What follows are the subclasses from one class of the Manual of Classification for US patents. As you scroll through the list and encounter a class/subclass of interest, you can jump back to the top and retrieve patent titles by entering the class/subclass in the box below.
Enter a class/subclass code here to get a list of patent titles. Use
any of the following forms:
363-131 121-55A 14-.5
that is, no embedded spaces, class and subclass seperated by a dash, and any
subclass letters capitalized. Currently Design Patent titles (those in the
classes of the form Dxx.yy) are not retreivable.
Class Number: 294
Class Title: HANDLING: HAND AND HOIST-LINE IMPLEMENTS
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
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 .Resilientt
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 FRAMEE
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-threadedd
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 jawss
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 sectionss
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