| 40, | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, appropriate subclasses for a sign, exhibit, or other display device
of that class which may also be amusing in nature to perform its
function of attracting and holding the attention of an observer.
Also see the Search Class notes under
subclass 57 and 58 below. |
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings),
subclasses 6+ for a building structure related to means forming
the locus of a center of attraction, e.g., a stage or means forming
a performing area. This class (472) takes such structure which contributes
to the attraction, e.g., scenery or devices used by a speaker or
artist. Also see the Search Class notes under subclasses 1, 48,
and 75, below. |
| 104, | Railways,
subclasses 53+ for an amusement railway. |
| 182, | Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold,
subclasses 48+ for an escape chute for a person and subclasses
137+ for a body catcher or life net. |
| 273, | Amusement Devices: Games, appropriate subclasses for a species of amusement
device, commonly called a game, which involves a contest of skill
and in which the result of such contest can be determined by the
rules defined for the game. See the Notes appended to the Class
463 definition for the relationship between the game Classes 273,
463, and 473. |
| 280, | Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for various types of land vehicles,
especially
subclasses 827+ for a simulation, for example, a progressive rocking
horse; subclasses 841+ for a skate or ski; subclasses 845+ for
a sled; and subclass 47.1 for a person-supporting body connected
to wheels so as to effect body rocking as the wheels rotate. |
| 297, | Chairs and Seats, appropriate subclasses for a device for supporting the
weight of a person in a seated position in general. Also see the Search
Class notes under
subclasses 95 , 110, 114, 118, and 124 below. |
| 404, | Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus,
subclasses 17+ and 71 for pavement and road structure. |
| 434, | Education and Demonstration, appropriate subclasses for an apparatus or a process intended
for the purpose of instruction or demonstration in general, and
especially
subclasses 29+ for apparatus intended to be used for the purpose
of instructing or testing a person in the operation of a vehicle. |
| 441, | Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, appropriate subclasses for an aquatic device in general; particularly
subclasses 129+ for a body-supporting buoyant device in general.
A buoyant device made to simulate an animal, fish, fowl, etc., or
any part thereof, where such simulation is claimed, is proper for
Class 472. However, where such simulation is disclosed but not claimed,
classification of the buoyant device is proper for Class 441. See
the (2) Note, under subclass 129 of Class 441, for a statement of this
line. Also see particularly subclasses 65+ for a surfboard,
aquaplane, or other device intended to be used for skimming or walking on
the surface of a body of water. |
| 446, | Amusement Devices: Toys, for a species of amusement device, commonly called
a toy, which is principally intended for the amusement or recreation
of a child wherein there is some physical interaction between the
child and the toy. |
| 463, | Amusement Devices: Games, for a species of amusement device, commonly called
a game, which involves a contest of skill and in which the result
of such contest can be determined by the rules defined for the game.
This is the residual class for a game. See the Search note to Class
473 definition below for the relationship between the game Classes
463 and 473. |
| 473, | Games Using Tangible Projectile, for a game in which a ball, missile, or other such
tangible game projectile (other than a simulation or representation
thereof) is used during play of a game or sport. The relationship
between Class 463 and Class 473 is that Class 463 is the residual
class for a game, while Class 473 provides only for a specific type
of game in which a ball, missile, or other such tangible projectile
is used during play thereof. (However, note those exceptions specified
in the Class 463 definition and its appended notes.) Accordingly,
if a game which uses a ball, missile, or other such tangible game
projectile (other than a simulation or representation thereof) during
play of the game is recited, then classification is in Class 473; otherwise,
classification is in Class 463. Furthermore, a game apparatus or
means which uses a simulation or representation of a game or sport
projectile (e.g., a light-ray simulation of a projectile or a videogame
representation of a projectile, etc.) is classified in Class 463, since
such simulation or representation of a projectile is not an actual
or physical object which can be touched and handled (i.e., tangible)
as required by Class 473. |
| 482, | Exercise Devices, appropriate subclasses for an apparatus intended
to be operated by a human user for the purpose of conditioning or developing
a muscle or participating in a track, field, or gymnastic activity. |
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| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter consisting of apparatus which carries a person
or object along a circuitous path.
| | (1)
Note. The circuitous path is not necessarily circular in shape,
but a person or object must be intended to be carried in a complete
loop to be proper hereunder. Apparatus rotating a person or object about
an axial line passing therethrough is considered to be carrying
the person or object along a circuitous path. Oscillating amusement
type swings which also permit a person or object to turn or twirl thereon
are not proper hereunder. |
| | (2)
Note. The roundabout may be used to stabilize or tow a person
as the person travels by foot, skates, etc., along a circuitous
path. It may carry only a portion of the person"s weight
or may carry it only when the person falls or begins to fall. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 15, | for an occupant propelled roundabout used as a trainer
for foot travel which may be used to stabilize a baby, a novice,
an invalid, etc., learning or relearning how to walk, skate, etc. |
| 118+, | for an oscillating amusement type swing which permits
a user to turn or twirl thereon. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 40, | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, for a card, picture, sign, or other display of that class
which may be moved along a circuitous path, particularly
subclasses 427+ for a special effect display and subclasses 446+ for
a changing exhibitor display. |
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), particularly
subclasses 64+ for a repositionable major section of a static structure,
e.g., a revolving building section, etc. |
| 104, | Railways, particularly
subclasses 35+ for a railway turntable, subclasses 53+ for
an amusement railway vehicle which may travel along a circuitous track,
and subclasses 74+ for a rotating car carried on a railway
truck assembly. |
| 105, | Railway Rolling Stock, for railway rolling stock which may follow a circuitous
path, particularly
subclass 1.5 for a wheeled toy or model railway vehicle, subclass
28 for a railway locomotive carried turntable, subclass 157.2 for
a toy or model railway truck, and subclass 238.2 for a toy or model
railway rolling stock having a car body designed for a special purpose. |
| 119, | Animal Husbandry, particularly
subclass 701 for animal breaking, training, or exercise apparatus
which may cause the animal to follow a circuitous path. |
| 482, | Exercise Devices, particularly
subclasses 51+ for exercise apparatus involving user translation
or simulation thereof and which is not limited to a circuitous path
(see the Search Class notes thereunder for related art areas found
in other classes), subclass 144 for an exercise device which may be
used to suspend and invert a person by pivoting the person about
an axis, and subclasses 146+ for a swivelled foot platform
which supports the entire body of a user for a muscle conditioning
or developing purpose. |
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| 2 | With structure for causing reciprocal translation of roundabout
along vertical path (e.g., elevator, etc.): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter combined with means for rectilinearly raising
and lowering the circuitous path apparatus along a pathway perpendicular to
the horizon, i.e., a vertical pathway.
