This class includes structure and attachments peculiar to mooring
buoys, marker buoys, container buoys and other buoys; structure
and attachment peculiar to rafts, and from analogy, to rafting and
guiding of floating logs and similar material; water rescue apparatus;
and other aquatic devices.
Water rescue apparatus include devices maneuvered on or over
the water surface by one person in order to rescue another person,
passenger enclosing devices which are not buoys, rafts or boats
and garment or other type of buoyant members, commonly known as
personal flotation devices which support a user in the water.
Aquatic devices include swimming aids to cause faster or farther
propulsion through the water by the user"s own swimming
strokes, buoyant or nonbuoyant devices which support a user and
which are caused by external means to roll, skim, glide over or
through the water, buoyant underwater viewing devices, and other
miscellaneous buoyant support devices.
SECTION II - LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
See Class 440, Marine Propulsion, for buoys or other aquatic
devices comprising a motor propulsion means, or animal or human
powered propulsion means other than swimming aids as defined in
Class 441, subclass 55.
Lifeboats including those which enclose the passenger are
classifiable in Class 114, Ships.
A buoyant device made to simulate an animal, fish, fowl, etc.,
or any part thereof, where such simulation is claimed, is proper
for Class 472. However, where such simulation is disclosed but not
claimed, classification of the buoyant device is proper for Class
441. See the (2) Note under subclass 129 of Class 441 for a statement
of this line.
Class 441, subclass 65 takes all the skimming devices (skis,
sleds, toboggans, etc.) which by claim or by disclosure may be used
on water, even though also useable on snow or ice. Class 280, Land
Vehicles, takes those skimming devices which are useable only on
snow or ice.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device comprising a distinctly shaped, anchored device, such as cans,
spars, nun, etc., especially adapted to float in water for the purpose
of indicating a navigable channel, anchorage, some impediment or
hazard to navigation, some object below the surface of the water,
to provide a mooring or a support for some object, or to perform
some other water related function.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Buoy normally lying submerged under a body of water and including means
to cause the buoy to surface in response to a transmitted signal.
Fluid Handling,
subclass 236.1 for whole system combinations for offshore fluid
handling; and subclass 615 for fluid handling systems not involving
buoys having two or more sections joined for relative movement to assume
various delivery or nonuse positions.
Fluent Material Handling,
With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means,
subclass 279 for specific structure of the connection between the
filling head and the receiver.
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Having swivel coupling for cargo conduit: Mooring buoy wherein a cargo conduit has a pipe fitting permitting a swinging
movement of the marine vessel relative to the buoy.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Buoy adapted to be anchored to a vessel or location on or under
the waters surface to draw attention to the vessel or location.
This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Buoy secured to a body or vessel by means which upon the sinking
of the body or vessel is released to permit the buoy to surface
and mark its location.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Buoy wherein the buoy is attached to a body or vessel by securing
means soluble in, dissolved in, or weakened by water such that upon
contact with water the securing means is disabled thereby releasing
the buoy.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Buoy wherein the release of the buoy is assisted by a gas and
wherein the release or generation of the gas is initiated by sinking
of the body or vessel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Buoy wherein the combustible liquid or gas is generated by the
reaction of a chemical substance with water.
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Buoy wherein the electric lamp is controlled by a mechanical
means which makes or breaks a circuit upon its submergence.
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Buoy wherein the electric lamp is powered by an electrochemical
battery activated by the water in which the buoy is located.
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Buoy wherein the attention directing device includes a surface
capable of reflecting a light or a radar beam.
This subclass is indented under subclass 21. Buoy wherein a surface is provided which reacts with a fluid
to produce a force for controlling the attitude or position of the
buoy.
This subclass is indented under subclass 24. Buoy wherein the playout means includes means for regulating
the amount of line played out, the rate of playout, or the tension
on the line after it has played out.
This subclass is indented under subclass 24. Buoy wherein means is provided on a marine body or a vessel which
conforms to a portion of the buoy and upon or within which the buoy
rests.
This subclass is indented under subclass 21. Buoy wherein the means to control the vertical, horizontal, or
rotational movement includes a heavy material intended to alter
the draft or stability of the buoy.
This subclass is indented under subclass 30. Buoy wherein the pressurized gas is generated on site by the
chemical interaction of a plurality of substances.
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Buoy wherein a transponder, hydrophone, sensor, or other related
instrument is contained within the storage space and means for selectively
releasing such instruments from the storage space is provided.
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Buoy wherein oil for distribution on the surface of a body of
water to calm wave activity is contained in the storage space and
a means for distributing the oil is provided.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Buoyant device which is free floating, of shallow draft and little free
board, and has a platform or floor for supporting a user.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Device including a structure mounted on the floor or platform of
a raft to protect an occupant from the elements.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Device including means for assisting a person floating in the water
in climbing aboard the raft, i.e., ladders.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Device including a structural member used in forming the raft which
is capable of being expanded by the introduction into the member
of a fluent medium, e.g., gas.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Having centrally located suspended basket: Device wherein the platform or floor of the raft is in the form
of an open cage hanging in the center of the raft below the level
of a surrounding buoyancy means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Device wherein the raft has an elongated buoyancy providing member
having a cross-section with a periphery of a shape similar to a
circle, or multiple sided geometric figure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Device wherein the buoyancy providing means is a cylinder of flat
or slightly bulging sides having flat parallel ends and a ratio
between the height and the diameter somewhat greater than one.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Device in which logs or other similar raw material are formed into
a raft in order to transport the same material.
