Handles specific to cutlery implements and inventions in the means for attaching the blades thereto, not otherwise provided for.
(1) Note. See this class, subclasses 40 and 125 for cutlery handles having receptacles in the handles, 151+ for sheathed cutlery handles, and 526+ for razor handles, especially subclasses 535+ for razor handles with receptacles.
(2) Note. Holders for detachable blades and handles therefor will be found in this class, subclasses 329+, where the handle is not attached directly to the blade tang.
(3) Note. For tool and implement handles generally, attention is called to the following classes listed under search class, below.
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7, Compound Tools, especially
118, and 167. (see (3) Note, above.)
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 436+, for implements having elements, couplings or retaining means and subclasses 143.1+ and 147.1+ for handles for cleaning implements. (see (3) Note, above.)
16, Miscellaneous Hardware,
110.1+,. (see (3) Note, above.)
29, Metal Working,
80,.
38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing,
90+,. (see (3) Note, above.)
42, Firearms,
71.01+,. (see (3) Note, above.)
74, Machine Element or Mechanism,
519+, for levers, and 543+ for handles. (see (3) Note, above.)
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making, 104.1+, especially subclass 106, for making hollow handles. (see (3) Note, above.)
81, Tools,
427.5, and 177.1. (see (3) Note, above.)
101, Printing, particularly
405+,. (see (3) Note, above.)
119, Animal Husbandry,
94,. (see (3) Note, above.)
144, Woodworking,
11, for making of a wood handle. (see (3) Note, above.)
172, Earth Working,
329+, for earth working implements with handles. (see (3) Note, above.) 173, Tool Driving or Impacting, appropriate subclass for subject matter directed to driving or impacting a tool or the like, and including manipulating handle structure, and particularly
168+, for a manipulating handle having a passage for motive fluid, and subclass 170 for a manipulating handle having a drive control means operable by the engaging hand thereof. (see (3) Note, above.)
190, Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage,
39, and 115+. (see (3) Note, above.)
206, Special Receptacle or Package,
139+, and 427+. (see (3) Note, above.)
220, Receptacles,
752+,.
279, Chucks or Sockets,
9.1, or appropriate indented subclass, for handles having a socket into which a blade tang is inserted with means for holding the tang therein, whether removably or permanently attached. The mere naming of a designated cutlery implement as such will not operate to keep the patent out of Class 279.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, particularly
57+, ; subclass 137 for a handle provided with means to attach the handle to an article to carry the article. (see (3) Note, above.) 300, Brush, Broom, and Mop Making,
20,. (see (3) Note, above.)
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses for a connection between a tool and a handle which does not involve any part of the tool or handle other than that which cooperates to effect the connection.
