US PATENT SUBCLASS 604 / 399
.~.~.~.~.~ Button or snap fastener element

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604 /   HD   SURGERY

317  DF  MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) {5}
358  DF  .~ Absorbent pad for external or internal application and supports therefor (e.g., catamenial devices, diapers, etc.) {13}
393  DF  .~.~ Specific garment, holder, or support for absorbent pad {5}
397  DF  .~.~.~ Pad support having means to restrain absorbent pad {1}
398  DF  .~.~.~.~ Pad restrained by means transverse to width of the pad or fastener element (e.g., strap, end flap, or tuck) {1}
399.~.~.~.~.~ Button or snap fastener element

DEFINITION

Classification: 604/399

Button or snap fastener element:

(under subclass 398) Subject matter in which the collecting means is attached by a disklike fastener element used to join the support and the collecting means by fitting through and engaging a slit or loop in the collecting means or a fastening device in two pieces having a projecting element in one piece which snap fits into a concave portion or hole on the other piece for the purpose of securing collecting means on the support.

(1) Note. Illustrative of some of the snap fasteners found in this subclass are (a) one type engages a premade hole in the absorbent pad through which the projection portion of the fastener passes to secure the pad when snapped into the other portion of the fastener element, and (b) devices in which one element of the fastener device carried by the pad and the

other by the pad support which are snapped into engagement to restrain the pad on the pad support.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., appropriate subclasses for snap fasteners, per se.