US PATENT SUBCLASS 294 / 165
.~ Including means to release article or to fasten carrier to or around article

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294 /   HD   HANDLING: HAND AND HOIST-LINE IMPLEMENTS

137  DF  ARTICLE CARRIER GRIPPED AND CARRIED BY HAND {16}
165.~ Including means to release article or to fasten carrier to or around article {1}
166  DF  .~.~> Resiliently biased

DEFINITION

Classification: 294/165

Including means to release article or to fasten carrier to or around article:

(under subclass 137) Device wherein the carrier includes either (a) manipulatable means which, when actuated, permits the article to fall free of or be removed from the carrier, (b) means to positively engage an article to secure it to the carrier, or (c) two relative movable connected portions which are manipulated to substantially enclose the article within the carrier.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

27.1+, for means to secure a receptacle to a carrier.

64.1+, for carriers employing vacuum to secure an article thereon.

65+, for carriers employing magnetic attraction to secure an article thereon.

86.4+, for grapple-type article manipulators.

162, for securing means on a carrier having plural article supports. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

248, Supports,

187.1, for article attaching means on stands; and subclasses 309.1+ for article attaching means on brackets.

269, Work Holders, appropriate subclasses for attaching means for securing a workpiece to a holder.