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Class Number: 362
Class Title: ILLUMINATION
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
1 DAYLIGHT LIGHTING
2 .Including selected wavelength modifier (e.g., filter)
3 PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHTING
4 .Light responsive
5 .Measuring or indicating
6 .Heat responsive or control
7 .Convertible
8 .Combined
9 ..With battery support means
10 .Safety or interlocks
11 .Plural light sources or light source supports
12 ..Diverse type or size
13 ..Lamp substitution or selection
14 ...Indexing (i.e., dynamic)
15 ....With electrical ignition
16 .Including specific light modifier
17 ..Plural diverse
18 ..Selective or adjustable
19 WITH POLARIZER
20 AUTOMATIC SUBSTITUTION OF POWER SUPPLY OR LIGHT SOURCE
21 WITH FILAMENT CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO FRACTURE OF LIGHT
SOURCE ENVELOPE OR ENCLOSURE
22 .Fluid or pressure responsive
23 ILLUMINATED SCALE OR DIAL
24 .Telephone dial
25 .Radiator water temperature meter
26 .Edge illuminated modifier or light rod/pipe
27 ..Plural light sources
28 .Illuminated through meter case
29 .Internal light source
30 ..Indirect illumination
31 EDGE LIGHTED PANEL
32 LIGHT FIBERS, RODS OR PIPES
33 WORK-TABLE LIGHTING SYSTEM
34 CHEMILUMINESCENT LIGHTING
35 REVOLVING
36 VEHICLES STEERING SWITCHES LIGHT SOURCES
37 VEHICLE STEERING MECHANISM OR ELEMENT MOVES PIVOTED LAMP OR LAMP
SUPPORT
38 .Through fluid pressure control
39 .Pivoted lamps having plural unlike motions controlled
additionally by manual movement
40 .Manual or steering mechanism control of pivoted lamp
41 .Plural lamps, one only moves in turn direction
42 .Tire, wheel or brake backing plate movement turns lamp
43 .Plural lamps concurrently moved
44 ..Single connection to steering mechanism or element
45 ...First lamp motion moves second lamp
46 ....Steering post arm or rod motion controls first lamp
47 .....Through link and lever transmission means
48 ....Tie rod motion controls first lamp motion
49 ...Steering post, arm rod motion controls lampss
50 ....Through link and lever transmission means
51 ...Tie rod motion control
52 ..Tie rod motion control
53 .Steering post, arm or rod controlled
54 ..Through link and lever motion transmission
55 .Stub shaft, stub shaft arm or attachment element controlled
56 ..Through telescopic motion transmission means
57 .Tie rod element controlled
58 ..With manual disconnect
59 ..Through link and lever motion transmission means
60 ...With pin and slot motion transmission means
61 WITH VEHICLE STRUCTURE
62 .Aircraft
63 ..Having retractable lamp
64 .Having light aperture
65 ..With retractable headlight
66 .With operating means to move pivoted lamp or lamp support
67 ..Truck or track controls movable light support
68 ...Through flexible motion transmission element
69 ...Through meshing gears motion transmission elements
70 ...Through rigid link motion transmission elements
71 ..Illuminating means respositioned in response to change in
relative position of vehicle element
72 .Bicycle or motorcylce
73 .Baggage rack
74 .Ventilation duct, ceiling or roof
75 .Seat
76 .Elevator, railway step or threshold
77 .Railway dashboard
78 .Wheel spindle, axle, hub cap or brake backing lamp support
79 .Radiator, radiator cap or attachment
80 .Hood, shell, grill, fire wall or body member
80.1 ..Windshield or window
81 .Running board
82 .Bumper, bumper guard
83 .Fenders
83.1 .Mirror or reflector
83.2 .License plate or bracket
83.3 .Other light
84 LIGHT SOURCE OR LIGHT SOURCE SUPPORT AND LUMINESCENT MATERIAL
85 WITH CONTROL CONSOLE
86 SOUND EQUIPMENT ILLUMINATOR
87 .Phonograph
88 .Telephone
89 MACHINERY LIGHTING
90 .Sewing
91 .Cleaning
92 WITH HEATER OR REFRIGERATOR
93 .Nonelectric illuminator
94 .With door-controlled switch
95 WITH SWITCH PLATE OR SOCKET
96 WITH FLUID DISTRIBUTER
97 LIGHT TABLE-TYPE ILLUMINATOR
98 WITH PAPER, BOOK OR COPY HOLDER
99 .Notepad
100 DOOR KNOB OR KEYHOLE ILLUMINATOR
101 WITH LIQUID CONTAINER
102 WITH CANE, BATON, UMBRELLA OR CLUBB
