This class includes rigid, planar, supporting surfaces having structure to support the surface in a horizontal plane. Throughout the definitions of the subclasses of this class, the supporting surface is referred to as the "surface", and the structure which supports this surface is referred to as the "support".
NOTES TO THE CLASS DEFINITION
(1) Note. This class includes traylike planar supports;
i.e., horizontal planar surfaces having an upstanding flange around the perimeter thereof when the flange is not involved in the relationship between the surface and the support.
(2) Note. The schedule of this class was built on patents issued since 1931. Older patents were placed in the schedule on the basis of the total disclosure and not necessarily on the basis of claimed subject matter.
LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES
For a horizontal surface without claimed support means and having face-to-face sheets with a rim, see Class 52, subclasses 782.2+. For a surface having no claimed support means and having a separate attached, elongated edging or stiffener, see Class 52, subclasses 800.1+.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing,
103+, for tables having structure related to the art of ironing or smoothing textiles.
112, Sewing,
217.1+, for a sewing machine table.
114, Ships,
195, for tables having automatic leveling tops or equivalent devices securing the same end.
119, Animal Husbandry,
712+, for restraining an animal on a horizontal surface, especially subclasses 722+ for a tiltable support and subclasses 753+ for a stationary table.
131, Tobacco,
50+, for a cigarette making machine having a stationary table.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, appropriate subclasses for a flexible or portable panel usable as a table top, especially
87+, for plural panels; subclasses 327+ for a panel supported at opposite edges by elongated elements; subclasses 371+ for a panel mounted in a frame; and subclasses 383+ for means to fasten one edge of a fabric panel to an elongated supporting element. 178, Telegraphy,
114, for a supporting stand adapted to connecting up or manipulating telegraph instruments or arrangements thereof specific to telegraphy.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, appropriate subclasses for a platform for supporting a workman in vertically spaced relation with a primary support such as the ground or a floor.
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,
703+, for a table for supporting articles for inspection and manual selection of the articles, and subclass 458 for a table on which material with mingled liquid is so treated that the heaviest constituents of the material may settle as a stratum.
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus,
154+, for apparatus for driving a member; e.g., nail, combined with a work support.
248, Supports, appropriate subclasses for a supporting surface in the form of an open border framework.
269, Work Holders,
289+, for a work holder comprising a surface which, when the work is being treated, is positioned beneath at least a part of the work and is in contact with said part of the work to support the work against the force of gravity in at least one position of adjustment of the work holder.
297, Chairs and Seats, appropriate subclasses for seats having a bottom and a back, or leg rest, or both. 369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval,
264+, for holding a rotating storage medium element in operative position.
273, Amusement Devices: Games,
108+, for a game table which is used in playing a surface projectile game thereon, subclasses 236+ for gameboard structure for playing a board game thereon, and subclass 309 for a game table or supporting surface, in general.
378, X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices,
209, for a table or couch combined with an X-ray device.
400, Typewriting Machines,
578+, for supports for webs or sheets or paper to hold the paper in position to be fed into and from a typewriting
machine.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate subclasses for a stock material product in the form of a single or plural layer web or sheet.
446, Amusement Devices: Toys,
482, for a toy table. 451, Abrading,
411+, for a work supporting table of an abrading machine.
473, Games Using Tangible Projectile,
4+, for a table or gameboard specifically adapted for playing the games of billiards or pool, subclass 475 for game apparatus for playing the game of table tennis, and subclass 496 for a table tennis table, per se.
601, Surgery: Kinesitherapy,
49+, for couches, chairs, or other supports which vibrate as a whole while treating the body.