.~ Gripping member adapted for tool actuation or release
DEFINITION
Classification: 24/456
Gripping member adapted for tool actuation or release:
(under subclass 455) Clasp*, clip*, or support-clamp* having a gripping member specifically shaped or arranged for direct cooperation with a separate hand or power operated, force transmitting implement (i.e., a tool) which causes an engaging surface of the gripping member to be nondestructively moved into or out of securing contact with a structure-to-be-secured* or supporting member by direct force from the implement.
(1) Note. Clasps*, clips*, or support- clamps* having intermediate operators* such as cams, screws, or bolts which are actuated or released by a tool are not proper for this subclass and may be found elsewhere under subclass 455.
(2) Note. The combination of a clasp*, clip*, or support-clamp* and a positively claimed tool is found in the class providing for the particular tool.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
703, for a nonflaccid fastener destructively secured and reshaped or deformed by a tool distortion force.
704, for a two part, interlocking fastener requiring either destructive or tool disengagement.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener, for headed fasteners which are either (a) impact driven, (b) rotated by a torque applying tool, (c) have a permanently deformed tip, or (d) have a pointed material impaling tip.
