(under the class definition) Structure including flexible strands or strips or discrete connected sections which when fed from a coiled or collapsed storage position form an elongated rigid shaft section extending from the storage position and vice versa.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
2.11+, for a structure shaped or strengthened by fluid pressure.
109, for a lazy tong extension unit, and see the search notes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold,
41, for a self-rigidifying upwardly extensible flexible ladder or escape means. 242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,
370+, and 901 for a reeling device which may store a strip that is convertible from a coiled to an extended rigid state.
343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas,
877, for an antenna with reel and subclasses 900+ for rod type antennas.
