(under subclass 114) Subject matter including (1) stenciling elements, i.e., stencils and blanks including mounts, holders and extensions, (2) processes of and apparatus for manufacture of such elements not elsewhere provided for, and (3) such processes combined with a use step.
(1) Note. The term "blank" includes the sheet or plate through which the stenciling openings are to be made or the unit including the unperforated stencil sheet and its attached protecting or backing sheets. The term "stencil" includes the sheets or plates with the openings in them and also such completed sheets or plates combined with backing or protective sheets.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48+, for selective or progressive addressing machines using stencils.
112, for stencil plates used in selective and progressive printing machines.
129, for stenciling processes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 33, Geometrical Instruments, particularly
562+, and see the reference to Class 101, Printing, in (3) Note in said subclass.
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus,
388, and 430 for stencils which mark food during the cooking thereof.
106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, appropriate subclasses for stenciling compositions.
118, Coating Apparatus,
504+, and see the Notes thereto, for devices for protecting areas adjacent to the part being coated.
132, Toilet,
216, for eyebrow stencils to act as templates in the application of make-up, subclass 73 for manicure stencils, and subclass 319 for other stencils adapted for use with toilet articles (e.g., rouge or lipstick).
427, Coating Processes,
143, for processes of coating, per se, wherein the product produced is a stencil blank. 428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate subclasses for a single or plural layer stock material product in the form of a web or sheet, and especially
131+, for such a product including apertures.
434, Education and Demonstration, particularly
117, and 162+ for writing guides.
451, Abrading,
29+, 442, 445, 448, and 457 for an abrading shield, including an erasing shield (subclass 445), a mask, or a stencil; and see the search notes of subclass 442.
