PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 296
 Class Title: LAND VEHICLES: BODIES AND TOPS

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1.1     BODIES
  2       .Cutter
  3       .Racks
  4       ..Barrel
  5       ..Tobacco
  6       ..Hay
  7       ...Extensible
  8       ...Metallic
  9       ...Irons
  10      .Convertible box
  11      ..Hay and box
  12      ...Stock
  13      ....Pivoted top boards
  14      ....Pivoted side boards
  15      .Grain tanks
  16      .Hearses
  17      ..Combined carriages
  18      ..Coffin-retaining devices
  19      .Ambulances
  20      ..Wheeled stretchers
  21      .Advertising and displaying
  22      .Lunch wagons
  156     .Camper
  157     ..Having boat carrying means
  158     ..Having vehicle carrying means
  159     ..Having tent means demountable therefrom
  160     ..Having tent solely supported by camper body roof
  161     ..Having tent having ground engaging means
  162     ..Having porch means
  163     ..Having canopy means
  164     ..Supported by self-propelled vehicle unit
  165     ...Expansible or collapsible vehicle body
  166     ...Having docking passage means between body and vehicle unit
  167     ...Having means to tie down body to vehicle unit
  168     ..Supported on a trailer-type vehicle unit
  169     ...Body having hinged side or end sections to support a bed
  170     ...Body having slidable bed support
  171     ...Body having telescopic sections
  172     ...Body being expansible from one configuration usable for
              camping to another configuration usable for camping
  173     ...Body being collapsible to a configuration nonusable for
              camping condition
  174     ..Body having hinged bed support
  175     ..Body having telescopic sections
  176     ..Body being expansible from one configuration usable for
             camping to another configuration usable for camping
  24.1    .Enclosed compartment
  24.2    ..For an animal
  25      .Dropped bottom
  26      .Extensible
  27      .Collapsible
  177     .Vehicles simulating standard types of vehicles (e.g.,,
            ambulance, farm tractor, etc.) but reduced to a size upon which
            a child may ride
  178     .Passenger bus body
  179     ..For transporting passengers to or from an aircraft
  180     .Wagon or horse drawn vehicle
  180.1   .With distinct wind deflector
  180.2   ..Mounted on pulling vehicle (e.g., tractor, etc.)
  180.3   ...Adjustable angle
  180.4   ..Mounted on towed vehicle
  180.5   ..Adjustable angle
  181     .Trailer body
  182     ..Body platform
  183     .Truck body
  184     ..Dump truck type
  185     .Automobile body
  186     ..Nonenclosed type
  187     .Body structural means
  188     ..For reinforcing or resisting deformation from impact
  189     ..Deformable to absorb the shock of impact
  190     ..Operator's cab
  191     ..Panel means
  192     ..Cowl
  193     ..Body section
  194     ...Body front
  195     ...Body rear
  196     ...Separable section
  197     ...Modular section
  198     ...Wheel housing or fender
  199     ..Scuff plate
  200     ..Clear view window means
  201     ..Window support means
  202     ..Door support means
  203     ..Body frame
  204     ...Under frame
  205     ...Made of tubular members
  206     ..Wind break securing means
  207     ..Door bumper
  208     ..Ducts or conduits
  209     ..Sill
  29      ..Corners and joints
  30      ...Metallic reinforcements
  32      .Top boards
  33      ..Baffle
  34      ..Spacing devices
  35.1    .Body securing device
  35.2    ..Having occupant safety feature (e.g., means to absorb
             collision impact, etc.)
  35.3    ..Removable body
  35.4    ..Baby carriage (e.g., perambulator, etc.)
  36      .Top and side board securing devices
  37.1    .Auxiliary article compartments
  37.2    ..Wheel or tire type
  37.3    ..Tire covers
  37.4    ..On child's vehicle body (e.g., carriage, etc.)
  37.5    ..Having foldable parts
  37.6    ..On trucklike vehicle
  37.7    ..At or on roof or rooflike panel
  37.8    ..Accessible from within passenger compartmentt
  37.9    ...For cigarette butt or ash
  37.11   ....With disposing
  37.12   ...On dash
  37.13   ...On door or side panel
  37.14   ...In or beneath floor level
  37.15   ...On or under seat
  37.16   ...At rear of seat
  38      .Drip pans
  39.1    .Lining
  39.2    ..Open truck bed
  39.3    ..Heat or sound insulating
  40      .Ties
  41      .Wear strips
  42      .Stay irons
  43      .Stakes and sockets
  50      .End gates
  51      ..Combined types
  52      ..Vertically removable
  53      ..Rearwardly removable
  55      ...Pivotally connected sections
  56      ..Upwardly swinging
  57.1    ..Downwardly swinging
  58      ...Shovel, board type
  59      ....Readily removable
  60      .....Box-engaging frames or clips
  61      ...Combined loading chute
  62      ...Combined steps
  63      .Seats with body modifications
  64      ..Seating arrangements
  65.1    ..Shifting seat
  66      ...Seat-forming body parts
  67      ...Attached side panels
  68      ...Door or end-gate operated
  68.1    ...With safety feature
  69      ..Seats convertible to other devices
  146.1   .Door or window with specified vehicle feature
  147     ..Converts body from open to closed type
  148     ...Side closure panels removable
  149     ...Closure receiving pockets on door and adjacent body section
  150     ....Displaceable pillar intermediate closures in closed postion
  151     ..Closure conforms to fender or running board
  152     ..Closure mounted body accessory (e.g., visor, shield, etc.)
