US PATENT SUBCLASS 383 / 6
LIFTING OR SUSPENDING ELEMENT (E.G., HANDLE)

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6LIFTING OR SUSPENDING ELEMENT (E.G., HANDLE) {11}
7  DF  .~> Unitary with bag (e.g., element formed by hand hole) {3}
11  DF  .~> Magnetic or adhesive-type element (includes Velcro)
12  DF  .~> Attached to bag frame
13  DF  .~> Detachable
14  DF  .~> With provision for positioning element in nonuse location
15  DF  .~> Plural interengaging elements
16  DF  .~> Plural elements located at diverse bag regions (i.e., bag bottom, bag middle, and/or bag top)
17  DF  .~> Including reinforcement or stress distribution means attached to or adjacent element {3}
21  DF  .~> Attached to distinct end wall
22  DF  .~> Hanging element {2}
25  DF  .~> Single element {4}

DEFINITION

Classification: 383/6

LIFTING OR SUSPENDING ELEMENT (E.G., HANDLE):

(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein the bag includes structure designed to cooperate directly with an unclaimed, extraneous support for the purpose of pendantly supporting the bag on said support.

(1) Note. "Pendantly supporting" is defined as either hanging or lifting the bag against the pull of gravity.

(2) Note. An "extraneous support" may be a peg, a hook, a clothesline, a human hand, etc.

(3) Note. The part of the bag which is deemed to be the "lifting or suspending element" is always the claimed structure which engages directly with the unclaimed, extraneous support.

(4) Note. The claimed combination of a bag with (for example) a detachable handle or hook, etc., is properly classified in this or indented subclasses if the handle or hook is used for engagement with an unclaimed extraneous support.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

16, Miscellaneous Hardware,

110+, for a handle, per se. 190, Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage,

39, for a trunk combined with a handle, and subclasses 115+, for an article of hand carried luggage combined with a handle.