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January 2008 CLASSIFICATION DEFINITIONS 273 - 1

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CLASS 273, AMUSEMENT DEVICES: GAMES

SECTION I - CLASS DEFINITION

This class includes:

Apparatus or means, such as games and sports, bywhich contests of skill or chance may be engaged inamong two or more participants, where the result ofsuch contests can be indicated according to definiterules;

Apparatus or means, such as puzzles and fortune tellingdevices, by which a test of the skill or fortune of one ormore persons, in accomplishing some sought result,may be obtained, chance devices being included, even ifnot of themselves games or elements of games, by rea-son of their similarity to other chance devices herein;

Targets combined with devices for projecting aerial orsurface projectiles or missiles against or through the tar-gets, per se, and projectors, per se, only if the projectilepasses at all times over a surface;

Devices ancillary and appurtenant to games for whichthere is no provision in other classes.

SECTION II - LINES WITH OTHER CLASSESAND WITHIN THIS CLASS

This class is subordinate to both Class 473, GamesUsing Tangible Projectile, and Class 463: AmusementDevices: Games-- wherein Class 473 is specific underClass 463, and wherein Classes 273, 463, and 473 arefurther specific under Class 472, Amusement Devices.

Classes 463 and 473 are intended to eventually replaceClass 273 through a series of stages. When all of thesubject matter of Class 273 has been reclassified andincorporated within these classes (463 and 473), Class273 will be abolished. Until Class 273 is abolished, it isto be considered subordinate to Classes 463 and 473.Stated otherwise: the subclasses of Class 273, alongwith their hierarchical arrangement, are to be consideredas following after the subclasses of, appropriately, Class463 or 473 (i.e., the first occurring subclass of Class 273follows the last occurring subclass of appropriate Class463 or 473).

SECTION III - REFERENCES TO OTHERCLASSES

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:2, Apparel, subclasses 455+ for protective cloth-

ing to be worn by athletes such as football hel-mets, baseball and boxing gloves, etc.

116, Signals and Indicators, subclasses 222 through225 for mechanical signals and indicators, perse, which form a part of a game device.

124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, appropriatesubclass for mechanical aerial projectors, perse. Projectorsper se, are included in this class(273) only when the projectile, at all times,travels on a surface. Combinations of targetsand aerial projectors are included in this class(273).

194, Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms, appro-priate subclasses 30, 41, and 55 for games andchance devices involving particular coin con-trol mechanism.

200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, sub-classes 61.1+ for electrical switches responsiveto the action of a game or amusement piece.

221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses forarticle dispensers not otherwise provided for.Such article dispensers, as subcombinations ofchance devices such as are provided for in sub-classes 138.1+ of this class (273) are classifiedin appropriate subclasses of Class 221.

235, Registers, for score totalizing apparatus for usein games, particularly subclass 90 for cribbageboards.

340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 323 forgame reporting electric signaling systems andappropriate subclasses, particularly subclasses286.01+ for electric signaling systems, per sewhich may form part of a game.

345, Computer Graphics Processing and SelectiveVisual Display Systems, subclasses 1.1through 3.4 for visual display systems withselective electrical control, and subclasses 418-475 for computer graphics processing.

404, Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus, sub-classes 17+ and 71 for pavement and roadstructure.

428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate subclasses for stock material in theform of a single or plural layer web or sheetwhich may be used in the fabrication of prod-ucts provided for in this class.

463, Amusement Devices: Games, appropriate sub-classes, for a nonprojectile game, a simulated-projectile game, a propelled racing game, afencing game, or an implement or device usedby a person (often one involved in law enforce-

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ment) to strike or electrically shock a humanbeing so as to control the being. See LinesWith Other Classes, above, for the linebetween this and other amusement devicesclasses.

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, for a gamethat uses a tangible projectile. See Lines WithOther Classes, above, for the line between thisand other amusement devices classes.

602, Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage, sub-classes 41+ for bandaging devices, eventhough specially adapted for use in supportingthe body or body member to function in aproper manner in playing a game.

700, Data Processing: Generic Control Systems orSpecific Applications, subclasses 91 through93 for data processing or computation, per se,for the purpose of analyzing, monitoring, orscoring a contest or game, which is not classifi-able elsewhere.

SUBCLASSES

108 SURFACE PROJECTILE GAME; GAMEELEMENT (E.G., TARGET, ETC.) ORACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHERTHAN PROJECTILE, PER SE:This subclass is indented under the class defini-tion. Subject matter relating to a game inwhich a projectile passes over a surface at alltimes in its course, which game comprises (a) agame component (other than a projectile, perse) which may be used to play the type of gameincluded herein, or (b) an ancillary device ormeans which is adapted and intended to beused with or for a game component includedherein unless it is provided for elsewhere.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:138.1+, for an object (e.g., a die, a top, or a

marble used with a roulette wheel,etc.) acting either per se as, or as partof, a chance device in which the ele-ment of chance is alone the functionof the device or which might be ofitself a game or a component of agame.

