US PATENT SUBCLASS 43 / 44.83
.~.~.~ With leaders and/or line-connection feature

Current as of: June, 1999
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43 /   HD   FISHING, TRAPPING, AND VERMIN DESTROYING

4  DF  FISHING {25}
43.1  DF  .~ Line-attached bodies, hooks and rigs {12}
43.16  DF  .~.~ Hooks {5}
44.83.~.~.~ With leaders and/or line-connection feature {2}
44.84  DF  .~.~.~.~> Branch or lateral line type {1}
44.86  DF  .~.~.~.~> With check or collect ring keeper

DEFINITION

Classification: 43/44.83

(under subclass 43.16) Hooks including means for rigging or attaching to a line or leader.

(1) Note. Mere swivels or fastening devices adapted to be serially connected in a fishing line are classified in the appropriate outside class where there provided for, with the exception of the special types set out in the indented subclasses.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., particularly

369+, for double-ended or multiple type fasteners, and subclasses 598.4+ for a snap hook type separable - fastener, and see (1) Note for the line.

59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, 95, for mere swivels having eyes or open hooks for line attachment and see (1) Note for the line.

242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,

439+, for winding an article by orbiting an elongated material about the article and subclasses 443+ for winding an article by rotating the article, which winding may be for the purpose of snelling a fishing hook, making an artificial lure, or holding a hook or lure during winding.

403, Joints and Connections,

164, for a swivel wherein a rod or strand end forms a part of the swivel joint.