(under subclass 86.1) Devices that have circumferentially mounted means that move radially inward or are flexibly mounted to move from an open to a closed position to form a perforated bottom closure of a container for retaining objects therein, whereby an object is retrieved by passing into the basket through the bottom thereof and is then held in the basket by openwork means beneath the object.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
68+, for miscellaneous receptacles under the class definition which may be especially adapted to be inserted into a body of liquid to remove a portion of the liquid.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
166, Wells,
99, for well devices combined with means for retrieving loose objects (e.g., junk baskets), and subclass 162 for receptacles which have some feature special to use in a well. Also see the search notes under subclass 99 and 162 for the line between the receptacles of Class 166 and Class 294.