US PATENT SUBCLASS 5 / 652
SUPPORT FOR USER'S BODY OR PART THEREOF

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652SUPPORT FOR USER'S BODY OR PART THEREOF {12}
652.1  DF  .~> Ventilated or permitting substantial air or liquid passage {1}
653  DF  .~> Removable support specially adapted for seating {2}
655  DF  .~> Specially adapted for infant support
655.3  DF  .~> Inflatable (e.g., air containing)
655.4  DF  .~> Bead containing
655.5  DF  .~> Liquid or gel containing (e.g., water)
655.6  DF  .~> Tufted
655.7  DF  .~> Spring containing (e.g., coil type) {1}
655.9  DF  .~> With substantial foam component
656  DF  .~> Specially adapted for outdoor use
657  DF  .~> With distinct adjustable supporting parts
657.5  DF  .~> With edge roll, cord, or welt

DEFINITION

Classification: 5/652

SUPPORT FOR USER'S BODY OR PART THEREOF:

(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising a supporting device which provides a surface to support at least a portion of a user's body.

(1) Note. This subclass and its indented subclasses exclude supports such as sofa beds, invalid beds, surgical supports, support means for discrete portion of a user that are useable with beds or surgical supports, field stretchers, cribs, cradles, bedsteads, waterbeds, fluidized beds, mattresses, cots, camp beds, hammocks, sleeping bags, ground mats, and other devices already provided for in the class.

(2) Note. This subclass includes "cushions" used to support a user's body or part thereof, not already provided for in the class.

(3) Note. Art in this class requires some structural modification to materials to adapt them for body support. The mere recitation of a support, wherein the novelty resides in a chemical composition for the support, would not suffice for inclusion in this class; it would place the application in the appropriate composition art area.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

600+, for invalid beds or surgical supports.

630+, for pillow-type support means for discrete body portions of a user, useable with a bed or surgical support. 690+, for mattresses.

944, for supports with upstanding, firm, massaging projections.

948+, for unconventional filler materials used as supporting means.