US PATENT SUBCLASS 248 / 518
.~ Alternatively mountable (stand/bracket, etc.)


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248 /   HD   SUPPORTS

511  DF  STAFF TYPE {6}
518.~ Alternatively mountable (stand/bracket, etc.)


DEFINITION

Classification: 248/518

(under subclass 511) Support wherein the device includes structure whereby it can be supported by, alternatively, plural types of supporting surfaces or object; e.g., the device can be either (1) a stand or a ground inserted device, (2) a stand or a bracket, or (3) a ground inserted device or a bracket.

(1) Note. The claiming of means (e.g., apertures) to receive fasteners in the surface-contacting portions of a device in the nature of a stand, for the purpose of securing the device to the surface, is not an alternatively mountable feature for this subclass in the absence of a disclosure that the device may be used without the fasteners on a generally horizontal surface as a stand and used with the fasteners on a nonhorizontal surface as a bracket.