(under the class definition) Process or apparatus for the shaping and/or assembling of a padded or stuffed furniture component.
(1) Note. A full search for pertinent art must include other subclasses in this class organized, in the main, on the basis of particular mechanisms or method steps.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33+, for plural diverse manufacturing apparatus.
592+, for a specific process of shaping or assembling.
700+, for an assembling apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 5, Beds, for a support for sleeping, which may be upholstered.
53, Package Making,
523+, for a reshaping device which compacts or stretches material (e.g., as in mattress filling) and subclasses 436+ for a related process.
100, Presses, for patents to a particular process or device for compacting or compressing material.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, for a process of or apparatus for adhesive bonding in the manufacture of upholstery.
223, Apparel Apparatus, particularly
28+, and 52+ for pleating, shaping, or stretching of material somewhat analogous to upholstery.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, for a method of shaping plastic material, particularly,
41+, for shaping of foam material.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus, for apparatus for shaping plastic material, particularly,