103 WITH WEARING APPAREL OR BODY SUPPORT
104 .Jewelry
105 .Head covering or clamp
106 ..Hat
107 ...Nonelectric light unit
108 .Shoulder suspension or torso encircling (e.g., vest,
neck-sling)
109 WITH IMPLEMENT OR HAND HELD HOLDER THEREFOR
110 .Firearm
111 ..Convertible to light gun
112 ..Imitation firearm
113 ..Light controlled by trigger
114 ..Switch on handle
115 .Barber
116 .Key holder
117 .Iron
118 .Pen or pencil
119 .Hand tool (e.g., knife, drill)
120 ..Elongate type
121 WITH STAR OR CROSS
122 WITH PLANT-LIKE ORNAMENT OR WREATH
123 .Tree
124 WITH SIMULATED ANIMAL
125 WITH SHOWCASE OR SHOW WINDOW
126 .Heat insulation or dissipation type
127 WITH FURNITURE
128 .With viewing mirror
129 ..Adjustable
130 .Bed
131 .Chair, stool or sofa
132 .Plural diverse type article holders (e.g., drawer and hook)
133 .Cabinet
134 .Base
135 WITH VIEWING MIRROR
136 .With vanity case
137 ..With closure light source control
138 .Inspection type
139 ..Adjustable
140 .With plural light sources or diverse light modifiers
141 ..Adjustable
142 .Adjustable
143 ..Janus-faced mirror-and-light projector
144 ..Repositionable as a unit
145 WITH STATIC STRUCTURE
146 .Staircase
147 .Wall or ceiling
148 ..Subceiling
149 ...With fluid handling means
150 ...Common subceiling and light unit support
151 .Valence or cornice
152 .With border, fence, gate or awning
153 .Floor
153.1 .Pavement
154 WITH CONTAINER
155 .With closure controlled switch
156 .Bag, purse or trunk
157 SELF POWERED LAMP
158 .With hermetic seall
159 .Nonelectric
160 ..Acetylene
161 ..Candle type
162 ...Collapsible housing
163 ...With chimmey
164 ..Miner's safety type
165 ...With lock
166 ..Selective wavelength transmitting or light blocking means
167 ...With separate movable selective elements
168 ....Plural
169 ...Plural lenses
170 ....Rotatable type
171 ..Tubular type
172 ...Base structure
173 ...Dome structure
174 ...Relatively movable modifier
175 ....Compound motion
176 ....Rectilinear motion
177 ....Pivoted motion
178 ...Tube structure
179 ..Mantle type
180 ..Chimmey type
181 ..Base structure
182 ..Dome structure
183 .Rechargeable electrical source of with external connections
184 .Having plural lamp bulbs or lamp sockets
185 ..With a protective cage
186 .Dome, globe or wire guard or lamp bulb cover
187 .With movable focusing element
188 ..Movable lamp bulb or lamp bulb support
189 .Disposable lamp or flexible material casing
190 .With support
191 ..With or comprising mounting means
192 .Generator power source
193 ..Friction driven generator
194 .Battery supported separable lamp assembly
195 ..Battery terminal sole support of lamp
196 .Mating-halves type flashlight casing
197 .Lamp bulb or lamp support axis adjustable or angularly fixed
relative to axis of flashlight casing
198 ..Flexibly or extensibly mounted lamp bulb or lamp support
199 ..Separate lamp housing or lamp support pivoed to flashlight
casing
200 .Flat flashlight casing
201 ..Lamp terminal directly contacts a battery terminal
202 .Cylindrical flashlight casing
203 ..Bulb or battery physically moved to join mating contacts of
each other
204 ..Insulated casing with switch between fixed conductors
205 ..With switch
206 ...At end opposite bulb
207 .Spare bulb carrier
208 .Flashlight elements
209 PLURAL NONELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES
210 PLURAL CARBON ARC-TYPE LIGHT SOURCES
211 MULTIPLE FILAMENT LIGHT UNIT
212 .With electrical switching means
213 .Relatively movable light source or modifierr
214 .With mask or screen for at least one filament
215 .With corrugated, faceted or fluted reflector and/or lens
216 CURVILINEAR LIGHT SOURCE
217 ELONGATED SOURCE LIGHT UNIT OR SUPPORT
218 .With ventilating or cooling means
219 .With means to position plural light sources colinearly
220 .Repositionable
221 .With means to accommodate additional circuit element
222 ..With or including transparent or translucent member
223 .With or including transparent or translucent member
224 ..Plural members
225 .Plural sources or supports therefor
