(under subclass 400) Carriers which are adapted to be mounted upon a conventional platform or platform-like portion of a vehicle.
(1) Note. Patents claiming only the carrier are placed here if the platform-engaging means is claimed and the device is illustrated as attached to a vehicle.
(2) Note. Auxiliary platforms attached to a vehicle solely to support carriers are not a conventional portion of a vehicle and are classified in this class, subclasses 564+.
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538, for carriers suspended from a running board.
564+, for auxiliary attached platforms. See (2) Note. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
248, Supports,
200+, for article supporting brackets, per se, particularly subclasses 226.11+, for brackets clamped to a support. See (1) Note.