US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 490
.~ Means for dividing field or court into compartments; element thereof or accessory therefor (e.g., a net, marking strip, marked line, etc.)

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473 /   HD   GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE

415  DF  PLAYING FIELD OR COURT GAME; GAME ELEMENT OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHER THAN PROJECTOR OR PROJECTILE, PER SE {14}
490.~ Means for dividing field or court into compartments; element thereof or accessory therefor (e.g., a net, marking strip, marked line, etc.) {3}
491  DF  .~.~> Net attachable to game table
492  DF  .~.~> Net post {1}
494  DF  .~.~> Net, with net, or for net {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 473/490

Means for dividing field or court into compartments; element thereof or accessory therefor (e.g., a net, marking strip, marked line, etc.):

(under subclass 415) Subject matter comprising means adapted and intended to break the playing area into two or more compartments, subareas, or sections or comprising a component part thereof or an ancillary means therefor unless elsewhere provided for.

(1) Note. The field- or court-dividing means may comprise a net, fence, wall, rope, chain, curtain, or a line or zone marking located on or otherwise located within the confines of the playing area or located in the vicinity of the boundary of the playing area.

(2) Note. Although the field- or court-dividing means is usually located within the confines of the playing area, it may also comprise means located at or in the vicinity of the outer boundary marking structure or enclosure. However, this type of dividing means must still function to at least help break the playing area into two or more compartments, subareas, or sections. An example of this type of field or court dividing means might be one or more markers spaced along the length of a field or court for assisting in defining real or imaginary lines across the width of the playing area of the field or court. For example, the numerical yardline markers which are spaced every ten yards along the length of the playing field used in the play of an American football game, in conjunction with the lines marked across the width of the field, function to assist in the location of the ball or a player on the field.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

465+, for a playing field or court game having at least two or more different types of game components used in the same game and in which the game or sport is played on a playing area having a means for dividing the playing area into two or more compartments, subareas, or sections.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, for a stock

material product in the form of a single or plural layer web or sheet, particularly 245+, and 411.1+ for a plural layer web product not provided for elsewhere.