This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Device wherein logs are joined end to end so as to form a closed
loop within which logs or similar material are placed to form a
raft.
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Device wherein the joining means is a spike or wedgelike device
driven into a log to couple one to another.
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Device wherein the joining means has opposite facing saws which
may be adjusted to contain one or more logs between them.
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Device wherein the joining means is a bar, rod, or similar rigid
member which is oriented transversely to and affixed to a log for
the purpose of joining them together.
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Device wherein the joining means is a pliant member such as a rope
or chain and which is passed around a log to join it with other
logs.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device secured to or held by a swimmer which increases the effective
surface used to propel the swimmer through the water, thereby providing
for faster or farther propulsion through the liquid by the user"s
swimming strokes.
This subclass is indented under subclass 56. Device having a chamber into which a finger or the entire hand
of the user may be inserted in the manner of a glove or mitt.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device constructed so as to permit walking, gliding, or planing
on the surface of a body of water while sustaining a user substantially
out of contact with the water.
(1)
Note. Movement usually occurs by action of the user or of
an external agent.
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Device comprising an elongated boardlike member having a width
somewhat greater than a user"s foot and a normally upturned
leading edge adapted to support the user while planing across the
water surface while under tow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 68. Device including an attachment at the rear of a ski to project
a stream of water in an arc above the water surface and behind the
ski for visual effects.
(1)
Note. An example of such a device is a funnel like pipe whose
outlet is oriented upwardly.
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Device comprising an elongated member of a width comparable to
the shoulder width of a user adapted to be propelled by a wave and
capable of supporting the user.
This subclass is indented under subclass 74. Device including a ropelike or cordlike member attached to the
surfboard which can also be attached to the user.
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Device including a buoyant member supporting the user in a standing
position and enabling the user to move across the water surface
in a walking manner.
This subclass is indented under subclass 76. Device wherein an element is provided having a fulcrum point which allows
the element to move in and out of a working position in order to
increase the traction of the buoyant member.
This subclass is indented under subclass 76. Device wherein the buoyant member is a globe or disclike means
which supports, circumscribes, and rotates about the user as it
moves across the water surface.
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Device including a means, such as a keel, fin, etc. which tend
to steady the water skimming or walking device.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device adapted to remove a person from the water from a position remote
from said person, to protect a person from the elements or hostile
marine life, or to sustain a person above the water for an extended
time period.
This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Device wherein means to assist a person in the water is carried
by and is capable of being dropped from an aircraft to the person.
This subclass is indented under subclass 84. Device including apparatus for delivering the elongated buoyant
member from a remote location to a person in need of rescue.
This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Device wherein a buoyancy means to float the user is combined with
a means to surround and hide the user from a shark.
This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Device comprising an apparatus for protecting a user who has been stranded
or shipwrecked in the water from the elements until he is rescued,
by enclosing him and having sufficient buoyancy to support the user
on the water surface.
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Device having a chamber adapted to be expanded or enlarged for
use from a collapsed state, together with means for causing the
expansion.
(1)
Note. The means for causing expansion does not include oral
expanding means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Device including means for piercing a seal on the pressurized gas
source in order to allow the gas to flow into the chamber.
This subclass is indented under subclass 93. Device wherein the piercing means is restrained by a water soluble
element or an element weakened by contact with water such that upon
contact with water the piercing means is released.
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Device including a means located in a flow line communicating the
gas source with the chamber to regulate the flow of the pressurized
gas from the source.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Device wherein the regulating means is restrained by a water soluble
element or an element weakened by contact with water such that upon
contact with water the regulating means can be used.
This subclass is indented under subclass 98. Device wherein a hand operated valve means is used to adjust or
control the flow of at least one of the reactants or of the evolved
gas.
This subclass is indented under subclass 98. Device provided with a means which can be mutilated, destroyed,
distorted, or dissolved to initiate or terminate flow of the reactants
or the evolved gas.
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Device provided with a means to bore or cut a hole in a wall of
the deformable means, or to impinge against the wall with a view
to plastically deforming the wall, to permit mixing of the reactants.
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Device wherein the buoyancy means is secured to a garment which encloses
more than the torso of the user and includes arm, leg, and neck
openings.
Apparel, appropriate subclasses for normal articles of wear which
do not increase the buoyancy of the user; especially,
subclasses 2.15+ for suits worn by divers, per se..
This subclass is indented under subclass 106. Device wherein the trunk covering means includes buoyancy means which
substantially circumscribes the torso.
This subclass is indented under subclass 106. Device wherein the trunk covering means includes buoyancy means
for placement on the thorax or abdomen of the torso.
This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Device wherein the device is designed to perform an entirely different
function in normal usage but readily converts to a means for personal
flotation.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device including buoyancy means and size sufficient for normally
supporting only one user on the water surface and subject to either
little movement or slow movement across the water surface.
(1)
Note. These devices are normally recreational devices.
(2)
Note. Devices which comprise buoyant structures and are made
to simulate animals, fish, fowl, etc., or any part thereof, are
excluded from Class 441 if claimed to recite such simulating features,
and will be found in Class 472, Amusement Devices, particularly
subclasses 128+. If the buoyant structure only is claimed, classification
in Class 441 is proper.
BUOYANCY PROVIDING ATTACHMENT FOR PIPE, LOG, OR LINE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Element attached to a conduit, cable, line, or log and providing
the same with added buoyancy when in a body of water.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device facilitating below the surface observations usually including
a buoyant platform and a window located on the platform and below
the water surface.
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