317+, for game apparatus for an aerial pro-jectile game (including a target orother game component other than aprojector, per se, or a projectile, per

se) in which a projectile or missile isintended to be projected into orthrough the air during play of a game,and note especially subclasses 362+thereunder for a target which also actsas a projectile by virtue of its beingprojected into the air during usethereof (e.g., a clay pigeon, etc.).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, for

a centrifugally or mechanically oper-ated projector, per se, which projectsprojectiles into the air.

200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Break-ers, subclasses 61.1+ for an electricalswitch responsive to the action of agame or amusement piece.

446, Amusement Devices: Toys, for a toydevice which may move over a sur-face.

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, subclasses 52+ for a ball projectileused in a billiard or pool game, sub-classes 125+ for a ball projectile usedin a bowling game, subclasses 351+for a ball projectile used in the gameof golf, subclass 413 for a ball projec-tile used in the game of croquet, sub-classes 516+ for a player-heldimplement, in general (e.g., a tennisracket, baseball bat, polo mallet, etc.)which is used to project a game pro-jectile into the air by striking thesame, and subclasses 569+ for a gameprojectile, in general, used in numer-ous other games such as baseball, ten-nis, basketball, football, hockey,lacrosse, pinball games, etc.

108.1 Simulated game (e.g., hockey, soccer, etc.):This subclass is indented under subclass 108.A surface projectile game wherein any combi-nation of the projector, projectile, game sur-face, or other game element is adapted orintended to mimic some or all of the features,action, rules, environment, or scoring of agame of physical sport or other athletic event.

(1) Note. Although the sport or athleticevent mimicked might normally includean aerial projectile, the projectile in thisand indented subclasses is intended to


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remain in contact with the playing sur-face.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:317+, for an aerial projectile game that sim-

ulates a physical sport or athleticevent.

108.2 Golf:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1.A surface projectile game wherein the gamemimicked is a game commonly known as golf,wherein a participant attempts to project a pro-jectile into an open hole in a surface or other-wise project the projectile toward a specifiedlocation on a generally horizontal surface in anattempt to have it stop at said specified loca-tion.

(1) Note. Although representative of a sportthat utilizes an aerial projectile, the pro-jectile in this and indented subclasses isintended to remain in contact with theplaying surface.

108.21 Projector solely supported and controlled byparticipant:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.2.A simulated golf game wherein the projectile isstruck or pushed by an implement intended tobe carried and manipulated only by a partici-pant in the surface projectile game.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:108.5, for another simulated projectile game

having a projector solely supported bya participant.

108.22 Manikin-type:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.2.A simulated golf game wherein the projectile isstruck or pushed by a movable figurine thatresembles a person with a golf club.

108.3 Baseball:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1.A surface projectile game wherein the gamemimicked is a game commonly referred to asbaseball, wherein a participant, i.e., a batter,swings an elongated, generally cylindricalstriking implement, i.e., a bat, in an attempt tostrike an aerial projectile, i.e., baseball, thrown

into a defined area above a playing surface by aparticipant, i.e., pitcher, on an opposing team.


108.31 Mechanically pitched ball or projectile:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.3.A simulated baseball game including a deviceintended to simulate a pitcher which is con-structed and arranged to actively force the pro-jectile over and in contact with the surfacetoward a defined area of the surface represent-ing a batter's box, which may further include adevice intended to simulate a batter constructedand arranged near the defined area to activelystrike the projectile as it travels over thedefined area of the surface.

108.32 Mechanically batted ball or projectile:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.3.A simulated baseball game including a deviceintended to simulate a batter which is con-structed and arranged to actively strike a pro-jectile to cause it to travel over and in contactwith the surface.

108.33 Movable surface:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.3.A simulated baseball game wherein the projec-tile is advanced across the surface by vibrating,tilting, or otherwise translating the orientationof the surface.

108.4 Football:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1.A surface projectile game wherein the gamemimicked is a game commonly known as foot-ball, where opposing teams of participantsalternately have a given number of chances tocarry a projectile across a line at an end of adefined play surface, to catch a thrown projec-tile in the air in a defined area past the end ofthe elongated play surface, i.e., end zone, orkick the projectile over a horizontal bar andbetween a pair of vertically extending barslocated in the end zone, while the opposingteam attempts to take the projectile away orphysically stop the team having the number ofchances from reaching the end line or end zone


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before the given number of chances have beenused.


