October 2004 CLASSIFICATION DEFINITIONS 87 - 1
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October 2004 CLASSIFICATION DEFINITIONS 87 - 1 CLASS 87, TEXTILES: BRAIDING, NETTING, 245, Wire Fabrics and Structure, particularly sub- AND LACE MAKING classes 7 and 8 for wire fabrics even though for a structure provided for in this class (87) hav- SECTION I - CLASS DEFINITION ing claimed additional features of wire fabric structure. Processes and apparatus for forming strands or fabrics 427, Coating Processes, pertinent subclasses as from yarns, filaments or strands, by braiding, knotting determined by schedule review for processes and/or intertwisting the strands; and the corresponding of coating, per se, not combined with a textile products or fabrics. operation. SECTION II - LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS SUBCLASSES The line between this Class (87) and Class 428, Stock 1 Coated or impregnated: Material or Miscellaneous Articles, is that any plural This subclass is indented under the class defini- layer product or stock material which includes a compo- tion. Processes involving the applying of a nent classifiable in this Class (87) will be placed in this coating or impregnating material to the product Class; a plural layer stock material or product in general by application to the strand material at any time with no structure of the Class 87 type will be classified (i.e., before, during and/or after) relative to the in Class 428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles. mechanical interrelation of the strands; and the See also reference to Class 87 in the main definition of resulting products. Class 428, Lines With Other Classes, Intermediate Arti- cles, and subclass 592 for metallic stock material having SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB- a helical component. CLASS: 5, through 7 for the incorporation of materials other than coating or SECTION III - REFERENCES TO OTHER impregnating materials, particularly CLASSES subclass 6 where the tubular fabric is formed about a soft core into which it SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: may become embedded. 112, Sewing, subclass 415 for braid, netting or lace 23, for apparatus involving means for which includes stitching. coating or impregnating. 140, Wireworking, subclasses 3+ for machines and processes of the type found in this class (87), SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: combined with some additional wireworking 156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscella- apparatus or process step. Where wires are not neous Chemical Manufacture, sub- interlooped by merely being placed adjacent classes 51 and 148 for combinations each other and then locally twisted to overlie, of braiding and laminating. so that only the rigidity of the wire holds them 427, Coating Processes, pertinent sub- together, the patent is in Class 140, Wirework- classes as determined by schedule ing. review for processes of coating, per 156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemi- se, not combined with a textile opera- cal Manufacture, subclasses 148+ for the com- tion. bination of laminating and braiding and sub- 428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Arti- class 52 for indefinite length conductor making cles, pertinent subclasses as deter- including a step of braiding a covering thereon. mined by schedule review for a stock 174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, particu- material product in the form of a sin- larly subclasses 121, 122 and 124 for insulated gle or plural layer web or sheet when conductors and see the class definition, Section the strand interrelation for this class II- Lines With Other Classes and Within This (87) is not recited. See also main class Class, “Miscellaneous” for the line. definition of Class 428, Section II- Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class, “Interengaged Fibers and December 2002 Edition 87 - 2 CLASSIFICATION DEFINITIONS October 2002 Strands,” for a further statement of the bobbin threads, with which they are line. intertwisted. 2 Elastic: SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB- This subclass is indented under the class defini- CLASS: tion. Processes for making the fabric is exten- 27, for corresponding apparatus and see sible either longitudinally, transversely or both the definition thereof for a further due to the presence therein of extensible ele- statement. ments; and the resulting products. 5 With material incorporated in diverse ways: (1) Note. Fabrics that are merely resilient This subclass is indented under the class defini- under compression are not here included. tion. Processes claiming steps for incorporat- ing material in the fabric in diverse ways; and SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: the resulting products. 