US PATENT SUBCLASS 69 / 19.1
.~ Stretcher


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69 /   HD   LEATHER MANUFACTURES

19  DF  WORK STRETCHER OR HOLDER {1}
19.1.~ Stretcher {2}
19.2  DF  .~.~> Cased hide or skin type
19.3  DF  .~.~> With adjustable tensioning means


DEFINITION

Classification: 69/19.1

(under subclass 19) Device including means for applying or maintaining tension in one or more directions to or within the hide, skin or leather.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

1.5, for a belt stretching machine.

33, for treating a hide, skin or leather by folding, flexing, crumpling, suppling or similar action for stretching, softening and rendering the same more flexible.

46, for a machine which stretches leather by rubbing action of a member over the surface thereof.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

16, Miscellaneous Hardware, 5, for a combined carpet fastener and stretcher.

26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing,

51+, for a cloth stretching apparatus involving a cloth

finishing operation; and subclasses 71+ for the apparatus, per se, for expanding (e.g., stretching, spreading) a running length cloth web.

28, Textiles: Manufacturing,

149+, for a frame upon which threads are to be stretched and held while being fabricated into a structure by some textile operation.

29, Metal Working,

91.5, for an upholstery making apparatus for drawing or pressing an outer fabric layer into or about a stuffed or padded furniture component.

38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing,

102.1+, for a cloth stretcher frame (e.g., curtain stretcher frame).

52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings),

222, for a building panel having a tensioned or flexed sheet facing. 160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,

371+, for a fabric filled or covered frame or a frame for such use; especially subclasses 372+ for a device wherein the fabric may be stretched by adjusting the frame size and subclass 378 for a frame type device including means for applying tension to the fabric therein.

223, Apparel Apparatus,

61+, for a device for stretching apparel on forms.

254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force,

200+, for a tensioner for use in forcing a carpet or like covering into place in laying it, when including means for affording mechanical advantage.

294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements,

8.6, for a stretcher for use in forcing a carpet or like covering into place in laying it, when not including means for affording mechanical advantage.