108.41 Movable surface:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.4.A simulated football game wherein the projec-tile is advanced across the surface by vibrating,tilting, or otherwise translating the orientationof the surface.

108.5 Projector solely supported by participant(e.g., hockey stick, finger, cue stick, etc.):This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1.A simulated game wherein a device for forcingthe projectile over and in contact with the sur-face includes an implement arranged andintended to be carried and manipulated only bya participant in the surface projectile game.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:108.21, for a simulated golf game having a

projector solely supported by a partic-ipant.

108.51 Projector translatable and rotatable aboutvertical axis:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1.A simulated game wherein a device for forcingthe projectile over and in contact with the sur-face includes a member constructed andarranged to be continuously repositioned overthe game surface, wherein said member is fur-ther arranged to be pivoted about an axis per-pendicular to the surface.

108.52 Projector translatable and rotatable abouthorizontal axis:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1.A simulated game wherein a device for forcingthe projectile over and in contact with the sur-face includes a member constructed andarranged to be continuously repositioned overthe game surface, wherein said member is fur-ther arranged to be pivoted about an axis paral-lel to the surface.

108.53 Projector rotatable about vertical axis only:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1.A simulated game wherein a device for forcingthe projectile over and in contact with the sur-face includes a member constructed andarranged to be solely pivoted about an axis per-pendicular to the surface.

108.54 Projector rotatable about horizontal axisonly:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1.A simulated game wherein a device for forcingthe projectile over and in contact with the sur-face includes a member constructed andarranged to be solely pivoted about an axis par-allel to the surface.

108.55 Projector having movable element and fixedwith respect to game surface:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1.A simulated game wherein a device for forcingthe projectile over and in contact with the sur-face includes a member restricted from move-ment across the surface, wherein said memberincludes an element constructed and arrangedto be repositionable with respect to the remain-der of the member.

108.56 Projector translatable only or translatablewith movable element:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1.A simulated game wherein a device for forcingthe projectile over and in contact with the sur-face includes a member that is constructed andarranged to be continuously repositioned overthe game surface, wherein said member mayfurther include an element constructed andarranged to be repositionable with respect tothe remainder of the member.

108.57 Fluid-pressure projector:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1.A simulated game wherein a device for forcingthe projectile over and in contact with the sur-face includes apparatus having means for eject-ing a blast of air or water at the projectile.

109 Moving surface:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.Games in which the surface is moving oradapted to be moved.


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110 Pivoted:This subclass is indented under subclass 109.Games in which the movement is about a pivot.

111 Pivoted gate:This subclass is indented under subclass 109.Games in which, on the surface, usually as haz-ards, there are pivoted gatelike members todeflect the movement of the projectile from thedesired course.

112 Spiral surface:This subclass is indented under subclass 109.Games in which the surface is arranged in theform of a spiral path.

113 Pocketed:This subclass is indented under subclass 109.Games in which pockets are provided intowhich the projectile passes.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:398+, for similar pocketed targets for aerial

projectiles.

114 Mercury globule:This subclass is indented under subclass 113.Games in which the projectile is a globule ofmercury.

115 Surface pockets:This subclass is indented under subclass 113.Games in which the pocket is formed in thesurface, usually merely a depression therein.

116 Hazard pockets:This subclass is indented under subclass 115.Games in which some or all of the pockets arehazards which are to be avoided.

117 Moving pockets:This subclass is indented under subclass 113.Games in which the pocket is also capable ofmovement over the surface.

118 Ball games:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.Games in which the projectile is in the form ofa ball, usually a marble.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and

Breakers, subclass 61.11 for electri-cal switches responsive to the actionof a ball of a game or amusementdevice.

119 Combined with projector:This subclass is indented under subclass 118.Games in which there is combined andattached to the surface a mechanical means forprojecting the ball.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors,

appropriate subclass for mechanicalaerial projectors, per se.

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, subclass 5 for a billiard or pool tableor gameboard with a mechanicalmeans for projecting a billiard or poolball; subclass 45 for a mechanicallyoperated means, per se, for projectinga billiard or pool ball; and subclass107 for a mechanical means for pro-jecting a bowling ball.

120 Gravity projectors:This subclass is indented under subclass 119.Games in which the projection of the ball isaccomplished by gravity.

121 Return course:This subclass is indented under subclass 119.Games in which the ball is projected in onedirection and means is provided for changingits course to return it in a direction substantiallyparallel to its first projected course.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:124, for pocketed surface projectile ball

games with a return course.138.3, for gravity-propelled chance element

with a nearly vertical playing surface.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:473, Games Using Tangible Projectile,

subclass 106 for a bowling game inwhich the path of movement of theball is curved or changed by a ballhandling or diverting means.


