US Patent Class 403
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1  DF  SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE HUB TO SHAFT CONNECTION
2  DF  INCLUDING FRANGIBLE COMPONENT
3  DF  SELECTIVELY ASSEMBLED, E.G., CONVERTIBLE, ETC. {1}
5  DF  INFLATABLE CONNECTOR
6  DF  WITH OPENING FOR ACCESS TO CONNECTOR OR OPERATOR {2}
10  DF  CLOSURE OR PLUG SPACED FROM JOINT
11  DF  WITH ADJUNCTIVE PROTECTOR, BROKEN PARTS RETAINER, REPAIR, ASSEMBLY OR DISASSEMBLY FEATURE {8}
23  DF  WITH ADJUNCTIVE SHIELD
24  DF  STRUCTURALLY INSTALLED IN DIVERSE ART DEVICE {1}
26  DF  COUPLING SUPPORTED BY INDEPENDENT BEARING
27  DF  WITH INDICATOR OR INSPECTION MEANS
28  DF  UTILIZING THERMAL CHARACTERISTIC, E.G., EXPANSION OR CONTRACTION, ETC. {2}
31  DF  WITH FLUID PRESSURE RESPONSIVE COMPONENT
32  DF  WITH AMBIENT CONDITION RESPONSIVE CONTROL MEANS
33  DF  WITH INDEPENDENT HANDLE OR OPERATOR
34  DF  WITH DISTINCT FLUID OR ARTICLE HANDLING OR DIRECTING FEATURE {3}
40  DF  NON-ADHERING FLUENT MATERIAL AT JOINT
41  DF  WITH STRAIN-LIMITING MEANS
42  DF  COMBINED
43  DF  ROTARILY CONNECTED, DIFFERENTIALLY TRANSLATABLE MEMBERS, E.G., TURN-BUCKLE, ETC. {5}
49  DF  LATERALLY RELATED MEMBERS CONNECTED BY LATCH MEANS, E.G., SCAFFOLD CONNECTORS
50  DF  FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGM OR BELLOWS {1}
52  DF  ARTICULATED MEMBERS {13}
167  DF  TRANSVERSE ROD TO SPACED PLATE SURFACES {1}
169  DF  BRANCHED {4}
179  DF  DIVERSE MATERIAL COUPLING MEMBER
180  DF  THREE OR MORE SERIAL JOINTS, AT LEAST ONE DIVERSE {2}
185  DF  JOINT INVOLVING PLURAL LAYERS OF SINGLE ROD
186  DF  LATERALLY RELATED RODS INDEPENDENTLY JOINED TO TRANSVERSE SURFACE
187  DF  ROD TO MEMBER TO SIDE, E.G., PLATE, ROD SIDE, ETC. {5}
202  DF  RADIALLY SPACED MEMBERS JOINED BY INDEPENDENT COUPLING {1}
204  DF  COACTING CONNECTION BETWEEN INNER MEMBER AND PLURAL PARTS OF OUTER MEMBER
205  DF  RIGID ANGLE COUPLING, E.G., ELBOW OR U, ETC.
206  DF  AXIALLY CURVED OR BENT PORTION OF ROD IS JOINT COMPONENT {6}
217  DF  THREE OR MORE MEMBERS CONNECTED AT SINGLE LOCUS {2}
220  DF  FLEXIBLY CONNECTED RIGID MEMBERS {5}
230  DF  ROD END TO TRANSVERSE SIDE OF MEMBER {15}
265  DF  MOLDED JOINT {5}
273  DF  SHRUNK FIT
274  DF  MEMBER DEFORMED IN SITU {11}
286  DF  BRIDGED BY DIVERSE CONNECTOR
287  DF  INCLUDING SPACED, DIVERSE CONNECTIONS
288  DF  INCLUDING DISTINCT PACKING
289  DF  SPLIT END WITH LATERALLY MOVABLE OPPOSED PORTIONS {1}
291  DF  FLEXIBLE MEMBER IS JOINT COMPONENT
292  DF  MEMBER ENDS JOINED BY INSERTED SECTION {6}
299  DF  THREAD ADAPTOR
300  DF  DISTINCT END COUPLER {8}
315  DF  INCLUDING ANCILLARY MEANS BLOCKING DISCONNECTION OF JOINT {3}
321  DF  MANUALLY RELEASEABLE LATCH TYPE {4}
326  DF  BIASED CATCH OR LATCH {3}
331  DF  SIDE SLIDE: ELONGATED CO-LINEAR MEMBERS
332  DF  ANNULAR RECESS IS JOINT COMPONENT
333  DF  CONVERGENT INTERFACE {1}
335  DF  INTERCONNECTED FLANGES OR SHOULDERS {3}
339  DF  SCARF {1}
341  DF  INTERFITTED MEMBERS WITH EXTERNAL BRIDGING PIECE
342  DF  THIMBLE: SCREW OR CAM
343  DF  SCREW OR CAM
344  DF  AXIALLY SPLIT OR SEPARABLE MEMBER
345  DF  INTERFITTED MEMBERS {19}
384  DF  ROD SIDE TO PLATE OR SIDE {13}
401  DF  MITER JOINT {1}
403  DF  RIGID ANGLE
404  DF  PARTICULAR CONFIGURATION OR MATERIAL OF MEMBER
408.1  DF  HAVING A JOINING PIECE EXTENDING THROUGH ALIGNED OPENINGS IN PLURAL MEMBERS
409.1  DF  HAVING A CAM, WEDGE, OR TAPERED PORTION
410  DF  MISCELLANEOUS
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FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS
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*  DF  ARTICULATED MEMBERS
*  DF  Lockable at fixed position {2}
*  DF  INTERFITTED MEMBERS {1}
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DIGESTS
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DIG 1  DF  Magnetic
DIG 2  DF  Metal treatment
DIG 3  DF  Load-responsive release
DIG 4  DF  Quick release
DIG 5  DF  Carbon electrode
DIG 6  DF  Reciprocable ball detent
DIG 7  DF  Split ring stop or abutment
DIG 8  DF  Radially acting cam or eccentric
DIG 9  DF  Adjustable clamp
DIG 10  DF  Readily disengageable panel joints
DIG 11  DF  Furniture type having a snap fit
DIG 12  DF  Furniture type having a rotatable fastener or fastening element that tightens connection
DIG 13  DF  Furniture type
DIG 14  DF  Resilient cinch, locking-catch or retainer type
DIG 15  DF  Splice plates for co-linear members