US PATENT SUBCLASS 144 / 4.1
.~.~ Timber cutting and handling


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144 /   HD   WOODWORKING

2.1  DF  SPECIAL-WORK MACHINE {34}
3.1  DF  .~ Combined {25}
4.1.~.~ Timber cutting and handling


DEFINITION

Classification: 144/4.1

Timber cutting and handling:

(under subclass 3.1) Special work machine particularly adapted to (a) bring a tree down and manipulate a portion, (b) remove and manipulate the branches from a trunk of a tree, (c) remove and manipulate the bark from a tree or log without substantial shaping, or (d) treat a tree or product incidental to any of the above and manipulate a component thereof.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

34.1, for a tree felling means, generally.

335+, for a method of tree harvesting or processing.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

30, Cutlery,

165+, for a cutting tool which may be capable of severing a tree from the ground, but without limitation that would limit it to timber harvesting or processing (e.g., without means to push the trunk of a tree as it is severed from the stump. More particularly, search subclasses 90.1+ for means for cutting a tree by a constricting band, search subclasses 166.3+ of Class 30 for a saw capable of cutting timber, still more specifically, search subclasses 381+ for a chain saw and subclasses 388+ for a rotary saw.