US PATENT SUBCLASS 428 / 12
COLLAPSIBLE ARTICLE (E.G., JOINTED, ELASTIC, ETC.)


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428 /   HD   STOCK MATERIAL OR MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

12COLLAPSIBLE ARTICLE (E.G., JOINTED, ELASTIC, ETC.)


DEFINITION

Classification: 428/12

(under the class definition) Article* comprising parts which are either articulated, or foldable, or inflatable and deflatable, or telescopic, for purposes of structural compactness (as for storage) and wherein said parts when so disposed retain a structural unity.

(1) Note. Adjustability that achieves another display form

only is not considered to include the characteristic of collapsibility.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

9, for a collapsible special occasion ornament.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, 214, for a balloon with a sign thereon.

138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits,

118+, for a flexible tubular structure including a collapsible feature.

222, Dispensing

92+, for a collapsible wall type container; and see the search notes thereunder.

446, Amusement Devices: Toys,

220+, for an inflatable toy, subclass 388 for an animate figure formed from folded sheet material, and subclasses 487+ for other toys which are or collapsible.