PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: D21
 Class Title: GAMES, TOYS, AND SPORTS GOODS

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1       GAME OR GAMBLING ARTICLE (1)
  2       .Aerial projectile type (2)
  3       ..Projectile launched by ramp
  4       ..Quoit or horseshoe (3)
  5       ..Target (4)
  6       ...Dartboard type
  7       .Surface projectile type (5)
  8       ..Inclined surface type, or having ramp
  9       ...With propulsion means, or with provision therefor
  10      ....Bumper or flipper
  11      ..Sports simulation (6)
  12      .Vertical fall type
  13      .With screen or cathode-ray tube (76)
  14      .Board or surface (7)
  15      ..Folding
  16      ..Walls confining playing surface (8)
  17      ...And pocket or opening for capture of game piece
  18      ....Sports simulation
  19      ...And interior wall or trackway for game piece (9)
  20      ..Pocket or opening for capture of game piece
  21      ..Combined with chance determining device (10)
  22      ...Wheel or spinner
  23      ..Plural distinct playing surfaces (11)
  24      ..Checkerboard type
  25      ..Simulative (12)
  26      ...Playing card or suit theme
  27      ...Sports
  28      ....Baseball
  29      ....Football
  30      ...Humanoid
  31      ...Geographical or architectural
  32      ..Arcuate outline
  33      ..Having four or more sides
  34      ...Rectangular or square
  35      ....Curvilinear path (13)
  36      ....Asymmetrical pattern
  37      .Gambling or chance determining article (14)
  38      ..Lever operated, i.e., "One-armed bandit"
  39      ..Rotated or agitated (15)
  40      ...Roulette type
  41      ...Dice or teetotum
  42      ..Playing card
  43      ...Numerical (16)
  44      ....Symbol set or suit
  45      .....Club, diamond, heart, spade
  46      ...Alphabetical
  47      ...Back design
  48      .Element or attachment (77)
  49      ..Dart (17)
  50      ..Quoit or horseshoe
  51      ..Game piece or marker (18)
  52      ...Chesss
  53      ...Circular, i.e., chip or checker type
  54      ..Holder (19)
  55      ...Combined, e.g., card and chip holder, etc.
  56      ...For chip
  57      ..Card game accessory (20)
  58      ...Shuffler
  59      TOY (21)
  60      .Kaleidoscope or changeable image type
  61      .Bubble or smoke ring making
  62      .Tethered or suspended (22)
  63      ..Crib-attached type
  64      .Sounding or noisemaking type (23)
  65      ..Rattle
  66      .Rocking or bouncing (24)
  67      ..Pogo stick
  68      ..Simulative
  69      ...Animate
  70      ....Horse
  71      .Provision for standing or seated occupant (25)
  72      ..Stilt
  73      ..Simulative
  74      ...Animate
  75      ....Horse (26)
  76      ...Vehicle (27)
  77      ....Aircraft
  78      ....Automobile or truck
  79      ....Construction, earthworking, or farming
  80      ..Three-wheeled
  81      ..Two-wheeled, e.g., scooter, etc.
  82      .Aerial (28)
  83      ..Animate simulation
  84      ..Inflated, e.g., balloon, etc.
  85      ..Rotary wing type or disk
  86      ...Disk (29)
  87      ..Aircraft or spacecraft (30)
  88      ...Kite or flexible wing type, e.g., paraglider, hang glider,
              etc.
  89      ...Formed entirely of planar or sheet material
  90      ...With propeller or provision therefor
  91      ..Element or attachment (31)
  92      .Spinning or whirling (32)
  93      ..Air operated, e.g., pinwheel, etc.
  94      ..Spiral drop
  95      ..Top, i.e., spinning on one point
  96      ...With spin-inducing element or holder
  97      ....Integral plunger
  98      ..String-impelled
  99      ...Return top
  100     ..Baton or cheerleader's pompon
  101     ..Hoop
  102     .Balancing
  103     .Pounding
  104     .Puzzle
  105     ..Shape-matching (33)
  106     ...Bent wire
  107     ...Three-dimensional, i.e., interfitting in three or more
              planes
  108     .Construction type (34))
  109     .Representation or scale model (35)
  110     ..Photographic or cinematographic
  111     ..Communications or electronic equipment
  112     ...Phonograph or tape recorder
  113     ...Radio or television
  114     ..Building or structure
  115     ...Simulative of diverse article
  116     ...Barn
  117     ...Bridge
  118     ...Service type, i.e., airport, railroad, service station
              building, etc.
  119     ....Tower, e.g., lighthouse, windmill, etc.