| | (1)
Note. The roundabout must be vertically raised or lowered
as a unit to be proper for this subclass. For example, a roundabout
raised and lowered along an incline or having an occupant or article carriage
raised and lowered separately from any rotating supporting carrier structure
thereof would be found elsewhere under subclass 1. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 34, | for a roundabout having a carrier rotating about
a vertical axis which includes a suspended occupant or article carriage
that moves up and down. |
| 42, | for a roundabout having a disk, ring, or bowl carrier
having an occupant or article carriage which moves up and down relative
thereto. |
| 131, | for an amusement device having an occupant support,
other than a roundabout, translatable along a vertical path. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), for a portable or skeleton type tower, per se, particularly
subclasses 111+ for a shaft extensible by mechanical motive means,
e.g., by a motor, spring, pulley, crank, cable, etc., and subclasses 648.1+ for
three-dimensional space-defining openwork. |
| 182, | Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, particularly
subclasses 141+ for an elevating or lowering workman platform. |
| 187, | Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary
Lift for Vehicle, for elevator structure not specifically adapted
for amusement purposes. |
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| 6 | Powered toy type: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the circuitous path apparatus uses
an energy source other than a human operator to propel an object
along the circuitous path for the entertainment of a child.
| | (1)
Note. The toy roundabout may be powered by an electric motor,
a wound spring motor, a gravity powered mechanism, etc., which may
be initially cranked, started, lifted into position, etc., by a
human operator as long as the human operator does not need to physically
generate the power in an uninterrupted manner, i.e., continuously,
while the toy roundabout is operating. The human operator may be
a person other than the child being entertained. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 40, | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, for a rotating card, picture, sign, ornamental mobile,
or other display apparatus not requiring interaction between the
apparatus and a child viewing it, particularly
subclasses 430+ for a rotatable, electromotor operated display
which creates a special effect and subclasses 473+ for
a rotatable, motor operated, or changing exhibitor. |
| 104, | Railways, particularly
subclasses 53+ for an amusement railway which may travel along
a circuitous path. |
| 105, | Railway Rolling Stock, for railway rolling stock which may be used to follow a
circuitous path, particularly
subclass 1.5 for a wheeled toy or model railway vehicle, subclass
157.2 for a toy or model railway truck, and subclass 238.2 for a
toy or model railway rolling stock having a car body designed for
a special purpose. |
| 446, | Amusement Devices: Toys, particularly
subclasses 30+ and 236+ for a toy roundabout wherein
the motion of the toy requires active, continuous manipulation by
a child, e.g., a hand crank which must be continuously turned by
the child to keep the roundabout moving, etc., and subclass 227 for
an infant toy and means for retaining, attaching, or supporting
it in the environment of the infant. Also see the Class 446, class
definition, Search Class note to Class 40. |
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| 7 | Having article completely supported by rotating tether,
arm, or suspending structure: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Subject matter wherein the entire object is carried by a
swinging or revolving portion of an elongated flaccid, limblike,
or hanging member.
| | (1)
Note. The structure to which the tether, arm, or suspending
structure is rotatably anchored is often called a pylon, tower, pole,
pedestal, etc., but is never a human being. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 32+, | for a roundabout having a carrier which rotates
about a vertical axis and which includes a suspended occupant or
article carriage. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 40, | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, particularly
subclasses 430+ and 473+ for a motorized card, picture,
sign, ornament, or other display object balancing mobile not requiring
interaction by a child viewing it. |
| 446, | Amusement Devices: Toys, particularly
subclasses 30+ for a tethered, fixed-wing, toy aircraft where
a child holds one end of the tether as the aircraft moves along
a circuitous path. Also see the Class 446, class definition, Search
Class note to Class 40. |
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| 15 | Trainer for foot travel (e.g., for walking, skating, etc.): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Subject matter wherein the apparatus helps the circuitous
movement causing person to learn to locomote in a step by step manner
over an underlying surface area.
