US PATENT SUBCLASS 223 / 102
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Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 223/102
The general subclass for pointed instruments having an eye, hook or equivalent to attach to a thread, tape, or the like, for sewing, threading, or attaching the thread to a fabric.
(1) Note. This subclass includes button setting apparatus having an eye or hook which engages a button-eye or button-attaching thread means. See (2) Note under subclass 44 above.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
44, for other button-attachers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
29, Metal Working,
241, for apparatus for assembling and disassembling by a stringing action, either by stringing parts on an attenuated or elongated means or by passing such means through a part or parts.
66, Textiles: Knitting,
116+, for knitting needles. 57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining,
23, for marlin spikes.
83, Cutting, appropriate subclasses, particularly
30, for method of puncturing, subclass 95 for means to stack a product by spindling or perforating, and subclass 660 for a pointed perforator, per se.
112, Sewing,
222+, for sewing machine needles.
163, Needle and Pin Making.or needle making, see Class
206, Special Receptacle or Package,
380+, for a needle package.
289, Knots and Knot Tying,
16, for needles or machines for tying cords or strands. 402, Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet,
7, for a device of that class including a sheet retainer which impales one or more sheets and inserts a binder strand therethrough.
606, Surgery,
222+, for surgical needles.
