US PATENT SUBCLASS 220 / 315
.~ Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed position (e.g., fastening devices)

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220 /   HD   RECEPTACLES

200  DF  CLOSURES {45}
315.~ Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed position (e.g., fastening devices) {8}
316  DF  .~.~> With internal pressure-condition release
317  DF  .~.~> Tilting handle fastens while pouring
318  DF  .~.~> Handle attached
319  DF  .~.~> Ring type {1}
322  DF  .~.~> Comprising "U" shaped or bifurcated members (e.g., pivoted bails)
323  DF  .~.~> Elongated members (e.g., leaf spring, radiating arms) acting between face of closure and opposed abutments or walls of the container
324  DF  .~.~> Clamps, clips, hooks, or latches {2}
327  DF  .~.~> Threaded member (e.g., stud, bolt, or screw) {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 220/315

(under subclass 200) Device having means to retain, secure or otherwise fasten the closure in its closed position.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

91, for bail ears which also serve as closure fasteners but in which the modification of the bail ear involves features which are not solely related to the fastening function.

94+, for receptacle handles which also serves as closure fasteners but which involve a modification of the handle for an independent function in addition to that which is necessary to perform the closure-fastening function.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

70, Locks,

77+, for locks, per se, as applied to closures when no particular structure of the closure is involved.

215, Bottles and Jars,

273+, for independent fastening device which are separately applied to closures for bottles and jars.

217, Wooden Receptacles,

89, for fasteners for the closures of wooden barrels.

229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes,

45+, for fasteners for the closures of paper boxes and subclasses 77+ for fasteners for the closures of paper envelopes.

292, Closure Fasteners, appropriate subclasses for fasteners, per se, for closures and for receptacles and closures having fasteners wherein there is included only so much of the receptacle and closure as cooperate with the fasteners to maintain the closure fastened or which recite, as hinged, a type of closure but no particular details which are independent in function.

384, Bearings,

190.7, for latch means for lids of railway car journal boxes.