(under subclass 137.1) Apparatus particularly adapted to load or unload a buoyant vehicle directly from the water in or on which it floats.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
139.4+, for means for marine vessel loading or unloading from the shore or from the sea bottom.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
37, Excavating,
317+, for a dredge combined with handling equipment therefor. Generally, the handling structure for lifting a dredge including details of the dredge guide will be found in Class 37 even without specific details to the dredge. Search especially subclasses 315+ for a shellfish dredge.
43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying, 8, for a fishing net combined with handling equipment therefor. Generally, the handling structure for lifting a fishing net including details of the net guide will be found in Class 43 even without specific details to the net.
114, Ships,
27+, for a scow (or barge or "buoyant vehicle") intended to be unloaded by dumping its cargo into the water. ("Dumping" may comprise the use of a door in the bottom of the scow, use of a conveyor to transport the cargo over the side of the scow or use of means to bodily lift and dump it into the water.) However, the combination of a scow with means to load and with means to dump the scow is to be found in this subclass of Class 414.
