US PATENT SUBCLASS 30 / 309
.~ Sickle or scythe type
Current as of: June, 1999
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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.
