282     ....Spring-type clamp
  283     ...Screw actuated
  284     ...Lever actuated
  285     ....Bail
  286     ...Bail type
  287     ...Spring
  288     ....Coil
  289     ....Closure engaging spring arm hinged to receptacle or support
               thereon
  290     ....Spring clip traverses closure, with depending ends thereof
               diametrically gripping receptacle exterior
  291     ...Flexible tie
  292     ..Disk exerts radial force against cup-shaped closure within
             receptacle mouth or neck
  293     .With attached nonintegral spring-type clamping fastener
            engaging exterior receptacle surface
  294     .Stopper with attached, nonintegral clamp means engaging
            interior receptacle surface
  295     .With means to facilitate closure removal
  296     ..Stopper-type closure
  297     ...Piercing-type closure extractor
  298     ...Disk-type closure with finger-engageable projection
  299     ...Permanently secured in stopper cavity
  300     ....Cavity extends circumferentially of stopper surface
  301     ..Actuated by downwardly applied force
  302     ..Tool engaging means or closure or receptacle
  303     ..Separate opening means associated with closuree
  304     ...Lever-type, pry-off means
  305     ..Hand or finger engageable projection
  306     .Retainer, e.g., closure tethered to receptacle
  307     .Receptacle interior communicable with exterior with closure in
            applied position, e.g., vented
  308     ..Communicating through a filter
  309     ..With separate inlet and outlet passages
  310     ..Communicable through small, openable aperture in disk-type
             closure
  311     ..With valve
  312     ...Ball type
  313     ...Rotary type
  314     ...Screw actuated
  315     ...Spring actuated
  316     .Cap type
  317     ..Resilient distortion of closure skirt holds it in closed
             position
  318     ...Push on, twist off
  319     ...Specifically designed to accommodate plural sizes
  320     ...Combined with stopper structure
  321     ...Closure and receptacle having preformed, coacting
              configurations
  322     ..Slidable transverse to receptacle opening axis
  323     ..Skirt made of separate strip bent into cylinder
  324     ..Crimped flange or skirt portion
  325     ...Closure portion engagingly enters receptacle mouth
  326     ...Flexible material, e.g., paper or foil
  327     ...Crimp deforms seal against receptacle
  328     ...With vertical corrugation, e.g., crown cap
  329     ..Removably attached to receptacle by relative rotation between
             keepers, e.g., screw threads or lugs
  330     ...With means to prevent unintentional rotation in closure
              releasing direction
  331     ...Projection engages keeper to stop rotation in closure
              applying direction
  332     ...Keeper has vertically and horizontally extending slots, e.g.,
              bayonet
  333     ...Keeper formed by bend in bead encircling lower edge of cap
              skirt
  334     ...Keeper formed only on inner wall of double wall cap or
              consists of separate member on cap
  335     ...Keeper consists of separate member on receptacle
  336     ...Keeper consists of tab or strip struck from cap skirt
  337     ...Cap skirt impressed with circumferential inclined keeper
              indent, or with circumferentially spaced keeper indents
  338     ...Keeper shaved from inner surface of cap skirt
  339     ...Keeper formed by inward facing beads spaced along lower edge
              of cap skirt
  340     ...Keeper formed by horizontal flange projecting inward from
              lower edge of cap skirt
  341     ..With identifiable, integral or separate gasket, seal or liner
  342     ...Spring biased
  343     ...Depending sealing rib engages receptacle top
  344     ....Integral with closure
  345     ....Rib on seal ring
  346     ...Seal locks closure to receptacle
  347     ...Distinct layers
  348     ...Foamm
  349     ...Disk
  350     ....Closure structure retains disk
  351     ....Annular depending deformation on closure engages disk
  352     ...Ring
  353     ..Having flaired skirt
  354     ..Closure portion engagingly enters receptacle mouth
  355     .Stopper type
  356     ..Removably attached to receptacle by rotation, e.g., screw
             threaded or lugged
  357     ...Interrupted threads
  358     ..Expanding type
  359     ...Cam or lever actuated
  360     ...Screw actuated
  361     ...Stem operated
  362     ...Permanently deformed
  363     ..Disk type
  364     ..Composite
  100 R   ATTACHMENTS
  100.5   .Condensate or drip collection
  101     .Clip
  100 A   .Handles
  *       ******************************
  *       DIGESTS
  *       ******************************
  DIG 1   Fins
  DIG 2   Coatings and laminations for making of bottle caps
  DIG 3   Medical
  DIG 4   Capping materials
  DIG 5   Spoons
  DIG 6   Resin-coated bottles
  DIG 7   With drinking cup
  DIG 8   Mixing