US PATENT SUBCLASS 160 / 383
.~ To elongated element

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160 /   HD   FLEXIBLE OR PORTABLE CLOSURE, PARTITION, OR PANEL

382  DF  FABRIC FASTENING MEANS {1}
383.~ To elongated element {8}
384  DF  .~.~> Additional things fastened
385  DF  .~.~> With modified fabric {5}
391  DF  .~.~> Longitudinally divided or with fabric receiving externally exposed channel or groove {4}
400  DF  .~.~> Sheet or strand
401  DF  .~.~> By sleeve and/or end cap
402  DF  .~.~> By externally applied clamp or clasp
403  DF  .~.~> By elongated fastener
404  DF  .~.~> By pointed, piercing, and/or hook elements

DEFINITION

Classification: 160/383

(under subclass 382) Fabric fastening means claiming a bar, rod, roller, stick, frame side or other elongated element with means for fastening one edge only of a fabric thereto, whether or not the fabric is claimed as a part of the combination (subclass 385 indented thereunder having both the elongated element claimed in combination with the fabric and the fabric, per se, when the fabric is modified for fastening purposes).

(1) Note. Where the fastening of a fabric to a plurality of elongated elements is recited, but no further characteristics of the relation of the elements is recited, the patents have been placed here.

(2) Note. This and the indented subclasses take fastening means where only the elongated element fastening means and/or the fabric is claimed. Where additional characteristics are claimed which limit the same to a type of flexible or portable panel, see the appropriate type group above. The mere recitation that the fabric is rolled, hangs from or is stretched from the elongated element will not keep the patent from this subclass.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

381, for fabric fastening means for frame corners.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

5, Beds, 194+, for means to bind and fasten bed bottoms to frame rails and subclasses 402+ for means to secure an upholstery cover(s) to a bed bottom(s).

15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,

231+, for fabric sheet holders.

16, Miscellaneous Hardware,

7, 12+ and 16, for carpet fasteners of elongated element form and subclasses 87.2+ for fabric fastening means which provide for suspending the fabric in such a way as to permit the fabric to travel along the length of the device from which it is suspended.

38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing,

66, and 140 for covers for ironing platens, ironing rolls and ironing tables and subclass 102.91 for a cloth stretcher frame including means for fastening the cloth to the frame.

52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate subclasses for various structures which involves retaining a panel in position, particularly

459+, and 474+.

55, Gas Separation, appropriate subclasses beginning with

482+, for reticulate screen mechanisms. 84, Music,

122+, (especially subclass 162) for ends and joints for note sheet selectors.

101, Printing,

415.1, for flexible sheet securing means.

108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces,

90, for a horizontally supported planar surface having a detachable enlarging or substitute surface which includes a flexible cover.

150, Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers, pertinent subclasses, particularly

124+, for fastening purse fabrics to purse frames.

198, Conveyors: Power-Driven,

846, for means for fastening together opposite ends of a strip, or for fastening together a series of tandem strips to form an endless belt conveyor.

206, Special Receptacle or Package,

389+, for a roll or reel package which may include means for holding material in the wound form.

209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,

395, 399 and 403, for attaching sifting element fabrics.

210, Liquid Purification or Separation,

483+, for a supported filter medium.

220, Receptacles,

610+, 677+ for seams and joints.

242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,

579+, for means to attach an elongated material to a spool or similar take-up.

346, Recorders,

136, and 138 for means for gripping a web in combination with a recorder.

402, Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet, appropriate subclasses, for a sheet binder device of that class (402) which may include a fastener of this class (160) for the retention of a flaccid sheet. 451, Abrading, for a holder for flexible abrading sheets.

473, Amusement Devices: Games,

30, for a cloth securing device for a billiard or pool table.

492, Roll or Roller,

22+, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere provided for, having a work surface and means to hold a sheet in the roll assembly by gripping or impaling an edge portion of the sheet.