.~ Encircling gripping member including semirigid band and operator for tightening
DEFINITION
Classification: 24/483
Encircling gripping member including semirigid band and operator for tightening:
(under subclass 455) Clasp* or support-clamp* wherein the gripping member is completely wrapped around the structure-to-be-secured* or a portion thereof and includes both a semirigid* strap which at least partially encircles the structure-to-be-secured* and an operator* for moving this strap into engagement with the structure-to-be-secured*.
(1) Note. The semirigid* strap may be a chain which is not flaccid* in all direction.
(2) Note. The operator* must not directly contact the structure-to-be-secured* to be proper for this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
19+, and the line notes thereunder, for similar art devices for bundling bales, packages, or clamping hoses or the like.
68+, for strap tightener fasteners, per se.
115+, 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 has another principal function (i.e., it is the structure-to-be-secured* since it has principal utility outside this class).
463, for an encircling, semirigid* band tightened by a fluid force. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
269, Work Holders, particularly
130+, for a work holder using a constrictable loop to grip an object which is being worked upon.
