US PATENT SUBCLASS 24 / 305
COMBINED DIVERSE MULTIPART FASTENERS

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24 /   HD   BUCKLES, BUTTONS, CLASPS, ETC.

305COMBINED DIVERSE MULTIPART FASTENERS {6}
307  DF  .~> Buckle {7}
326  DF  .~> Clasp {6}
356  DF  .~> Pin {4}
369  DF  .~> Hook {3}
379.1  DF  .~> Button fastening element including another fastener element
380  DF  .~> Penetrating prong

DEFINITION

Classification: 24/305

COMBINED DIVERSE MULTIPART FASTENERS:

(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising a combination of two or more diverse fasteners of this class in which the combination is composed of two or more elements and in which each fastener is different, and distinct from each other.

(1) Note. For documents to be proper in this and indented subclasses, none of the fasteners can utilize the structure-to-be-secured(*) as a component in completing or performing a or its fastening function, e.g., a clip* using the structure-to-be-secured(*) as a mounting to secure other structure-to-be-secured(*) therebetween. Similarly, plural, even if diverse, fasteners which simultaneously or serially fasten, or release to perform a fastening operation, e.g., zippers(*) or combined safety belt and harness buckles(*), are excluded from this and indented subclasses. Any fastener either actuated by a tool, permanently altered in shape or deformed to perform its fastening function not in combination with a fastener of this class is provided for in other classes, e.g., Class 411. In addition, to be proper in this and indented subclasses, the fasteners must each be fastening to structure-to-be-secured(*); plural diverse fasteners merely fastening to each other are excluded herein.

(2) Note. One or single piece combined fasteners are excluded from this and indented subclasses and are properly classified in lower portions of the Class 24 schedule and discretionarily cross-referenced to these combined fastener subclasses.

(3) Note. See Lines With Other Classes under the class definition for the line between this and indented subclasses and Class 2, Apparel.

(4) Note. For the purposes of this and associated definitions, the term "distinct" is taken to mean that the diverse fasteners are either independently operable, i.e., the operation of a first fastener does not directly produce the fastening function of a second fastener and similarly the operation of the second fastener does not produce the fastening operation of the first, or the fasteners are differently shaped or configured from each other, however small the different shape or configuration may be.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

49.1+, for necktie fasteners utilizing various types of

combined fasteners. 67+, for various combined fasteners used to fasten papers.

115+, for various combined fasteners used to hold cords and ropes.

390, for a zipper(*) combined with a distinct separable-fastener(*).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

36, Boots, Shoes, and Leggings,

50.1+, and 58 for combined fasteners used in closing boot and shoe uppers.

244, Aeronautics,

151, for combined fasteners utilized in connecting parachute harness configurations.

248, Supports, appropriate subclasses for combined fasteners utilized as supports, particularly

317+, for various combined fasteners utilized as suspended supports.

294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, appropriate subclasses for combined fasteners used in releasing hoist-line or grab-type hooks.

296, Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops, 97.1+, for various combined fasteners utilized for securing or holding glare screens to land vehicle bodies.

362, Illumination,

122+, for combined fasteners utilized in securing or holding plantlike ornaments or wreaths, particularly trees.

403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses for combined fasteners used in joints and connections.

428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles,

11, for combined fasteners utilized in supporting or holding together various type of special occasion ornaments such as Christmas tree, balls, bells, or star-shaped objects.