(under subclass 25) Apparatus including means to incorporate in the product some material (of strand or other form) in addition to the strands that are intertwisted to form the fabric.
(1) Note. The intertwisted strand fabric would be complete without the additional strands.
(2) Note. This class, subclasses 28+ for other such combinations.
(3) Note. This class, subclasses 33+ for braiding machines capable of causing a strand to pass one or more times about another strand by a braiding operation, particularly subclasses 37+ and subclasses 39+.
