US PATENT SUBCLASS 119 / 717
.~.~ Handheld catching and holding tool


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119 /   HD   ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

712  DF  ANIMAL CONTROLLING OR HANDLING (E.G., RESTRAINING, BREAKING, TRAINING, SORTING, CONVEYING, ETC.) {20}
713  DF  .~ Bird {3}
717.~.~ Handheld catching and holding tool


DEFINITION

Classification: 119/717

Handheld catching and holding tool:

(under subclass 713) Subject matter wherein the limiting means is a hand-carried implement which may be manipulated by a human user to both capture and to inhibit movement of the bird.

(1) Note. A bird catching and holding tool usually has a bird engaging portion which embraces some part of the bird while being readily removable from the bird without inflicting injury.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

751+, for a holding crate or trap for controlling an animal.

769+, for a hitching device used to secure or tether an animal.

801+, for a hand held animal catching and holding tool not restricted to or specifically designed to catch and hold a bird.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying, particularly

58+, for a trap for a burglar or an animal which is not domesticated.

294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, particularly

106+, for a similarly used grapple tool having a pivoted jaw.