US PATENT SUBCLASS 294 / 86.24
.~.~ Expanding grapple means


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294 /   HD   HANDLING: HAND AND HOIST-LINE IMPLEMENTS

86.4  DF  GRAPPLE {18}
86.1  DF  .~ Well type {10}
86.24.~.~ Expanding grapple means {1}
86.25  DF  .~.~.~> Cammed grappling means


DEFINITION

Classification: 294/86.24

(under subclass 86.1) Grapples having a grappling means that is movable laterally outwardly from the grapple body for effecting grappling engagement with an object to be grappled.

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61, for spear devices other than those under the definition

of subclass 86.24.

93+, for expanding grapples of general utility.

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166, Wells, 206+, for well anchors, per se, having a means that is movable outwardly to engage and jam against a surrounding conduit wall to resist action of gravity or a lifting force and which anchors are disclosed for use other than as a grapple. Sole disclosure of or a statement in a claim of use as a grapple is enough for classification in Class 294.