US PATENT SUBCLASS 43 / 4-- FISHING

US PATENT SUBCLASS 43 / 4
FISHING

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43 /	HD	FISHING, TRAPPING, AND VERMIN DESTROYING

4		FISHING {25}
4.5	DF	.~> Methods of fishing
5	DF	.~> Fish landing devices combined with tackle, e.g., gaffs, grapples
6	DF	.~> Harpoons and spears
6.5	DF	.~> Gathering or catching device with conveyer to boat
7	DF	.~> Nets {6}
15	DF	.~> Automatic hookers or catchers {1}
17	DF	.~> Signal devices
17.1	DF	.~> Electric current or sonic wave energy
17.2	DF	.~> Releasing devices
17.5	DF	.~> Illuminated, e.g., luminous {1}
18.1	DF	.~> Rod {10}
26.1	DF	.~> Motor-operated {1}
27.2	DF	.~> Trolley apparatus
27.4	DF	.~> Fixed support line handling means, e.g., trawls
34	DF	.~> Trap hooks {3}
41	DF	.~> Enclosed or protected {1}
42	DF	.~> Artificial bait {23}
42.7	DF	.~> Snagging and shellfish rigs, e.g., jiggers
42.72	DF	.~> With line shock absorber or resilient extension feature
42.74	DF	.~> Spreaders or separators for plural lines and/or hooks
43.1	DF	.~> Line-attached bodies, hooks and rigs {12}
44.98	DF	.~> Lines and/or leaders
44.99	DF	.~> Bait distributors, e.g., chumming devices
53.5	DF	.~> Disgorgers and gags
54.1	DF	.~> Holder {4}

DEFINITION

Classification: 43/4

(under the class definition) Apparatus and methods for hooking or gathering fish.

(1) Note. The term "fish" as used herein includes all animals not classifiable as insects which breathe in water or pass their lives in water.

(2) Note. The trapping of fish is not included herein but will be found lower in the schedule, particularly in subclass 100; see the definition of subclass 58 for the distinction between "trapping" and the subject matter of this and the indented subclasses.

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64, and especially 65 for nonreturn entrance type traps.

85, for fish snares, and see (2) Note.

88, and especially 89 for suspended jaw type traps. 100, for fish traps, and see (2) Note.