(under subclass 15) Devices including means which cover and/or encase the ring or portions thereof.
(1) Note. This indented subclass does not include devices which merely prevent loss without covering or encasing the ring; for such devices see subclass 15 and the other pertinent indented subclasses.
(2) Note. Included herein is the shield means, per se.
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15, for mere guarding means which prevent loss of a ring and which are not structurally provided for in the indented subclasses, and see (1) Note, above.