US PATENT SUBCLASS 30 / 309
.~ Sickle or scythe type


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30 /   HD   CUTLERY

165  DF  CUTTING TOOLS {19}
309.~ Sickle or scythe type


DEFINITION

Classification: 30/309

(under subclass 165) Cutting tools having a substantially crescent shaped blade lying in or out of the plane of the handle but otherwise extending at a substantial angle thereto. They are usually used for cutting grass, or grain, including corn.

(1) Note. Mere blades will be found in this class, subclasses 346+, especially subclass 348.

(2) Note. Compare this class, subclass 318.

(3) Note. Where such cutters have cradle fingers for catching grain, see Class 56, Harvesters, subclasses 324+.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses for a connection between a handle and a blade or between a handle nib and a snatch wherein no structure of the handle blade, nib or snatch is involved other than that which cooperates to effect the connection.