US PATENT SUBCLASS 425 / 2
SHAPING MEANS EMPLOYING ANATOMICAL BODY OR PORTION THEREOF (I.E., ANIMAL OR PLANT)


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425 /   HD   PLASTIC ARTICLE OR EARTHENWARE SHAPING OR TREATING: APPARATUS

2SHAPING MEANS EMPLOYING ANATOMICAL BODY OR PORTION THEREOF (I.E., ANIMAL OR PLANT)


DEFINITION

Classification: 425/2

(under the class definition) Apparatus in which a portion of a plant or animal body structure is employed as an impression pattern to impart its shape to a molding material.

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175+, for a mold forming means including a flask, per se.

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19, Textiles: Fiber Preparation,

148+, for hat forming apparatus.

249, Static Molds, appropriate subclasses for static molds, per se. The line between Classes 249 and 425 is as follows: Class 249 will take only those female molds, per se, disclosed for shaping material around an anatomical body positioned therein. All other molds, (e.g.., female molds disclosed for retaining material while the body member is pressed therein, female molds in which the body member constitutes at least a portion of a mold wall, or female molds including means for feeding material thereto, etc.), are proper for Class 425. 264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:

Processes,

222+, for the related process.

433, Dentistry,

34+, for devices for taking impressions in plastic material inside the mouth.