US PATENT SUBCLASS 428 / 583
.~.~ Having discrete fastener, marginal fastening, taper, or end structure

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428 /   HD   STOCK MATERIAL OR MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

544  DF  ALL METAL OR WITH ADJACENT METALS {31}
577  DF  .~ Intermediate article (e.g., blank, etc.) {3}
583.~.~ Having discrete fastener, marginal fastening, taper, or end structure {2}
584  DF  .~.~.~> Same structure at both ends of plural taper
585  DF  .~.~.~> Single taper (e.g., ingot, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 428/583

(under subclass 577) Subject matter in which (1) article is held together by a separate and distinct mechanical fastener extending over the edge of the article, or into a plurality of layers of the article, or by bonding only the edges of the article, or (2) in which the article is distinguished by a configuration, within one-third of its either end, which differs from its configuration in its central one-third, or (3) opposite surfaces of the article tend to converge.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

83, and 122, for a nonmetallic* sheet or web with a channel-shaped edge component.

88, and 194, for a nonmetallic* sheet or web with an edge feature, or a configured or discontinuous surface.

157, for a nonmetallic* sheet or web wherein the difference occurs only at, or in the area adjacent, an edge of the sheet or web.

594, for indefinite length metallic* material held together in the same manner.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 53, Package Making, appropriate subclasses for methods and apparatus for tying metal scrap into bundles.

138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits,

156+, for longitudinally seamed tubing.

206, Special Receptacle or Package,

83.5, for bales, including bales of metal scrap.

473, Amusement Devices; Games,

316+, for a golf club shaft.