  153     ...Armrest or arm engaged protector pad
  154     ...Fluid drain or deflector
  155     ..Sliding closures on opposite sides of body
  146.2   ..Door includes window detail
  146.3   ...Flush mounted
  146.4   ..Remotely actuated door
  146.5   ..Door frame or shell
  146.6   ...Reinforcement
  146.7   ..Interior trim panel on door
  146.8   ..Door extending across front or rear of body
  146.9   ..Specific door or door opening edge feature
  146.11  ..Door hinge detail
  146.12  ...Multiple hinge axes
  146.13  ..Folding-type door
  146.14  ..Window interacting with convertible top
  146.15  ..Body mounted windoww
  146.16  ...Movable
  70      .Dashboards
  71      ..Rails and handles
  72      ..Securing devices
  73      ...Pivoted
  74      ..Extensions
  75      .Foot rests
  76      .Trunk lids
  77      .Lap-robe holders and locks
  77.1    .Storm-front shield, apron, or robe
  78.1    ..Velocipede type
  79      ..Top-supported windowed panels
  80      ...Combined aprons
  81      ..Robes
  82      ..Aprons
  83      ..Curtains
  84.1    ..Windshield
  85      ...Rear seat
  86      ...Connected horizontally pivoted panels
  87      ....Edge to edge
  88      ....Link hinged
  89      ...Vertically movable panels
  90      ...Single panel
  91      ...Deflected protecting air-currents
  92      ...Hinges
  93      ...Weatherstrips
  95.1    ...Auxiliary protector
  96      ....Pivoted panels
  96.11   ...Auxiliary windscreen (e.g., vent window, etc.)
  96.12   ...Full vision (i.e., wraparound)
  96.13   ....Moveably mounted to provide access
  96.14   ...Multiple layered with airspace therebetween
  96.15   ...Cleaner
  96.16   ....Rotating windshield
  96.17   ....With specific motor mounting for cleaner
  96.18   ...Clear vision slot
  96.19   ...Glare reducing
  96.2    ...Pivoted about horizontal axis
  96.21   ...With specific support structure
  96.22   ....Releasable upon impact
  97.1    .Glare screen or visor
  97.2    ..With specific structure or properties for diffusing or
             reflecting light
  97.3    ...Apertured
  97.4    ..With actuating means for moving
  97.5    ..Combined or convertible
  97.6    ..Having detachable auxiliary visor or glare screen
             cooperating therewith
  97.7    ..Mounted or detachably supported on dashboard, steering
             column, or windshield
  97.8    ..Having foldable, extensible, or rollable body
  97.9    ..With specific mounting means therefor
  97.11   ...Allowing slidable movement relative to support
  97.12   ...For mounting to pivotable arm
  97.13   ....Arm having specific pivot structure
  97.21   .Baby carriage or child's wagon
  97.22   .Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
  97.23   .Floor mat with vehicle body featuree
  *       TOPS
  98      .Roll-up covers
  99.1    .Extension
  100     .Load covers
  101     ..Refuse
  102     .Standing
  103     ..Detachable limousine type
  104     ..Space parallel bows
  105     ...Collapsible
  106     ..End gate
  107     .Let-down type
  108     ..Pivotally connected sections
  109     ..Collapsible spaced parallel bows
  110     ..Plural up position
  111     ..Single bow group
  112     ...Raising and lowering devices
  113     ....Spring
  114     ..Two bow groups
  115     ...Raising and lowering devices
  116     ..Outrigger type
  117     ...Raising and lowering devices
  118     ..Bows and slats
  119     ...Irons
  120.1   ..Brace
  121     ..Joints and couplings
  122     ...Brace and bow pivots
  123     ..Shifting rails
  124     ..Down supports
  125     ...Prop-block cushions
  126     ....Spring
  127     ...Bow spacers
  128     ...Clamping
  129     ....With bow spacers
  130     ....Strap
  131     ...Top attached
  132     ...Body and top attached
  133     ....Spring
  134     ...Spring
  135     .Valance
  136     .Dust covers
  210     .Roof structure
  211     ..Having sound absorbing, insulating, or light reflecting
             quality
  212     ..Vacuum or air pressure applied to roof means
  213     ..Having water drainage or guide means
  214     ..Having headliner or liner support
  215     ..Having light transmitting means
  216     ..Roof panel movable to uncover passenger area
  217     ...Having associated air deflector or guide
  218     ...Panel removable from roof
  219     ...Panel comprises hinged sections, or rollable or foldable
              material
  220     ...Panels movable to overlapping or nested relation
  221     ...Panel pivots upwardly to vent mode and moves downward before
              sliding to fully open mode
  222     ...Panel slides with final closing motion having vertical
              component to attain closed and sealed condition
  223     ...Panel having drive or actuating meanss
  224     ...Panel latch means
  138     .Curtains
  139     ..Door opened
  140     ..Overhead storage
  141     ...Rolled or folded
  142     ..Vertical roller
  143     ..Horizontal roller
  144     ..Backstays
  145     ..Windowed
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