| | (1)
Note. The person may be a baby, a novice, an invalid, etc.,
learning or relearning how to walk, skate, etc. The roundabout may
be used to stabilize the person during the learning process and may
carry only a portion of the person"s weight, or may carry
it only when the person falls, or begins to fall. See the Search
Note to Exercise Devices below. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 104, | Railways, particularly
subclass 62 for a railway vehicle traveling along a fixed track
and used for physical training. |
| 135, | Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, particularly
subclasses 65+ for subject matter relating to a cane, stick, crutch, or
the like designed to aid in human locomotion and to similar structure
in umbrella shafts and swagger sticks when useful for aiding human
locomotion and subclass 67 for a walker, per se, i.e., an aid to
locomotion which is a free standing support having two handles by
which it is gripped and is operated by lifting from, moving across
and replacing on the ground, floor, or the like and which does not
have a seat, path control or propulsion facilitating means, e.g., wheels,
casters, etc. |
| 280, | Land Vehicles, particularly
subclasses 7.1+ for a walker vehicle propelled by a seated occupant
and convertible to a different device, e.g., a stroller, etc., subclasses
43+ for a walker having retractable wheels, subclasses
87.021+ for a wheeled walker propelled by the contact of
a hand or foot of a child with a surface over which the walker travels
and that is unrestricted as to path, except by a wheel or wheel
mounting, subclasses 200+ for a wheeled vehicle having other
types of positive propelling means, subclasses 809+ for
a skier or skater appliance or attachment including a hand held
ski pole and subclasses 841+ for skates and skis, per se.
Also see the below search note to Class 297. |
| 297, | Chairs and Seats, particularly
subclasses 5+ for a walker provided with a seat whereby the user
may either stand or sit. The seat may be occupied for resting between
successive exercise periods of walking, skiing, skating, etc., and
may include a mere recitation of wheels or running gear. See the
Class Definition and the Search notes thereunder of Class 297 for
the line between that class and Class 280, Land Vehicles, regarding similar
apparatus found in those classes. |
| 482, | Exercise Devices, for similar art to this subclass (15) where the person
is not limited to following a circuitous path; also see particularly
subclasses 66+ for an occupant propelled support frame having
a movement facilitating feature and subclass 69 for user translation
apparatus which suspends the occupant from above, e.g., by a body harness,
etc. See (1) Note, above. |
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| 20 | Occupant support pivotally suspended from above: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 19. Subject matter wherein the circuitous movement causing person
is carried upon structure hung below an axial region about which
it may swing.
| | (1)
Note. The structure may be hung from a flaccid cable, rope,
etc., or a rigid rod, bar, etc., in a swinging manner thus maintaining
the person in a generally upright position due to the effects of gravity
thereon. While the occupant support may swing radially outwardly
under the influence of centrifugal action, it is not required to
do so to be proper for this subclass. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 33, | for a roundabout having a carrier rotating about
a vertical axis and which includes a suspended, swinging carriage
or support which follows a circular path under the influence of centrifugal
action. |
| 45+, | for a roundabout having a carrier rotating about
a horizontal axis and which includes a suspended occupant or article
carriage, e.g., a ferris wheel, etc. |
| 118+, | for a mechanically actuated oscillating amusement
type swing. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 297, | Chairs and Seats, particularly
subclasses 273+ for a seat having an oscillating suspension means
which supports, or is supported by, a component other than the seat
bottom, e.g., by an armrest, back, etc. |
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| 57 | ILLUSION OR STAGE DEVICE: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Amusement device which is either (a) intended to deceive
a person into believing, either by giving the person a physical
sensation or a visual impression, that an event or an occurrence
is real or is actually occurring when, in reality, the event or
occurrence is not real or actually occurring; or (b) intended to
be used on a means forming a performing area (i.e., on the stage
of a theater) in order to facilitate the presentation of a theatrical
performance.
| | (1)
Note. Since an amusement device intended to cause an illusion
in the mind of a user or viewer of the device may or may not be
intended to be used on a theatrical stage, a document directed to
a specific illusion-causing device provided for in any of subclasses
58 through 74 indented hereunder will be found in one of subclasses
58 through 74 regardless of whether or not the illusion device is intended
to be used on the stage of a theater. On the other hand, subclasses
75 through 84 indented hereunder will take a document directed to
an amusement device intended to be used on the stage of a theater
regardless of whether or not the device is also intended to cause
an illusion in the mind of a person and provided the specific illusion
caused by the device has not been provided for in any one of subclasses
58 through 74. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 2, | Apparel, appropriate subclasses for a costume or mask intended to
be worn by an actor, particularly
subclass 206 for a mask providing a false face for the wearer
thereof. |
| 40, | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, appropriate subclasses for a sign, exhibit, or other display
device of that class which may also be amusing in nature to perform
its function of attracting and holding the attention of an observer;
especially
subclasses 409+ for an attention attracting display device having
free article movement (e.g., a snowfall simulator, etc.,); subclasses
411+ for a three-dimensional movable figure display device; subclasses
421+ for a two-dimensional movable figure display device; subclasses
427+ for an attention attracting display device having
special effects as, for example, a display device which includes
means to convey to the observer an illusion of movement of an object
such as falling snow or water or flickering fire light; subclasses
446+ for a changing exhibitor type of display device; and
subclasses 538+ for a dummy display device for attracting
and holding the attention of a viewer in the form of an imitation
article including a figure. |
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), particularly
subclasses 6+ for a building structure or physical arrangement relating
to a means forming the locus of a center of attraction, e.g., a
theatrical stage or a means forming a performing area of a stadium, auditorium,
or studio including a movable theatrical stage. Also see the Search
Class notes under subclass 75 indented hereunder. |
| 104, | Railways,
subclasses 82 through 86for an amusement railway device involving an illusion. |
| 352, | Optics: Motion Pictures,
subclasses 85+ for an apparatus for producing a special illusionary
effect for motion pictures. |
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| 58 | Alternative scenes provided by reflection from and transmission
through transparent mirror: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 57. Amusement device wherein the device includes a semitransparent
reflective member which is capable of passing therethrough a light
image of an illuminated first object or scene located behind it
to an observer located substantially in front of it, and also capable
of reflecting from its front surface a light image of an illuminated
second object or scene located substantially in front of the member
but off to the side of the observer and hidden from the direct view
of the observer; and wherein the illusionary effect is created by
operation of a control means (a) to selectively either permit or prevent
ambient or artificial light to illuminate the first object or scene
so that its image passes through the member to be seen by the observer, and
(b) to selectively either permit or prevent ambient or artificial
light to illuminate the second object or scene so that the reflection
of it may be seen by the observer.
