Chains ornamental in appearance designed for jewelry or personal wear, and includes chains having alternate or different links composed of different materials, or the links joined in a manner to render the chain ornamental in appearance, or the individual links composed of different metals or materials which render them ornamental in appearance, or having parts or features rendering the chains ornamental in appearance, but which parts or features would possess no particular utility in a general purpose chain. Metallic bead chains are included in this subclass.
(1) Note. Where the invention resides in the structure of an ornamental fabric, per se, and does not include features characteristic of chains, it will be classified in Class 63, Jewelry, appropriate subclasses or Class 245, Wire Fabrics and Structure, appropriate subclasses.
(2) Note. This subclass does not include wire curb-chains or chains made up of twisted-wire links. Such chains are found in this class, subclass 83.
