US PATENT SUBCLASS 248 / 499
TIE DOWN
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 248/499
(under the class definition) Means extending upwardly from a support surface or extending from a surface contiguous thereto for retaining an article on the support surface, which means either (a) includes a flaccid material member extending between the article and the surface or (b) consists of a member which is readily deformable either (1) axially (e.g., coil spring) to tensionally retain the member on the surface or (2) laterally and substantially uniformly throughout its length to provide a looped configuration when its opposite ends are secured together or to a supporting surface and an article is thereby embraced or straddled between these ends.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
500+, for a hold-down device; e.g., one which either (a) includes no flaccid element for retaining an article to a base; or (b) consists of deformable member means of variegated construction; e.g., has a developed reentrant or hinge portion so that only a part is deformable, as opposed to the structure set forth in the instant (subclass 499) definition. See for example, subclass 500, the principal subclass, for a clasp-type hold-down significantly deformable about an intermediate reentrant or hinge portion; and see subclass 505, for an article straddling hold-down.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
206, Special Receptacle or Package,
478, for a mercantile package comprising a base, an article, and flaccid means to retain the article on the base.