| | (1)
Note. The "object" which may be illuminated
and thereby viewed by an observer or audience may be a person. Further,
the illumination of the first object or scene and the illumination
of the second object or scene usually occurs alternately and in succession. |
| | (2)
Note. The illusion-creating devices included here are capable
of providing such transition effects as wipes and dissolving views,
the appearance and disappearance of objects or scenes, the fading out
or transformation of one object or scene into another object or
scene, the illusion of different objects appearing to be in the
same place (e.g., as appearing together on the same stage) whereas,
in actuality the objects are located in different places, and the
illusion of an object being in motion whereas, in actuality, it is
at rest. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 63, | for an amusement device in which an illusion is
created by a mirror. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 40, | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting,
subclasses 442+ for a similar display device intended to attract
and hold the attention of an observer by creating an illusion, and
in which the illusion created may also be amusing or entertaining.
A device which is disclosed both for use as a display device and for
use as an amusement or entertainment device is properly classifiable
in subclasses 442+ of Class 40. |
| 352, | Optics: Motion Pictures, particularly
subclass 91 for a device for producing transition effects (e.g.,
wipes and dissolves) for the production of motion pictures. |
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| 59 | Person experiences illusion of being in motion (e.g., travel
simulation, etc.): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 57. Amusement device wherein the device is specifically intended
to deceive a person into believing that he or she is taking a trip
(e.g., the person believes he or she is traveling in a vehicle)
or is otherwise moving (e.g., the person believes he or she is swinging
on a swing) whereas, in actuality, the person is not taking a trip
or traveling or otherwise moving in the manner that he or she believes.
| | (1)
Note. In order for the device to be classified here, the device
must be of the type which attempts to make a person truly believe
that it is he, himself, or she, herself, who is taking the trip
or is otherwise in motion. A device in which a person or an audience observes another person who appears to
be traveling (e.g., an actor who appears to be traveling in an automobile
on a theater stage) is not properly classifiable here. Also, a device upon
which a person pretends that he
is traveling (e.g., a child sitting in or upon a simulated horse
or vehicle which rocks back and forth) is merely pretense and not
true deception and is, accordingly, not properly classifiable here. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 130, | for an amusement device which simulates an aerial
or space vehicle or which simulates the movement thereof, but in
which a person is not truly deceived into believing that he or she
is actually traveling in such simulated vehicle. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 104, | Railways,
subclasses 82 through 85for an amusement railway device for simulating
a trip. |
| 434, | Education and Demonstration,
subclasses 29+ for a device which instructs or tests a person
in the operation of a vehicle (e.g., a flight simulator, etc.). |
| 482, | Exercise Devices,
subclasses 51+ for an exercise device involving user translation
or physical simulation thereof (e.g., a bicycle, skiing, surfboarding
simulator, etc.). |
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| 61 | Illusion caused by video, projected picture, or special
light effect: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 57. Amusement device wherein the device which causes the deception
includes (a) a means for projecting upon a screen or other viewing
surface a visual image which has been previously produced upon film
or transparencies; (b) a means for producing upon a television screen or
other viewing surface a visual image which is being or has been
produced by television; or (c) a means for producing and presenting
to a person a peculiar, deceptive, or unusual visual image, which
image relies upon light being produced, controlled, or used in a
manner other than for mere illumination of an object or scene.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 60, | for a device which utilizes a video or projected
picture to produce a visual illusion but in which the illusion is specifically
intended to further deceive a person into believing he or she is
in motion (e.g., the person believes he or she is taking a trip). The
devices in subclass 60 include other means to cause a person to
experience an illusion of being in motion (e.g., the person is an
occupant of a simulated vehicle) in addition to the video or projected
picture means which further enhance the illusion. |
| 65, | for a device for creating an illusion by visually
imitating an event which occurs in nature (e.g., an imitation of the
sun or moon rising or setting). |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 352, | Optics: Motion Pictures, appropriate subclasses for a motion picture projector,
particularly
subclasses 85+ for an apparatus for producing special illusionary
special effects for motion pictures and subclasses 198+ for
projection light sources used in the production of motion pictures. |
| 353, | Optics: Image Projectors, appropriate subclasses for an image projector and particularly
subclass 28 for a projector which projects an image on or near a
real object. |
| 362, | Illumination, appropriate subclasses for a lighting device in general,
and particularly
subclass 84 for a lighting device or support therefor combined with
a separate luminescent material, subclasses 145+ for a
lighting device or support therefor combined with a static structure
(e.g., arena lighting), and subclasses 230+ for decorative lighting. |
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| 65 | Illusion caused by visual imitation of event occurring
in nature (e.g., rain, snow, fire, etc.): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 57. Amusement device wherein the illusionary effect produced
by the device is a simulation, which can be seen by a person, of
an occurrence or phenomenon that is naturally produced or naturally
exists in the external world; and wherein the means for producing
the simulation is hidden from the person.
