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