US PATENT SUBCLASS 187 / 404
HAVING SPECIFIC COUNTERBALANCE MEANS FOR LOAD SUPPORT


Current as of: June, 1999
Click HD for Main Headings
Click for All Classes

Internet Version by PATENTEC © 1999      Terms of Use



187 /   HD   ELEVATOR, INDUSTRIAL LIFT TRUCK, OR STATIONARY LIFT FOR VEHICLE

404HAVING SPECIFIC COUNTERBALANCE MEANS FOR LOAD SUPPORT {1}
405  DF  .~> Includes variable weight


DEFINITION

Classification: 187/404

HAVING SPECIFIC COUNTERBALANCE MEANS FOR LOAD SUPPORT:

(under the class definition) Subject matter having a particular structural aspect of means detailed which is structurally linked to and mitigates the effect of either (a) gravitational force on or (b) the driving force exerted by the drive-means* on the load-underlying support surface in at least one direction of its travel within the shaft* by opposing those forces with a resistance tending to balance them.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

406+, for specific stationary guiding structure for a counterbalance means.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

16, Miscellaneous Hardware,

193+, for counterbalance means for a door or window respectively and subclasses 400+ for a counterbalance device, per se.

104, Railways,

174, for a counterbalance system used in railway traction and subclass 254 for a counterweighted bumper.