IPC 6 English version A44B !A-A44B 21/00

IPC ⁶ English version

A44-A44B02100

SECTION A– HUMAN NECESSITIES

A 44

HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY

A 44 B

BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE (fastenings specially adapted for footwear A 43 C)

Note

This subclass covers buckles or slide fasteners whether used as haberdashery or otherwise.

Buttons (setting on garments A 41 H 37/10; setting on footwear A 43 D 100/08; making buttons, see the relevant groups in the classes for making articles from particular materials)

characterised by their material

Ornamental buttons

Assembling of buttons (covering by braiding D 04 D)

Constructional characteristics

washable

covered by fabric

with replaceable coverings

with protective coverings

adapted for special ways of fastening

attached by thread visible to the front

attached by thread not visible to the front

Eye-buttons

with resilient shank

with shank and counterpiece

Screw-buttons

Shank inserted into counterpiece and locked by sliding or rotating

with snap-action counterpiece

with counterpiece in the form of cotter, split-pin, or the like

Clamping by spring action

with helical wire-shank screwed into material

with deformable prongs

with deformable counterpiece

Collar-studs

completely rigid

with head tiltable as a whole

with head formed as two tiltable flaps

with head and base separable

Sleeve-links

with separable parts

Retainers or tethers for neckties, cravats, neckerchiefs, or the like, e.g. tie-clips, spring clips with attached tie-tethers, woggles, pins with associated sheathing members tetherable to clothing (tie-pins A 44 B 9/08; decorative or ornamental aspects A 44 C) [3]

Cards for buttons, collar-studs, or sleeve-links

Hat, scarf, or safety pins or the like (decorative or ornamental aspect A 44 C; hair pins A 45 D 8/02; sewing needles D 05 B 85/00)

Simple pins

Ordinary pins

Hat-pins (other fastening means for head coverings A 42 B 7/00)

Tie-pins (pins with associated sheathing members tetherable to clothing A 44 B 6/00)

Safety devices

Safety-pins

Ordinary safety-pins

Brooches; Breast-pins

Hinges; Locking devices

Attaching heads of glass or the like to pin shafts

11/

Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts

11/

frictionally engaging surface of straps

11/

without movable parts

11/

with clamping devices

11/

roller displaceable in wedge-shaped slot

11/

sliding wedge

11/

turnable clamp

11/

with snap-action

11/

Strap held by spring action

11/

Strap held by threading through linked rings

11/

engaging holes or the like in strap

11/

Buckle with fixed prong

11/

Buckle with movable prong

11/

with two or more separable parts

11/

with push-button fastenings

11/

with hooks engaging end-pieces on the strap

13/

Hook or eye fasteners

13/

with spring closure of hook

15/

Key-rings

17/

Press-button or snap fasteners

18/

Fasteners of the touch-and-close type; Making such fasteners (making pile fabrics D 03, D 04) [3]

Slide fasteners

19/

Slide fasteners

19/

with a series of separate interlocking members secured to each stringer tape

19/

Stringers arranged edge-to-edge when fastened

19/

with substantially rectangular members having interlocking projections and pieces

19/

Stringers arranged side-by-side when fastened

19/

with a one-piece interlocking member on each stringer tape

19/

Interlocking member in the shape of a continuous helix

19/

Interlocking member formed by a profiled or castellated edge

19/

Interlocking member having uniform section throughout the length of the stringer [3]

19/

with a third member or members, other than the slider, connected to the edges of adjacent stringers when closed, e.g. third member moved into position by a slider [3]

19/

the third member being embraced by the stringers [3]

19/

the third member embracing the stringers [3]

19/

Details

19/

Sliders

19/

constructed to be removable from at least one stringer [3]

19/

with means for locking in position

19/

Means for making slide fasteners gas- or watertight

19/

Stringer tapes (A 44 B 19/40 takes precedence); Flaps secured to stringers for covering the interlocking members (A 44 B 19/32 takes precedence) [3]

19/

Means for permanently uniting the stringers at the end; Means for stopping movement of slider at the end

19/

Means at the end of stringer by which the slider can be freed from one stringer, e.g. stringers can be completely separated from each other

19/

Connection of separate, or one-piece, interlocking members to stringer tapes; Reinforcing such connections, e.g. by stitching

19/

Making by processes not fully provided for in one other class, e.g. B 21 D 53/50, B 21 F 45/18, B 22 D 17/16, B 29 D 5/00

19/

Securing metal interlocking members to ready-made stringer tapes (making metal slide fastener parts combined with attaching B 21 D 53/52) [3]

19/

Securing separate interlocking members [3]

19/

Arranging interlocking members before securing (article handling devices associated with conveyers in general B 65 G 47/00, e.g. B 65 G 47/14) [3]

19/

Securing one-piece interlocking members [3]

19/

Securing the interlocking members to stringer tapes while making the latter [3]

19/

while weaving the stringer tapes [3]

19/

while knitting the stringer tapes [3]

19/

Removing interlocking members to produce gaps [3]

19/

Applying end stops upon stringer tapes [3]

19/

Assembling sliders in position on stringer tapes [3]

19/

Slider holders for assemblage of slide fasteners [3]

21/

Other clamping or holding devices