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DEFINITION
Classification: 24/703.1
FASTENER DESTRUCTIVELY SECURED BY RESHAPING DISTORTIONFORCE:
(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising a securing means having an initial configuration which is altered during the securing operation by a deforming force transmitted to a portion thereof in excess of the amount of force necessary for plastic deformation of the material from which it is constructed (i.e., a force greater than any natural resiliency in the material which causes structural fatigue) and causing it to either break or bend into a new
configuration it maintains during the securing operation after the force is removed.
(1) Note. This subclass is intended to provide for securing means which either (a) can not be removed without the destruction of the means when the securing operation is reversed (i.e., permanently deformed fasteners), or (b) will be destroyed by structural fatigue of the material after repeated operations weaken the material at the bending portion (i.e., ductilely reshapeable fastener).
(2) Note. See the class definition for patent placement procedure.
(3) Note. This subclass and its intended subclasses are intended to provide a single temporary locus within Class 24 for deformable fasteners currently found in existing subclasses therein. Until these deformable fasteners are gathered together at this locus it is not possible to establish clear lines with, and transfer large groups of patents to, either Class 411 or Class 403. Therefore, deformable fasteners have been transferred to Class 411 or Class 403 only when an existing subclass therein already specifically provides for them.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
16+, for bale ties, package ties, and hose clamps which are reshaped or deformed.
30.5, for twisted bag fasteners. 35+, for bendable, one-piece belt fasteners.
94+, for buttons mounted to the struct-ure-to-be-secured* by a deflecting prong or rivet.
115+, for bendable cord or rope holders.
265, for bendable strap-end-attaching devices.
687+, for similar art utilized in mounting a separable-fastener* member.
704.1+, for fasteners which are destructively distorted only when disengaged.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
5, Beds,
655.6, or 696, for a tufting button having air venting structure intended for use with a mattress or cushion.
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses, for a deformed fastener having structure which makes it peculiar to use with a provided for joint.
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener, appropriate subclasses, for general utility fasteners having a deformed portion. 454, Ventilation,
120, 140, 144, and 152 for a tufting button having air venting structure intended for use with a seat.