57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, subclasses 216, 220, 222 (1) Note. This may be by combining two or and 362, for strands other than wire more types of fabric provided for in this used to form the core. class, or one fabric of this class with 139, Textiles: Weaving, subclasses 421 other material incorporated by other through 423 for elastic fabric texture characters of operation. The same elements. strands may be interrelated in two or more different ways. 3 Intertwisted strands: This subclass is indented under the class defini- (2) Note. In general the material incorpo- tion. Processes involving twisting strands rated is independent of the base fabric together and/or intertwisting strands at differ- and does not partake of the fabric form- ent points of junction; and the resulting prod- ing operations. Also, it may be material ucts. of a different character uniting two or more fabrics made according to the SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB- methods of this class. CLASS: 10, for processes of braiding in which SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB- arresting carrier motion or other CLASS: braiding operations cause a strand to 1, for coated or impregnated fabrics. pass one or more times about another 28, through 30 for corresponding appara- strand; and the resulting products. tus. 24, through 27 for corresponding braid- ing apparatus. 6 Tubular fabric with core: This subclass is indented under subclass 5. 4 Twist or bobbinet lace: Processes in which the fabric is formed about a This subclass is indented under subclass 3. core, which becomes part of the completed Processes wherein the meshes of a net or mesh structure; and the resulting products. fabric are formed by intertwisting the strands, the individual strands comprising one of the 7 Braided with unbraided material: two strand sets never being intertwisted; and This subclass is indented under subclass 5. the resulting products. Processes in which braided material and unbraided material are incorporated in a fabric; (1) Note. These fabrics are distinguished and the resulting products. from braided lace by virtue of the fact that certain threads, known as warp, (1) Note. The unbraided material is usually spool, beam, etc., threads, are not inter- held in or to the fabric by the braided twisted but may be tied together or in strands. position at certain points by means of the December 2002 Edition October 2004 CLASSIFICATION DEFINITIONS 87 - 3 the basis of pattern or design variation, SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB- whereas those in subclass 11 are classi- CLASS: fied on the basis of fabric outline varia- 6, for unbraided material that is the core tion. of a substantially tubular fabric. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB- 8 Braided: CLASS: This subclass is indented under the class defini- 3, through 4 for other fabrics having a tion. Processes involving the braiding of strand passing one or more times strands together, i.e., in which one or more about another strand where the fabric strands pass alternately over or under one or is formed by other than a braiding more other strands; or in which one or more operation. strands half-twist alternately about two or more adjacent strands; and the resulting products. 11 Variable form: This subclass is indented under subclass 8. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB- Processes wherein the outline of the fabric (as CLASS: distinguished from its pattern due to strand 33, through 51 for corresponding appara- spacing, color, etc.) is varied; and the resulting tus. products. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: (1) Note. This may be by forming projec- 24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., sub- tions, eyes or apertures (other than as classes 659 through 661 for braids defined in subclass 10), furcations, by formed into button-hole loops. the addition or subtraction of strands, 245, Wire Fabrics and Structure, sub- etc. classes 7 and 8 for related wire fab- rics. 12 Knotted mesh: 277, Seal for a Joint or Juncture, pertinent This subclass is indented under the class defini- subclasses as determined by schedule tion. Processes involving forming a fabric by review for a generic sealing means or tying knots at the junction points of the strands; process; subclass 537 for a dynamic, and the resulting products. circumferential, contact seal for other than a piston contained or compressed (1) Note. The fabric may be of single or plu- by a gland in a packing box having ral strand construction. braided, woven, or twisted material or construction. 13 Miscellaneous: This subclass is indented under the class defini- 9 Tubular: tion. Processes and products not specifically This subclass is indented under subclass 8. provided for above. Processes involving forming a tubular, though not necessarily cylindrical fabric; and the 14 With pattern mechanism: resulting products. This subclass is indented under the class defini- tion. Apparatus in which a pattern mechanism 10 Lace: (such as a jacquard, a pattern sheet, cam mech- This subclass is indented under subclass 8. anism, etc.) is used to control operation of the Processes involving forming a fabric of the machine for any purpose, such as to produce a well know open work or net construction com- design on or to control the shape of a fabric. monly provided with integral surface patterns or designs, which are formed either by open (1) Note. For other pattern mechanisms, see work differing from the ground fabric, or by the Index to the U.S.