  120     ..Hand tool, e.g., hammer, saw, shovel, etc. (36)
  121     ..Furnishing (37)
  122     ...Appliance (38)
  123     ...Chair, sofa, or bed
  124     ..Machinery or vehicle (39)
  125     ...Motor
  126     ...Reproducing (40)
  127     ....Printing (41)
  128     ...Vehicle or body therefor (42)
  129     ....Rail (43)
  130     ....Watercraft
  131     ....Endless track type
  132     ....Farming or earthworking
  133     ....Firefighting
  134     ....Load carrying (44)
  135     .....Articulated type
  136     .....Automobile (45)
  137     ......Two or more fully exposed wheels, or having detached
                 fenders, e.g., racing type, etc.
  138     .....Cement
  139     .....Towing
  140     .....Fully enclosed load carrying portion
  141     ...Element or attachment (46)
  141.1   ....Controller or transformer
  142     ....Control panel
  143     ....Track or roadway
  144     ..Timepiece
  145     ..Weapon
  146     ...Firearm type
  147     ....Handgun (47)
  148     ..Animate figure
  149     ...Plural or convertible, i.e., combined animate forms, plural
              heads, etc.
  150     ...Action type, i.e., animated (48)
  151     ....Projecting, i.e., jack-in-the-box type
  152     ....Puppet
  153     .....Hand type (75)
  154     ...Comprised of planar elements
  155     ...Consisting of, or simulative of, diverse article, e.g.,
              constructed from fruit or vegetable components, pipes,
              couplings, etc.
  156     ...Ape or monkey
  157     ...Aquatic (49)
  158     ....Frog
  159     ...Bear
  160     ...Birdd
  161     ...Canine
  162     ...Elephant
  163     ...Feline
  164     ...Giraffe
  165     ...Horse
  166     ...Humanoid (50)
  167     ....Combined with holder or pouch
  168     ....Armless or legless
  169     ....Winged
  170     ....Consisting primarily of yarn or fiber (51)
  171     ....With body garment
  172     .....Simulative of diverse animate figure
  173     .....Clown or jester
  174     .....Elf, leprechaun, pixie, etc.
  175     .....Bibbed, or having apron
  176     .....With pointed cap
  177     .....Occupational or vocational costume or uniform (52)
  178     ......Police or military
  179     ......Santa Claus
  180     .....National, regional, or ethnic costume
  181     ......Cowboy or cowgirl
  182     ......Indian
  183     ......Oriental
  184     .....Flattened, i.e., disproportional thickness or width
  185     ...Insect
  186     ...Pig
  187     ...Rabbit
  188     ...Rodent
  189     ...Element or attachment (53)
  190     ....Head or mask (54)
  191     EXERCISING OR SPORTS EQUIPMENT (55)
  192     .Treadmill or walking type
  193     .Rotating or rocking platform
  194     .Pedal operated type, e.g., stationary bicycle, etc.
  195     .Lever, bar, or pulley operated machine
  196     .Weight
  197     ..Barbell or dumbbell
  198     .Hand manipulated or with handgrip (56)
  199     .Sports (57)
  200     ..Goal
  201     ...Basketball
  202     ...Croquet
  203     ..Projectile (58)
  204     ...Ball
  205     ....Symmetrical repeating surface pattern (59)
  206     ....Retriever or holder (60)
  207     ...Shuttlecock
  208     ...Support, e.g., tee, etc.
  209     ....For football
  210     ..Striking or propelling element (61)
  211     ...Bat or club
  212     ....Racket type
  213     .....Paddle
  214     ....Golf club or club head
  215     .....Simulative
  216     .....Adjustable
  217     .....Putter type
  218     ......Opposed striking surfacess
  219     ......With alignment aid, e.g., groove, tang, gauge, etc.
  220     .....Iron type, i.e., having elongated and relatively shallow
                head
  221     ...Element or attachment (62)
  222     ....Handgrip
  223     ....Rack or holder (63)
  224     ..Skating or skimming device
  225     ...Ice
  226     ...Roller
  227     ....Skateboard
  228     ...Skimming (64)
  229     ....Ski
  230     ....Element or attachment
  231     .....Skeg or fin
  232     ..Billiards or pool
  233     ..Bowling (65)
  234     ..Golf (66)
  235     ..Gymnastics (67)
  236     ..Water sports (68)
  237     ...Swimming or flotation aid
  238     ....Body-worn (69)
  239     .....Fin or flipper
  240     AMUSEMENT OR ENTERTAINMENT ARTICLE NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED (70)
  241     .Trick or magic device (71)
  242     .Playground or amusement ride apparatus
  243     ..Plural diverse articles, i.e., combined
  244     ...Sliding and climbing
  245     ..Climbing
  246     ..Swinging
  247     ..Riding or sitting (72)
  248     ...Ferris wheel
  249     ...Carousel, roundabout, or whirligig
  250     ...Vehicle or vehicle simulation
  251     ...Seesaw
  252     ..Sandbox or wading pool (73)
  253     TENT (74)
  254     .Element or attachment
  255     ..Stake