US PATENT SUBCLASS 280 / 481
.~.~ Pusher type


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280 /   HD   LAND VEHICLES

29  DF  WHEELED {21}
400  DF  .~ Articulated vehicle {30}
481.~.~ Pusher type


DEFINITION

Classification: 280/481

(under subclass 400) Devices in which there is a leading and trailing vehicle (with respect to the direction of motion), the motive power being supplied by the trailing vehicle.

(1) Note. This subclass takes patents claiming a device whose primary disclosed function is to push another vehicle, or patents claiming a fending device of general utility, but having a claim limited to the function of pushing another vehicle.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

213, Railway Draft Appliances,

220+, for railway car end bumpers or buffers, and subclass 224 for means (e.g., rods) mounted on a railway car which can be used to push a car located on a parallel track.

293, Vehicle Fenders, for fenders of general utility which may be incidentally disclosed as usable to push vehicles.