.~ Having pretensioning means bridging girthwise closure
DEFINITION
Classification: 450/129
Having pretensioning means bridging girthwise closure:
(under subclass 94) Subject matter having a slit or cleft,
the edges of which are separable girthwise and are provided with separable fastening means, and having also a separately tensionable device extending across the slit or cleft functioning as a preliminary closure to relieve the separable closure of most of the strain while it is being closed.
(1) Note. The separately tensionable device may itself have separable fastener.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
127, for supporters having superimposed layers each of which acts to support or compress the body and each of which has a girthwise closure.
142, for closures having an interiorly disposed shield to prevent injury or chafing of the body by the closure.
