US PATENT SUBCLASS 81 / 124.2
.~.~.~ Slotted socket

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81 /   HD   TOOLS

52  DF  WRENCH, SCREWDRIVER, OR DRIVER THEREFOR {27}
119  DF  .~ Rigid jaws {3}
121.1  DF  .~.~ Enclosed (e.g., socket) {8}
124.2.~.~.~ Slotted socket

DEFINITION

Classification: 81/124.2

Slotted socket:

(under subclass 121.1) Tool wherein the enclosing walls are slit along the length thereof.

(1) Note. A wrench is considered to be a "slotted socket" rather than an "open end" wrench (classifiable in subclass 119) if either of the following apply: (1) the walls of the wrench surround a nut of the like to the extent that the wrench cannot be withdrawn laterally, or (2) the walls of the wrench surround at least 180 degrees of the circumference of a nut of the like, and also a substantial portion of an end face.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

279, Chucks or Sockets,

42, 43 and 43.1+ for a tool or work-holding socket of similar structure.