| | (1)
Note. The phenomenon or occurrence can be any one of a wide
variety of events found in nature as, for example, rain, snow, fire,
a tornado, a hurricane, a waterfall, a rainbow, the rising or the
setting of the sun or moon, etc. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 61, | for a device which produces an illusion which simulates
an event that occurs naturally in nature, which device uses either
a projected picture or special light effect. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 40, | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, particularly
subclasses 409+ for an attention attracting display device which may
be amusing in nature and which has free article movement (e.g.,
a snowfall simulator, etc.); and subclasses 427+ for an
attention attracting display device having special effects as, for
example, a display device which includes means to convey to the
observer an illusion of movement of an object such as falling snow
or water or flickering fire light. |
| 352, | Optics: Motion Pictures, particularly
subclasses 85+ for an apparatus for producing a special illusionary
effect for the production of motion pictures. |
| 428, | Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles,
subclasses 13+ for exhibiting apparatus which are encased or enclosed
and which contain a product of nature or a replica thereof. |
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| 75 | Stage apparatus or setting: |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 57. Amusement device which is specifically adapted for, and
intended to be used on, a means forming the locus of a performing
area (i.e., adapted for and used on the stage of a theater) in order
to contribute to, enhance, or facilitate the presentation of a performance.
| | (1)
Note. Examples of devices included in this and the indented
subclasses include devices commonly called stage appliances; stage
settings (or sets, for short); stage scenery; stage properties (or
props, for short); and the apparatus for either supporting or manipulating
the scenery, the properties, the performers, or the stage curtains. |
| | (2)
Note. Class 52 takes building structure related to a means
forming the locus of a center of attraction, per se. For example, Class
52 takes the constructional details relating to a means forming
a performing area (e.g., a stage of a theater). Class 472 takes
devices which are intended to be used on a means forming the locus
of a center of attraction, which devices are intended to contribute
to, enhance, or facilitate the presentation of an attraction taking
place on the center of attraction. For example, Class 472 takes
such devices as stage scenery, settings, properties, and the devices
for supporting or manipulating such scenery, settings, or properties;
whereby such devices are intended to be used on a performing area (e.g.,
the stage of a theater) so as to contribute to, enhance, or facilitate
the presentation of a performance taking place on the performing
area (e.g., the stage). Class 472 also includes building structure
related to a means forming the locus of a center of attraction (e.g.,
the stage of a theater) which is combined with
the additional means (e.g., stage settings, properties, etc.,) which
contribute to, enhance, or facilitate the presentation of an attraction
(e.g., a stage performance). And see the Search Class note below
for examples of the types of stage construction (e.g., a movable,
foldable, or collapsible stage) that Class 52 provides for. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 57+, | particularly subclasses 57 through 73 above for
an amusement device specifically intended to create an illusionary
effect in the mind of a person either using it or observing it,
some of which devices are adapted to be used on a stage; and see
particularly the Notes under subclass 57 above. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), particularly
subclasses 6+ for a building structure related to a means forming
the locus of a center of attraction (e.g., a means forming a performing area
or the stage of a theater), per se; subclass 7 for a movable stage;
appropriate subclasses for a floor structure which may be usable
as a stage, especially subclass 65 for a floor or floor section
of a building which is rotatable about a vertical axis, subclass
71 for a floor structure composed of hingedly connected sections,
and subclasses 262+ for a floor supported on vertical structures.
Also see the Search Class note under subclass 6. |
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| 88 | SURFACE FOR WHEELED OR GLIDING VEHICLE: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Amusement device comprising an underlying floor or ground
riding surface having an upper surface which is specifically adapted
and intended to support and be slidably or rollingly engaged by
a mobile person-carrying conveyance which travels or coasts on a
wheel or runner type support member over the surface.
| | (1)
Note. A wheeled or runner type vehicle, per se, is excluded
from this Class entirely. See the Search Class note to Class 280
below. However, a wheeled or runner type vehicle claimed in combination
with structure of a surface specifically constructed and designed
for use by such a vehicle is proper for classification here. |
| | (2)
Note. Some of the devices included here are slides and chutes
which are, at least in part, inclined and which are to be slid, coasted,
or rolled down by a person riding in or on a vehicle which is adapted for
such use and which is acted upon either by the influence of gravity
or of inertia. If the device classifiable here is a slide or chute,
water or other means may be used on the upper surface thereof to reduce
friction between the person-carrying vehicle and the slide support
surface. |
| | (3)
Note. For a document to be included here, the surface must
either be claimed, per se, or claimed in combination with the vehicle
used therewith. Any device within which or upon which a person rides
is sufficient to enable classification of the surface slidably or
rollingly engaged thereby, even if the vehicle device is a mere
mat upon which a person rides. However, the clothing the person
may be wearing is not considered to be a vehicle for classification
here. A slide of the type in which the body of a person engages
the slidable surface either directly or through the medium of clothing
is considered a body slide and is,
accordingly, properly classifiable elsewhere in this class (472).
