US PATENT SUBCLASS 24 / 19
.~ With tighteners

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24 /   HD   BUCKLES, BUTTONS, CLASPS, ETC.

16 R  DF  BALE AND PACKAGE TIES, HOSE CLAMPS {6}
19.~ With tighteners {8}
268  DF  .~.~> Wedge
269  DF  .~.~> Winder
270  DF  .~.~> Self-locking (dead center or snap action) {1}
273  DF  .~.~> Lever
274 R  DF  .~.~> Worm and tooth {2}
275  DF  .~.~> Integral thread {1}
278  DF  .~.~> Radial screw
279  DF  .~.~> Tangential screw {5}

DEFINITION

Classification: 24/19

(under subclass 16) Devices relating to means for tightening the bundling or clamping straps or bands.

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12, for lashing means, including a tightener for securing a four-wheel vehicle to the freight carrier on which it is shipped.

32, for tightener fasteners for driving-belts.

38+, in which the load unit is a group of articles;

68+, for strap-tightener fasteners, per se.

100, in which the load unit is indiscriminate freight and the lashing means is a wraparound. 103, for a lashing subcombination to an anchor which, in this subclass, includes a tightener.

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54, Harness,

27, for hame fasteners with a lever.

100, Presses,

212, for pressing devices not elsewhere provided for, which are supported from the ground or from a material penetrating element and in which the material is pressed within a bendable filament, strand or band by contracting it around the material. See the reference to Class 24 in the class definition of Class 100 for a statement of the line between the classes.

215, Bottles and Jars,

273+, for closure fasteners for bottles and jars.

217, Wooden Receptacles,

94+, for barrel hoops with tighteners permanently a part thereof.

220, Receptacles, 320+, for similar fasteners for metallic receptacle closures.

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

199+, for portable implements or apparatus used to tension flexible material (e.g., package ties) from which the implement or apparatus is then detached after the desired amount of tension is applied.

269, Work Holders, appropriate subclasses. Class 269 is the residual locus for patents to a device for clamping, supporting and/or holding an article (or articles) in position to be operated on or treated. See notes thereunder for other related loci.

285, Pipe Joints or Couplings,

365+, and 407+ for flanged pipe couplings comprising band clamps with means to draw pipe ends together.

292, Closure Fasteners, appropriate subclasses for other closure fasteners.

294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements,

150, for hand-held article carriers having an article-retaining strap and a strap tightener.

301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles,

87+, for nonresilient tires which include a tightener fastener. 410, Freight Accommodation on Freight Carrier, for a tightener used with means (e.g., wraparound means) lashing a load unit to a freight carrier, the following subclasses being particularly relevant: