US PATENT CLASS 292
Class Notes
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 292/
This class includes all bolt elements and latching devices, not combined with lock structure, for securing in closed or adjusted position any closure element, such as a door, window, gate, trunk-lid, box-cover, bag-frame, or the like.
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49, Movable or Removable Closures, appropriate subclasses, particularly
276+, for closure-fasteners when combined in or with closure-operators, and this class (292) for devices for starting a closure open, or drawing it from a substantially closed to a fully closed position, wherein such operation is accomplished by cooperating surfaces on the latch bolts and keepers which function during movement of the bolts into or out of latching position relative to the keepers.
70, Locks, for key or combination locking devices.
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus,
349+, for fasteners combined with food compacting followers and subclass 402 for fasteners associated with hinged bread toaster grids. 109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device,
62+, for devices for safes and vaults commonly known as pressure mechanisms, the function of which is to cam the door tight in its jamb, and which usually serve to crack the door to an ajar position, and subclass 63.5 for devices for receptacles which render the closure fastener thereof ineffective when the receptacle is in a condition of abnormal use.
220, Receptacles,
315+, for receptacle closure fasteners.
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for article dispensing devices not otherwise provided for, having means to retain mechanical article releasing closures or article ejecting discharge assistants in article dispensing or nonarticle dispensing position, and see particularly
151+, and 154 for article dispensers having means for blocking or disabling ejector or releaser means and lock, latch or seal structures for supply containers and/or their supports, respectively.
222, Dispensing, appropriate subclasses, for dispensing devices having means to latch or secure closures, valves and the movable parts of discharge assistants in a desired position, especially
44, for a combined indicator and detent, and subclasses 153.05+ for fastening seals for dispensing devices.
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener, for permanent securing devices, such as bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, and the like.