See the Search This Class, Subclass notes below. |
| | (4)
Note. Since a document may or may not claim the person-carrying
vehicle in combination with the surface otherwise classifiable here,
any disclosure that a person can ride in or upon a vehicle (even
if it is only a mat) is sufficient to place the document here, rather
than in subclasses 116+ below. Again see the Search Note
to subclass 116+ below. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 85+, | for an amusement racetrack having a surface designed
for competitive racing of wheeled or gliding vehicles. |
| 116+, | for an amusement body slide in which there is no
disclosure of a person riding down the slide on a mat or other vehicle.
If there is any disclosure whatsoever of a person being able to
coast down the slide riding in or upon a vehicle (even if it is
only a mat) then classification in subclasses (88+) is
proper. And see especially the Notes under subclasses 116+ below. Also
see (3) Note above. |
| 128+, | for an amusement aquatic device which may support
the body of a person thereon, and see the Search notes thereunder
for the location of an aquatic device which may carry a person over
the surface of a body of water (e.g., a water ski, surfboard, etc.). |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 104, | Railways, particularly
subclasses 53+ for an amusement railway device for use with a
passenger-carrying vehicle in general, and subclasses 69+ for
an amusement railway device in the form of a chute intended for
use with a passenger-carrying vehicle. |
| 193, | Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways,
subclasses 2+ for a chute down which material may pass under the
influence of gravity. |
| 280, | Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for a land vehicle within which
or upon which a person rides in general, particularly
subclasses 29+ for a wheeled vehicle, subclasses 841+ for
a foot-attached vehicle (e.g., a ski, roller skate, ice skate, etc.),
and subclasses 845+ for a runner type vehicle (e.g., a
sled, toboggan, etc.). |
| 404, | Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus, particularly
subclasses 17+ and 71 for pavement and road structure. |
| 441, | Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, particularly
subclasses 65+ for a water skimming vehicle device to allow a
person to glide over the surface of a body of water (e.g., a water ski,
surfboard, etc.). |
| 482, | Exercise Devices, particularly
subclasses 51+ for an exercise device which simulates user translation
(e.g., a skiing or surfboarding simulator). |
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| 90 | For foot-attached gliding vehicle (e.g., ski slide, ice
skating surface, etc.): |
| | This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Amusement device wherein the surface is specifically adapted
and intended to support and be slidably engaged by a mobile, person-carrying
conveyance having a runner type support member upon which it slides
or coasts over the surface, which conveyance being of the type which
is affixed to a foot of the person riding it.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 88, | for a surface over which a person slides or coasts
while riding upon a sled or toboggan type of vehicle, and see the
Search notes thereunder. |
| 89, | for a surface over which a person travels while
riding upon a foot-attached roller skate type of vehicle. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 62, | Refrigeration, particularly
subclass 235 for an ice skating rink. |
| 473, | Games Using Tangible Projectile, for apparatus relating to the game of hockey, particularly
subclasses 415+ , 560+, 570, and 588. |
| 404, | Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus, particularly
subclasses 32+ for a rubber or rubber-like pavement structure
and subclasses 34+ for a module or block type pavement
structure including portable mat type. |
| 428, | Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, particularly
subclasses 15+ for an artificial grass surface, per se. |
| 441, | Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, particularly
subclasses 68+ for a foot-attached, water ski type vehicle adapted
to glide or skim over the surface of a body of water. |
| 482, | Exercise Devices, particularly
subclasses 70 and 71 for an exercise device which simulates Nordic, Alpine,
or towed skiing. |
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| 92 | SURFACE OR ENCLOSURE FOR ATHLETIC OR EXHIBITION EVENT (E.G., ARENA,
TRACK, COURT, PLAYING FIELD, etc.): |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Amusement device comprising an underlying floor or ground
surface or comprising a laterally confining structure generally
intended to surround such floor or ground surface (e.g., walls,
ropes, netting, etc.); which floor or ground structure or laterally
confining structure is specifically intended to define an area (e.g.,
a performing or exhibiting area) which is to be used for a sporting
or displaying purpose by an athlete, contestant, or an exhibitor.
| | (1)
Note. A surface or enclosure proper hereunder is only involved
with the immediate confines of the area upon which a sporting or
displaying event occurs (e.g., the area constituting the center
of attraction, per se) and does not include other building, stadium,
arena, etc., structure such as bleachers, refrigeration means for
ice rinks, etc. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 85+, | for a racetrack which may constitute a center of
attraction wherein competitions of speed between opposing contestants
may be held for the amusement or entertainment of spectators. |
| 88+, | for a surface for a wheeled or gliding vehicle,
which surface may constitute a center of attraction wherein sporting,
recreational, or exhibition events may be held for the amusement
or entertainment of spectators; and see the Notes thereunder. |
| 136, | for a building or part thereof used for an amusement,
entertainment, or recreation purpose and see the Search notes thereunder. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), particularly
subclasses 6+ for a stadium or other building structure specialized
to the presentation of an attraction or accommodation of an audience
group; such building structure including (a) an arrangement of seats
or slopes relative to the center of attraction (e.g., relative to
the performing area), (b) a structure having means peculiar to the
accommodation of the audience, or (c) a stage, screen, or area of
activities which aid in the presentation of or serves as the locus of
the center of attraction. |
| 119, | Animal Husbandry, particularly
subclasses 416+ for a device which is specialized for the confining
or housing of animals and subclasses 700, 701, 702+, and
712+ for a device specialized for the breaking, training,
or exercising of animals. |
| 368, | Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices, particularly
subclasses 89+ for a time interval device for indicating the time
of duration of a particular event or for indicating the time upon
termination of a predetermined time period. |
| 404, | Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus, particularly
subclasses 17+ and 71 for pavement and road structure; and especially
subclasses 32+ for a rubber or rubber-like pavement structure
and subclasses 34+ for a module or block type pavement
structure including portable mat type. |
| 428, | Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, particularly
subclasses 15+ for an artificial grass surface, per se. |
| 473, | Games Using Tangible Projectile, for a game court (e.g., a tennis, basketball, volleyball,
wallball court, etc.) or for an athletic or sports playing field (e.g.,
a baseball, football, or soccer field, golf course, hockey field,
or rink, etc.), which court or field being used to play a game or
sport in which a tangible projectile is used. |
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| 95 | ROCKABLE ANIMAL SIMULATION HAVING RIDER SEAT MEANS (E.G., ROCKING
HORSE, ETC.): |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Amusement device in which the device is an imitative representation
of an animate being other than a human being (i.e., a lower animal) or
is an imitative representation of a part of such an animate being;
which animal representation includes means to receive a person in
a sitting position thereon (e.g., a seat); and wherein the device
further includes means to cause or to permit rocking, bouncing,
or oscillatory movement of the animal representation, a part thereof,
or at least the seat means thereof; whereby the rocking, bouncing,
or oscillatory motion of the animal representation is intended to
be similar to the natural motion that the person would experience
in riding the actual animal that is represented.
