(under the class definition) Devices comprising nongripping type fasteners for use with frames or other apparatus in the stretching of a fabric, hide, or other sheet material, having (1) a leading end (e.g., a rigid arm or flexible strand) adapted to pass through an opening in the material sheet, and (2) a trailing end (the cross-bar of the T) which trailing end is too large to pass through the opening so that when the leading end is tensioned, the cross-bar exerts a pull on the sheet material.
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41.1, for cuff holders.
67, for paper fasteners.
90.1+, especially subclass 102 for buttons.
115+, for cord and rope holders. 230.5, for hooks.
265, for strap-end-attaching devices.
435, for an independent, headed, aperture-pass-through fastener.
573+, for a three part separable-fastener*
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16, Miscellaneous Hardware,
4+, for stretching type carpet fasteners.
38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing,
102+, for textile sheet stretching and spreading apparatus; e.g., subclasses 102.1+, for a stretching frame.
69, Leather Manufactures,
1.5, for leather, canvas or other belt stretching apparatus and subclasses 19.1+ for a skin or hide stretcher.
118, Coating Apparatus, 33, for coating apparatus combined with stretching means.
140, Wireworking,
108+, for wire fabric stretching apparatus and subclasses 123.5+ for wire stretching implements.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
328+, for means to engage opposite edges of a fabric panel to mount and stretch the same, and subclasses 372+ and 378 for fabric panels mounted in frames having fabric stretching features.
