(under the class definition) Devices for gripping and holding cord, rope, wire, and, in some cases, chain, when the device is analogous. Devices for holding or gripping the end of a strap or band, but which are not properly buckles, have been placed in Rope-holders. These devices are usually as well adapted for rope as for bands and are more commonly used as hitching-strap holders.
(1) Note. See the search notes to this subclass located under subclasses 455 and 572, respectively, for the classification lines maintained between this subclass (and its indented subclasses) and subclasses 455+ and 572+ during the reclassification of the clasp* and separable-fastener* art. No attempt was made to transfer patents not conforming to these lines from the cord and rope holder subclasses to the clasp* or separable-fastener* subclasses during the reclassification of the clasp* and separable-fastener* art.
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18, for packet holders.
455+, for a cord or rope engaging fastener which is a component of a clasp* and holds one portion of a cord or rope
relative to another portion of a cord or rope where the cord or rope is utilized as an encircling griping surface and does not have another principal function (i.e., it is not the structure-to-be-secured* since it lacks principle utility outside this class).
572+, for a separable-fastener component* located on the end of a cord or rope which does not utilize any of the characteristics of the cord or rope in the fastening operation (i.e., its ability to bend) and for cord or rope engaging structure which is a component of a separable-fastener* wherein the cord or rope has no other disclosed utility other than use in a separable-fastener* (i.e., it is not a structure-to-be-secured* since it lacks principle utility outside this class). 712.1+, for a device for holding a drawn portion of lacing.
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16, Miscellaneous Hardware,
202+, for devices for anchoring the ends of sash cords.
104, Railways,
202+, for cable-grippers analogous in some respects to cord and rope holders.
114, Ships,
199, 218 for devices analogous to cord and rope holders, but specially adapted for ship use.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold,
5+, for a strand engaging device with torso harness.
188, Brakes,
65.1+, for strand brakes for those devices in which a pulley by its peculiar construction acts as the rope grip and also those in which a clamping part cooperates with a pulley to grip the rope, but where a mere guide bar or pulley is included as an independent element or where any form of pivoted cam is found it is not considered to be a pulley, and the patents are classified in this subclass. 211, Supports: Racks,
119.01+, for rope holders combined with flexible clotheslines trained between isolated supports.
212, Traversing Hoists,
106+, for rope-holders which coact with a button or the like on the rope, and 110+ for devices which grip the rope to hold
it.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,
388.1+, and 398+ for a reeling device of general use and subclass 125 for a device for holding a thread.
248, Supports,
32, for cord retainers for suspended pictures, subclasses 49+ for pipe or cable clamps combined with their supports or limited by structure to use for supporting a pipe or cable and subclass 353 for rope holders combined with clothesline props.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation,
4+, for similar structures in tube compressors for controlling fluid flow.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force, 408, for cable guides designed to grip the cable between the pulley and its support.
269, Work Holders, appropriate subclasses. Class 269 is the residual locus for patents to a device for clamping, supporting and/or holding an article (or articles) in position to be operated on or treated. See notes thereunder for other related loci.
383, Flexible Bags,
71+, for a bag closure or cord.
410, Freight Accommodation on Freight Carrier,
101+, for an anchor to secure an end of a load lashing member to a freight carrying vehicle so that the remainder of the member may be used to lash a freight load unit to the vehicle.