| | (1)
Note. A seat which is detached from the simulated animal,
as in the simulation of a horse-drawn cart, is included here. |
| | (2)
Note. A device which can move or translate over the ground
or a floor surface is excluded from these subclasses and, in fact,
is excluded from this class. Such a device which can move or translate
over the land or a floor is provided for in the vehicle classes
as, for example, in Class 280, Land Vehicles. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 135, | for an occupant operated rocking, oscillating, or
bouncing amusement device which does not simulate an animal. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 104, | Railways,
subclass 61 for an amusement railway device which simulates horseback
riding. |
| 280, | Land Vehicles, particularly
subclasses 1.13+ and 1.22+ for a land vehicle which simulates
a figure as, for example, a horse, etc. |
| 297, | Chairs and Seats, particularly
subclass 181 for a seat device which simulates a horse, other
animal, vehicle, plant, or the like; subclasses 195.1+ for
a straddle type seat device (e.g., a saddle) which may rock, bounce,
or oscillate; subclasses 258.1+ for a seat device provided
with rockers; and subclasses 285+ for a seat device (e.g.,
a baby jumper) in which the back is resilient or is resiliently mounted
or the back is mounted to another seat component, as a bottom, which
component is resiliently mounted, whereby the movement of the seat
or the back is in response to the movement of the occupant of the seat,
especially subclass 299 wherein the seat comprises a fabric one-piece resiliently
supported bottom and back. The devices in subclass 181 have merely
simulation and the devices in subclasses 195.1+, 258+,
and 285+ have merely rocking, bouncing, or oscillatory
motion, with no other amusement feature. |
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| 116 | BODY SLIDE: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Amusement device comprising an inclined surface which is
specifically adapted to receive the body of a person thereon so
that the person may coast down the inclined surface under the influence
of gravity.
| | (1)
Note. These subclasses do not include an amusement slide device
of the type in which a person rides down the slide surface either
located within or mounted upon a vehicular type of device. An amusement
slide device of the type in which a person rides down the slide within
or upon a vehicle (e.g., within a toboggan, on a mat or sled, or
upon skis or skates, etc.) is provided for elsewhere in this class
(472). A disclosure that a person may coast down an amusement slide
while merely sitting down upon a mat is sufficient for placement
elsewhere. See Search This Class, Subclass notes below |
| | (2)
Note. The clothing that a person is wearing while coasting
down a body slide (e.g., a bathing suit or clothing a child may
be wearing at a playground body slide) is not considered to be a
vehicle type device. Accordingly, a slide device in which the body
of a person engages the slide surface through the medium of clothing
is properly classifiable here in these subclasses (116+)
as a body slide. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 88+, | for an amusement device in which a person is intended
to coast down an inclined surface using a vehicle, particularly
subclass 88 for slide down which a person is intended to ride in
a toboggan or upon a sled or mat means. A disclosure that a person
may coast down an amusement slide while merely sitting down upon
a mat is sufficient for placement here. See (1) and (2) Note above. |
| 90+, | for a ski slide or chute down which a person is
intended to coast using a foot-attached vehicle such as a ski or skate. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 104, | Railways,
subclasses 69+ for an amusement railway device in the form of
a chute intended for use with a passenger-carrying vehicle. |
| 182, | Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold,
subclasses 48+ for an escape chute combined with a means utilizable
by a person (e.g., a handrail or ladder) or with a means to sustain
life (e.g., ventilation means). |
| 193, | Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways,
subclasses 2+ for a chute down which material may pass under the
influence of gravity. |
| 404, | Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus,
subclasses 17+ and 71 for pavement and road structure. |
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| 128 | AQUATIC: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Amusement device specifically adapted to be operated or
used by a person either upon or beneath the surface of a body of
water for the purpose of diversion, recreation, or entertainment.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 405, | Hydraulic and Earth Engineering,
subclass 79 for wave generators at an immobile location. |
| 434, | Education or Demonstration,
subclasses 247+ for a device intended to teach or instruct a person
in performing a physical activity as, for example, enabling a swimmer
to learn or improve his or her diving skills; and particularly subclass
254 for enabling a person to learn or improve his or her swimming
skills. |
| 441, | Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, appropriate subclasses for an aquatic device in general;
particularly
subclasses 129+ for a body-supporting buoyant device in general.
