US PATENT SUBCLASS 294 / 49
HAND FORKS AND SHOVELS

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49HAND FORKS AND SHOVELS {10}
50  DF  .~> Fork-tine shovel clearers {1}
50.6  DF  .~> Grappling type {2}
51  DF  .~> Convertible and combined {1}
53.5  DF  .~> Pivoted and adjustable head
54.5  DF  .~> Snow shovel
55  DF  .~> Scoop
55.5  DF  .~> Fork
56  DF  .~> Edge guards
57  DF  .~> Handles {1}
59  DF  .~> Attachments {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 294/49

(under the class definition) Hand implements comprising a stem or handle fitted at one end with a blade or row of tines extending in the general direction of the handle and designed to engage and lift a load usually when held in approximately horizontal position.

(1) Note. Hand implements constructed with a bottom, three sides and an open fourth side and used like scoops, have been placed elsewhere (see the search notes below) even though they have no handle or have a handle disposed in a position otherwise than that set out in the definition of this subclass (49).

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

7, for pancake turners.

55, for hand implements constructed with a bottom, three sides and an open fourth side and used like scoops (see (1) Note above).

61, for fork-like devices designed to be used in a vertical position. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,

257.1+, for dust pans.

30, Cutlery,

322+, for table and culinary forks.

37, Excavating,

411+, for scoop structures.

42, Firearms,

93, for intrenching-tools.

56, Harvesters,

400.12, for hand rakes provided with grapples.

76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making, 111, and 113 for making forks and shovels.

171, Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects, particularly

63+, 82, 100, 102, and 105 for wheel or runner supported devices provided with spaced depending teeth or tines which are adapted to comb through the earth and gather therefrom desired plants or like buried objects.

172, Earth Working,

371+, for hand held earth working tools other than shovels or forks (e.g., hoes).

175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth,

316, for an earth boring device having relatively movable parts to facilitate emptying without disassembly.

209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,

418, and 419, for shovel type sifters.

211, Supports: Racks,

54.1, 57.1, 59.1, and 125, for racks with impaling means. 254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force,

131.5, for forks and shovels having fixed or movable fulcrums.

403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses for a joint between a tool and a handle wherein no structure of either the tool or handle is included, other than that which cooperates to form the joint.