US PATENT SUBCLASS 24 / 712
DRAWSTRING, LACED-FASTENER, OR SEPARATE ESSENTIAL COOPERATING DEVICE THEREFOR

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24 /   HD   BUCKLES, BUTTONS, CLASPS, ETC.

712DRAWSTRING, LACED-FASTENER, OR SEPARATE ESSENTIAL COOPERATING DEVICE THEREFOR {11}
712.1  DF  .~> Includes separate device for holding drawn portion of lacing {4}
713  DF  .~> With holding means fixedly mounted on lacing {1}
713.2  DF  .~> Includes lacing holding structure within directing means therefor
713.3  DF  .~> Having diverse shaped directing means for lacing
713.4  DF  .~> Having lacing directing means in particular pattern
713.5  DF  .~> Includes lacing guiding roller within directing means
713.6  DF  .~> Having eyelet type directing means {1}
713.9  DF  .~> Having hook shaped directing means {5}
714.6  DF  .~> Having loop or sleeve shaped directing means {4}
715.3  DF  .~> Having elastic segment in lacing
715.4  DF  .~> Having means covering tip of lacing {3}

DEFINITION

Classification: 24/712

DRAWSTRING, LACED-FASTENER, OR SEPARATE ESSENTIAL COOPERATING DEVICE THEREFOR:

(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising either (1) a drawstring*, (2) a laced-fastener*, (3) a required component thereof (i.e., string, string guiding means) or (4) a discrete device intended to contact and interact with a required portion of the laced-fastener* to affect its operation.

(1) Note. Some patents within this and the indented subclasses have been placed solely on either (1) their principle disclosed use or (2) their commonly known use in the disclosed environment (e.g., an eyelet shown near the opening of a shoe) when no special art classification for the claimed device exist elsewhere.

(2) Note. Patents which merely name an eyelet or grommet mounted on flaccid material have been placed within this and the indented subclasses even if there is no disclosure that they are string guiding means proper for this and the indented subclasses, when their disclosures do not state what passes through their guiding cavity and the eyelets or grommets do not attach layers of material together.

(3) Note. See the class definition for patent placement procedures.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

18, for a cord type packet holder.

34, for a laced-fastener* used to connect the ends of a belt. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

2, Apparel,

270, for means which closes the opening in the sleeve or leg portion of apparel.

29, Metal Working,

12, for machines or processes for making a lacing stud.

36, Boots, Shoes, and Leggings,

50.1+, for a laced-fastener* in combination with specific shoe structure.

87, Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making, for a process or apparatus for making a strand.

128, Surgery,

565, and 571 for bandaging having a laced-fastener*.

156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,

70, for a method of encasing a drawstring between adhering lamina. 402, Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet,

8+, for a cord type binder device.

D2, Apparel and Haberdashery,

316, for a shoelace.