A buoyant device made to simulate an animal, fish, fowl, etc., or
any part thereof, where such simulation is claimed, is proper for
Class 472. However, where such simulation is disclosed but not claimed,
classification of the buoyant device is proper for Class 441. See
the (2) Note under subclass 129 of Class 441 for a statement of
this line. Also see particularly subclasses 65+ for a surfboard,
aquaplane, or other device intended to be used for skimming or walking
on the surface of a body of water. |
| 446, | Amusement Devices: Toys, particularly
subclasses 153+ for an aquatic toy device intended to be used or operated
by a child for its amusement or recreation. |
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| 130 | SIMULATES AIRCRAFT OR SPACE VEHICLE OR SIMULATES THE MOVEMENT
THEREOF: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Amusement device wherein the device comprises a nonaerodynamic
imitative representation of the shape, form, or movement of a mobile
conveyance which is adapted to travel through the air or outer space
(e.g., an aerial vehicle, spaceship, etc.); and wherein the imitative
representation includes means to receive a person therein or thereon.
| | (1)
Note. The simulated aerial or space vehicle devices included
herein have no aerodynamic capabilities. |
| | (2)
Note. Most of the devices included here are intended to receive
a person within a simulated cockpit of the vehicle represented and
usually include a means to rock it back and forth or to oscillate
it, so that the person within the device may experience movement
or motions which are intended to represent the movement or motions
that the person would experience if he or she were an occupant in
an actual aerial or space vehicle. |
| | (3)
Note. An amusement device which simulates an aerial or space
vehicle and which is also capable of translating (e.g., rolling,
etc.) over a land or floor surface is excluded from this subclass
and also excluded from this class. See the Search Class note to
Land Vehicles. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 135, | for an occupant operated device capable of being
rocked or oscillated in place by the occupant, the movement thereof
being generated by the occupant moving or shifting his body about
while occupying the device. Also see the Search Notes thereunder for
other rocking or oscillating devices. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 244, | Aeronautics and Astronautics, appropriate subclasses, for an aerial or space vehicle
in general. |
| 280, | Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses, for a land vehicle in general and
particularly
subclass 1.12 and 1.21 for a wheeled simulation of an aircraft
or space vehicle on which a child sits. Also see the (3) Note above. |
| 297, | Chairs and Seats, particularly
subclass 181 for a seat device which simulates a vehicle such
as an aircraft. |
| 434, | Education and Demonstration, particularly
subclass 28 for a device for instructing or demonstrating to
a person the effect of wind upon the path of an aircraft, and subclasses
30+ for a device which instructs or tests a person in the
operation of a flight vehicle. |
| 446, | Amusement Devices: Toys, particularly
subclass 7 for a toy device for use by a child in which the
toy device is a simulation of a vehicle cockpit or of vehicle control,
subclasses 30+ for a tethered fixed-wing toy aircraft device,
subclasses 34+ for a toy device which is aerodynamically
supported or retarded, subclasses 88 and 93+ for a construction
toy device which may be assembled into an aerial or space vehicle,
subclasses 211+ for a jet-propelled toy aircraft vehicle,
subclass 225 for an inflatable toy device which simulates an aerial or
space vehicle, and especially subclasses 230+ for an nonaerodynamic toy
device which simulates an aircraft or space vehicle. |
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| 131 | OCCUPANT SUPPORT TRANSLATABLE ALONG VERTICAL PATH: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Amusement device wherein the device includes structure for
receiving and holding the body of a person therein or thereupon
and further includes means for rectilinearly raising and lowering
the receiving and holding structure along a pathway perpendicular
to the horizon, i.e., a vertical pathway.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 2, | for an amusement roundabout combined with structure
for causing reciprocal translation of the roundabout as a unit along
a vertical path. |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), for a portable or skeleton type tower, per se, particularly
subclasses 111+ for a shaft extensible by mechanical motive means,
e.g., by a motor, spring, pulley, crank, cable, etc., and subclasses 648.1+ for
three-dimensional space-defining openwork. |
| 182, | Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, particularly
subclasses 141+ for an elevating or lowering workman platform. |
| 187, | Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary
Lift for Vehicle, for elevator structure not specifically adapted
for amusement purposes. |
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| 136 | BUILDING OR PART THEREOF: |
| | This subclass is indented under the class definition. Amusement device comprising an architectural housing arrangement
in which a human being may enter (i.e., a building), or a portion thereof,
which is intended to be used solely for an amusement, entertainment,
or recreational purpose.
| | (1)
Note. A building claimed in combination with additional means
which contributes to an amusement, entertainment, or recreation
purpose (e.g., in combination with scenery or devices used by a speaker
or artist, etc.) is proper for this subclass even if the building
alone has no other special amusement, entertainment, or recreational
aspect. |
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
| 74, | for an illusionary device having abnormal interior
building structure which appears normal. |
| 92+, | for an enclosure for an athletic or exhibition event
(e.g., an arena, track, court, playing field, etc.). |
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
| 52, | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), for a general purpose or multipurpose building not
limited to an amusement, entertainment, or recreational use. |
| 135, | Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, particularly
subclasses 87+ for a general purpose or multipurpose portable shelter
(i.e., a tent or canopy) not limited to an amusement, entertainment, or
recreational use. |
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