226 QUICK DISCONNECT-TYPE LIGHT UNIT
227 PLURAL LIGHT SOURCES
228 .Diverse light generators
229 ..Gas and electric
230 .Particular wavelength
231 ..Different wavelengths
232 .Source and modifier mounted for relative movement
233 .Remote adjustment or positioning means
234 .Combined
235 .With modifier
236 ..Distinct light units
237 ...Substantially identical modifiers
238 ....Positioning means for plural units
239 .....Relative adjustment means
240 ....Units have common housing
241 ....Reflector type modifiers
242 ...Diverse modifiers
243 ....Including reflector
244 ...Refractor type modifier
245 ....With reflector
246 ....Diffusing type
247 ...Reflector type modifier
248 ...Shielding type modifier
249 .With support
250 ..Adjustable
251 ..With switch
252 ..Particular arrangement (e.g., ornamental star)
253 COMBINED
254 LIGHT SOURCE SUBSTITUTION
255 MODIFIER MOUNTABLE ON LIGHT SOURCE ENVELOPE
256 .With additional modifier
257 LIGHT SOURCE (OR SUPPORT THEREFOR) AND MODIFIER
258 .With extensible electric cord storage member
259 .Laser type
260 .Fluorescent type
261 .Carbon arc type
262 ..With electrode feed means
263 .Ionized gas or vapor light source
264 ..Including cooling means
265 ..Including circuit arrangement
266 .Nonelectric type
267 .With sealing means or artifical atmosphere
268 .Plural serial lens elements or components
269 .Tiltable or rotatable as a unit
270 ..With linear repositioning means
271 ..With actuatorr
272 ...Electric or pneumatic
273 ...Screw actuator
274 ...Resiliently biased
275 ..Plural axes
276 .Condition responsive
277 .Adjustable or repositionable modifier
278 ..Flexible modifier
279 ..Louvered or grid type modifier movable as a unit
280 ..In plane, or extension of modifying surface
281 ...Plural, relatively movable
282 ..Angularly adjustable or respositionable
283 ...Plural, relatively movable
284 ...With actuator
285 .Adjustable or repositionable light source or light source
support
286 ..Electromagnetic actuator
287 ..Angularly adjustable or repositionable
288 ..Resiliently biased
289 ..Screw actuated
290 .Louvered or grid type modifier
291 ..Including curved modifying surface
292 ..Including nonparallel modifying surfaces
293 .Including selected wavelength modifier (e.g., filter)
294 .With ventilating, cooling or heat insulating means
295 .With rheostat or switch
296 .Including reflector
297 ..With or including plural, distinct reflecting surfaces
298 ...Opposed
299 ....With or including refractor
300 ....With or including translucent or transparent modifier
301 ....With or including planar reflecting surface
302 ....With or including coaxial reflecting surfaces
303 .....With or including means blocking axial rays
304 ...Coaxial
305 ....With or including means modifying axial rays
306 ..With resilient means to position source or modifier
307 ..With or including translucent or transparent modifier
308 ...Refractor
309 ....With complex surface
310 ..Enclosed light source
311 .Including translucent or transparent modifier
312 LIGHT PERVIOUS CHIMNEYS OR ACESSORIES THEREFOR
313 .Attachments
314 .Chimeny support or holder
315 .Composite
316 .Modified base
317 LIGHT MODIFIER
318 .Fluid medium type
319 .Adjustable or positionable
320 ..Flexible
321 ..Shutter type
322 ..Angularly
323 ...In plane or modifier surface
324 ...With actuator
325 ...Louvered or grid type
326 .Refractor
327 ..With reflector
328 ...Reflector separate from refractorr
329 ...Enclosure type
330 ..Panel type
331 ..Plural serial refractors
332 ..Separate sections
333 ..With plural elements on both sides of main surface
334 ...Curved main surface
335 ..Curved lens type
336 ...Including diverse refracting elements on one surface
337 ....Prismatic type
338 ...Plural elements on a curved surface
339 ..Prismatic type
340 ...Curved main surface
341 .Reflector
342 ..Louvered or grid type
343 ..With diverse modifier
344 ..With guard means
345 ..With ventilating or cooling
346 ..Plural separate reflectors or separate sections
347 ..Curved surface
348 ...Patterned surface
