(under the class definition) Means for transferring a load to or from an aircraft in flight.
(1) Note. Search this class, appropriate subclasses, for means under the main class definition for transferring a load to or from a moving aircraft not in flight.
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74, Machine Element or Mechanism,
2, and indented subclasses, for mechanisms for releasing or tripping portions of machines to cause other portions to automatically operate due to the expenditure of the potential energy possessed by such parts.
89, Ordnance,
1.51+, for bomb, flare, and signal dropping. 182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold,
137+, for a net comprising a body catcher.
212, Traversing Hoists,
116, for trips, stops and knockers used in load-suspension cable hoists.
244, Aeronautics, particularly
2+, for means whereby an aircraft in flight may pick up or release another aircraft, including gliders, singly or in trains: subclasses 135 for supplying fuel to or discharging from an aircraft in flight: subclass 136 for discharging and diffusing material in air from aircraft in flight: subclass 137 for loading or unloading aircraft in general, including the mere dumping of a load from the aircraft whether in flight or not: subclasses 138+ for parachutes or other devices either, per se, or in combination with aircraft structure, for safely lowering persons, cargo, or aircraft structure to the ground.
292, Closure Fasteners,
332, and indented subclasses, for trippers used in closure fasteners.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements,
86.4, and indented subclasses, for grapples and their operating means.
