US PATENT SUBCLASS 428 / 588
.~ Workpiece of parallel, nonfastened components (e.g., fagot, pile, etc.)

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428 /   HD   STOCK MATERIAL OR MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

544  DF  ALL METAL OR WITH ADJACENT METALS {31}
588.~ Workpiece of parallel, nonfastened components (e.g., fagot, pile, etc.) {2}
589  DF  .~.~> Arranged to avoid lateral displacement
590  DF  .~.~> Composite

DEFINITION

Classification: 428/588

(under subclass 544) Subject matter comprising a web or sheet made of longitudinally parallel layers or components, at least some of which are not fastened to any other component.

(1) Note. Generally a subsequent manufacturing operation bonds the layers or component together.

(2) Note. Provision for gravity alone to hold the pile together is not considered fastening.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

54+, for a longitudinally arranged layer of three or more sections, which may or may not be fastened to each other.

77+, for a sheet facing and longitudinally noncoextensive with a web or other sheet. 105, and 114, for a sheet or web, including elements in different layers or components which are in angular or parallel relation to each other and in which some of the layers or components may or may not be fastened to each other.

184+, for a plurality of nonplanar uniform-thickness sheets or webs which need not be fastened to each other.

576, for an article or similar stock-material* so shaped as to facilitate melting.

594, for similar stock-material* tied into bundles or spot-welded.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

206, Special Receptacle or Package,

83.5, for bales, including bales of metal scrap.

405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering,

231+, for columnar structures of that class also called "piles".

414, Material or Article Handling,

10.5, for piles or other arrangements of articles designed to promote efficient handling.