349 ...Including straight surface
350 ...Bowl shaped main surface
351 .Translucent or opaque (e.g., "shade")
352 ..Collapsible or folding
353 ..Including socket engaging means
354 ..Louvered or grid type
355 ..Diffusing type
356 ...Hollow body open at both sides
357 ....Including cloth covering
358 ..Wire frame type
359 ..External hood or visor
360 ..Plural sections
361 ..Curved surface
362 HOUSING
363 .Transparent globe type
364 .Recessed
365 ..With mounting means
366 ...With adjustment for panel dimensions or slope
367 .Frame with multiple light-transmitting panels
368 .With mounting means
369 ..Shock absorbing
370 ..Arm or bracket
371 ...Adjustable movement between arm and housing
372 .With adjustable light source
373 .With cooling means
374 .With closure fastener
375 .With closure
376 GUARD MEANS
377 .Bulb engaging
378 .Socket engaging
379 SMOKE BELLS
380 SPARK ARRESTERS
381 GAS TAPS
382 SUPPORTS
383 .Object sound or sighting controls movable light support
384 .Moving mass control movable light support
385 .Fluid pressure controls movable light support
386 .Electromagnetic operator controls movable light supportt
387 .With flexible power-cord storage member
388 .Convertible support
389 .Antislipping
390 .Shock absorbing
391 .Line-wire or cable-attaching support
392 .Imitation candle support
393 ..Adjustable
394 .Special switch operator
395 ..With standard (e.g., table and floor lamps)
396 .Clamp or hook
397 .Suction cup
398 .Magnetic
399 .Handle or bail
400 ..With means for receiving guard
401 .Counterbalanced support
402 ..Spring counterbalance
403 .Support having gravity-type light source or light modifier
raising and lowering means
404 .Ceiling-suspended support
405 ..Body member with plural radial arms (e.g., chandelier)
406 ...With mounting means
407 ..Cord-supported light source with light source directing means
408 ..With light modifier holder
409 ..Nonelectric
410 .Standard-type support (e.g., table or floor lamp)
411 ..With electrical regulating means
412 ..Vase-type standard
413 ..Adjustable standard
414 ..With light source support mounted at top end of standard
415 ..Nonelectric
416 .Arc lamp hanger
417 .Harp type support
418 .Adjustable light support
419 ..Having plural diverse motions
420 ...Plural headlight supports concurrently operated
421 ...With ball and socket light support
422 ...With coaxial motion transmission members
423 ....With plural pairs of gears transmitting motion through
internal member
424 ....Internal coaxial member having straight line motion
425 ...Single reciprocating and turning member transmits plural
different motions to the adjustable support
426 ...Fork support
427 ..Pivoted lamp or lamp support
428 ...With operating means to move lamp or lamp support
429 ..Adjustable socket holder
430 ..With mounting means
431 .Pole or post type support
432 .Wall type arm or bracket support
433 .Modifier support
434 ..Double-ring frame
435 ...Socket extension
436 ....Clamping jaws
437 ..Socket covers
438 ...Clamping jaws
439 ...With mounting means
440 ..Spring ring
441 ..Basee
442 ...Spider
443 ..Removable socket collar
444 ..Spring frame or bulb
445 ..Spring frame on body of chimney
446 ..Side
447 ..On candle
448 ..With socket or shell
449 ..Adjustable
450 ..Collapsible
451 ..Drop
452 ..Interior arms and ring crown engaged
453 ..Inverted-bowl suspension devices
454 ...Combined with support
455 ..Lens holder or support
456 ...Perforated plate
457 MISCELLANEOUS ATTACHMENTS AND FITTINGS
458 MISCELLANEOUS
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* CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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800 LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
801 BEDROOM LIGHTING (E.G., MODULAR COMBINATIONS)
802 POSITION OR CONDITION RESPONSIVE SWITCH
803 PHOTO SAFE LAMP
804 SURGICAL OR DENTAL SPOTLIGHT
805 HORTICULTURAL
806 ORNAMENTAL OR DECORATIVE
807 .Star
808 .Figure
809 ..Terrestrial globe
810 .Imitation candle
811 .Psychedelic lighting
812 SIGNS