FOR AN OPTICAL DEVICE OR ELEMENT (E.G., CAMERA, TELESCOPE,BINOCULARS, MICROSCOPE, LENS, FILTER, ETC.):
(under the class definition) A container for means which performs a basic optical function (i.e., deviates or modifies light).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5, for a container for a face carried, vision correcting lens, (e.g., a pair of eyeglasses, an eyeglass lens, contact lenses, etc.).
305, for a container for a measuring instrument (e.g., light meter, etc.).
387.1+, for a container for a magnetic tape cartridge or cassette, which cartridge or cassette must be disassociated
from the container during use. See the SEARCH CLASS reference below for the location of a tape holding cartridge or cassette, per se.
389+, for a container for a roll, spool or reel of photos:graphic film (either developed or undeveloped) or magnetic tape, which roll, spool or reel must be disassociated from the container for winding or unwinding. See the SEARCH CLASS references below for the location of a tape or film holding roll, spool or reel, per se.
449, for a container for pictures or developed negatives. 454, for a container for fragile or light sensitive items.
455, for a container for undeveloped film sheets.
456, for a container for slides or transparencies (glass or film).
573, for a container for a signal, lamp or reflector which is in kit form.
578, for a container for a kit for taking, developing or printing an image by a light sensitive technique.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting,
124+, for a card rack which may be used to hold pictures or slides, particularly subclass 124.2 for a card rack which includes pockets, subclass 124.2 for a card rack which includes notches, and subclasses 152+ for a film slide.
224, Package and Article Carriers,
908, for a Cross-Reference Art Collection of carriers for a camera or other photos:graphic equipment, and subclass 909 for a Cross-Reference Art Collection of carriers for binoculars.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,
326+, 341+, 348+, and 588+ for a coil enclosed within a housing. 271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, various subclasses, particularly
145+, for a stack of sheet material (e.g., photos:graphic film) in a container for use with a sheet feeding or delivering means of that class type.
378, X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices, particularly
167+, for a container having structure limited to use with an
X-ray device (e.g., intensifier screen, material opaque to visible light and transparent to X-radiation, structure which coacts with the X-ray device, etc.).
396, Photography,
439+, particularly subclasses 511+, for photos:graphic film combined with claimed camera structure, and for removable film-holder units not provided for elsewhere.
399, Electrophotography,
107+, for a housing arrangement that has a replaceable or displaceable configuration for transporting, reconfiguration, maintenance, service, or repair.
414, Material or Article Handling, various subclasses, particularly
788.7, for a container holding a stack of articles which are recirculated past a work, treatment or inspection station (e.g., broadly recited camera, viewer, etc.), and subclass 932 for a Cross-Reference Art Collection of Audio and Video Cassettes.
430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Compositions, or Product Thereof, 496+, for a container holding a single sheet of radiation sensitive material which remains with the container/holder during exposure.
