US PATENT SUBCLASS 362 / 341
.~ Reflector

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317  DF  LIGHT MODIFIER {5}
341.~ Reflector {6}
342  DF  .~.~> Louvered or grid type
343  DF  .~.~> With diverse modifier
344  DF  .~.~> With guard means
345  DF  .~.~> With ventilating or cooling
346  DF  .~.~> Plural separate reflectors or separate sections
347  DF  .~.~> Curved surface {3}

DEFINITION

Classification: 362/341

(under subclass 317) Subject matter having a surface which redirects incident light back into the medium from which it came.

(1) Note. The term "shade" may denote either structure which reflects light from its surface and/or structure which absorbs or scatters light internally. Thus, placement in this subclass or the subclasses indented hereunder of structure denoted as a "shade" must depend on its disclosed proximate function in the claimed combination. For structure denoted as a "shade" which is not disclosed as reflecting light from one of its surfaces, see the Search Notes below.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

351+, for opaque or translucent modifiers including modifiers denoted as "shade", and particularly, subclasses 355+ for light permeable modifiers which scatter light by random internal reflections.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

313, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices,

113+, for electric lamps, per se, which include a reflector as an integral part thereof. 343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas,

755, 761, 775, 779, 781+, 815, 817, 818+, and 834+, for antennas with a reflector; and subclasses 912+ for radio wave reflectors, per se.

359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,

838+, for reflectors of general use, per se.

404, Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus,

6+, for reflection material in a traffic guide or barrier, and subclasses 9+ for reflective material in a traffic director.

428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles,

426+, for a nonstructural composite product including a layer of glass, and especially subclasses 433+ where the glass is next to a free metal or an alloy, resulting in most instances in a reflector or mirror surface.