(under the class definition) A package comprising pressed masses of compressible material formed into packages or bales for transportation or storage and not provided for in preceding subclasses. Such bales may be either self-sustaining (e.g., having no restraining ties or receptacles) or they may include some external means for restraining the compressed mass.
(1) Note. Relative to self-sustaining masses or blocks of compressible material in which the specific material thus prepared for shipment or storage is significantly claimed, such subject matter is classifiable in the appropriate composition class and should be placed in this subclass only if no existing composition classification provides for the specific material or materials claimed.
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597, for a container with a pallet feature including a binder wrap for content.
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428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles,
2, for bales or bundles identified as being for trash or refuse, subclass 571 for metallic stock material provided along its length with portions of reduced fracture resistance, subclass 576 for an article comprising a mass of metallic material shaped to facilitate its melting, subclass 583 for an intermediate metallic article held together by a mechanical fastener, subclass 588 for a metallic workpiece having parallel components stacked together, and subclass 594 for metallic stock having layers held together by mechanical fastening. 604, Surgery,
1+, for swabs; subclasses 286+ and 904 for tampons; subclasses 358+ for absorbent pads; and subclass 369 for foam or cellular structures, which are for surgical use but have similarities in their structure to holes.
