US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 578
.~ Arrow, dart, or shuttlecock; part thereof

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473 /   HD   GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE

569  DF  PROJECTILE, PER SE; PART THEREOF OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR {28}
578.~ Arrow, dart, or shuttlecock; part thereof {4}
579  DF  .~.~> Shuttlecock (e.g., badminton shuttlecock, etc.) {1}
581  DF  .~.~> Having fluid-conducting means
582  DF  .~.~> Head structure {2}
586  DF  .~.~> Vane structure (i.e., flight guiding or stabilizing means)

DEFINITION

Classification: 473/578

Arrow, dart, or shuttlecock; part thereof:

(under subclass 569) Subject matter wherein the projectile is in the form of an elongated missile which is intended to be projected into the air for movement therethrough by a bow, crossbow, blowgun, racket, or other projector or by a user's hand, foot, or other body part and wherein the missile includes two or more of the following components: a target-contacting head portion, feathering or other flight guiding, retarding, stabilizing, or controlling means, or a means for either engaging the projecting portion of a projector or engaging a user's hand, foot, or other body part whenever such hand, foot, or other body part is used for projection of the missile.

(1) Note. Included in this and the indented subclasses are the component parts of arrows, darts, and shuttlecocks, such as the target-contacting head portion, the feathering or other flight guiding, retarding, stabilizing, or controlling means, the projector-engaging portion (e.g., the nock portion of an arrow, racket-engaging portion of a shuttlecock, etc.) or the portion intended to be engaged by a user's hand, foot, or other body part whenever the complete missile is intended to be projected thereby (e.g., the head portion of a shuttlecock, etc.).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

43, Fishing, Trapping and Vermin Destroying,

6, for a harpoon or spear used for fishing, etc.

294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements,

61, for a spear used in handling articles, as for grasping them by piercing them; and subclasses 126 + for a harpoon-type hay fork.

482, Exercise Devices, 20, for a javelin used for throwing in a track and field sport.