US PATENT SUBCLASS 30 / 308
.~ Cleaver type
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 30/308
(under subclass 165) Implements in which the tool is of the form generally known as a butcher's cleaver, i.e., having a comparatively broad, heavy and substantially rectangular blade extending from the handle along its length.
(1) Note. Mere blades will be found in this class, subclasses 346+.
(2) Note. Compare this class, subclass 318.
(3) Note. Power operated butchers' cleavers which are disclosed as being of general use are classified in this class, subclass 272.1, and those peculiar to or having sole disclosure to the burtchering art are classified in Class 452, Butchering, subclasses 149+.