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122 Ball return:This subclass is indented under subclass 119.Games in which the ball after perfecting acount or score is returned to a point easilyaccessible to the player.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:394+, for similar ball return devices used

with targets for aerial projectiles.

123 Pocketed:This subclass is indented under subclass 118.Games in which the playing surface is providedwith pockets.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:398+, for similar pocketed targets for aerial

projectiles.

124 Return course:This subclass is indented under subclass 123.Games in which the ball is projected in onedirection and means is provided for changingits course to return it in a direction substantiallyparallel to its first projected course.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:121, for pocketed surface projectile ball

games with a return course, that arecombined with projectors.


subclass 106 for a bowling game inwhich the path of movement of theball is curved or changed by a ballhandling or diverting means.

125 Ball return:This subclass is indented under subclass 123.Games in which the ball after perfecting acount or score is returned to a point easilyaccessible to the player.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:394+, for similar ball return devices used

with targets for aerial projectiles.

126 Disk or ring games:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.Games in which the projectile has the form of adisk or ring which rolls on its edge or slidesover the surface.

(1) Note. The projectile need not be circularbut must be of flattened form.

127 Targets:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.Devices comprising targets for use in surfaceprojectile games.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:446, Amusement Devices: Toys, sub-

classes 4+ for a toy having portionswhich are knocked apart or awry byimpact.

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, subclasses 118+ for a bowling pin, perse, which constitutes the target for abowling game.

129 Projectors:This subclass is indented under subclass 108.Devices comprising projectors for use in sur-face projectile games.


appropriate subclass for mechanicalaerial projectors.

138.1 Chance Devices:This subclass is indented under the class defini-tion. Devices which might be of themselvesgames or elements of games in which the ele-ment of luck or random happening (i.e.,chance) is alone the function of the device.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:463, Amusement Devices: Games, sub-

classes 1+ for a chance device includ-ing electronic data processing, espe-cially 10+ for a game requiringstrategy or problem solving ability;and 16+ for a chance application,especially 22+ for a random numbergenerator or equivalent.


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138.2 Electric or magnetic:This subclass is indented under subclass 138.1.A chance device in which the property of mag-netism or electricity is utilized to effect an ele-ment of chance.


classes 1+ for a chance device includ-ing electronic data processing, espe-cially subclasses 10+ for a gamerequiring strategy or problem solvingability; and subclasses 16+ for achance application, especially sub-classes 22+ for a random number gen-erator or equivalent.

138.3 Gravity-propelled chance element randomlytraverses or enters alternative paths:This subclass is indented under subclass 138.1.A chance device including structure defining aplurality of channels, tunnels, or other possiblecourses for a chance element to pass through orfall into; and a chance element, which whenallowed to drop from an upper end of thechance device, will haphazardly negotiate itsway through one of various possible coursestoward a lower end of the chance device, ordrop randomly into and come to rest in one ofthe plurality of channels, tunnels, etc.

(1) Note. A common structure found in thissubclass for defining a plurality of alter-native paths is a vertical surface having aplurality of pegs projecting therefrom,which pegs are randomly hit by a chancedevice as it falls through the pegs, thechance element then bouncing randomlyinto or through a path defined by an areabetween pegs.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:118+, for a surface-projectile ball game,

especially subclass 121 for one with anearly vertical playing surface for agravity return course (e.g., Pachinko,etc.).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:446, Amusement Devices, Toys, sub-

classes 168+, for a toy including anunattached gravity-propelled element(e.g., marble runway, etc.).

138.4 Plural external receivers (e.g., plural dis-pensers, etc.):This subclass is indented under subclass 138.3.A chance device including a gravity-propelledchance element wherein the chance devicestructure includes more than one container torandomly receive and halt the motion of a fall-ing chance element, and further wherein eachcontainer is open, or arranged to be opened bya participant via a door or other removable clo-sure means, for removable access of a chanceelement resting therein.

(1) Note. The containers of this subclassand the plurality of channels, tunnels,etc. of the previous subclass (into whichthe chance element may randomly dropinto and come to rest) may be one andthe same structure.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:221, Article Dispensing, for an article dis-

penser not otherwise provided for. Anarticle dispenser, per se, of the typeoften included as a subcombination ofa chance device is classified in Class221.

138.5 Liquid-filled path:This subclass is indented under subclass 138.3.A chance device including a gravity-propelledchance element further including a nongaseousfluid contained within at least one of the possi-ble courses.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:138.1, for a liquid-filled path for a chance

device that will rise through the liquidvia its buoyancy; and

457+, for apparatus under the class defini-tion including structure for surround-ing a quantity of liquid or gas.


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SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:446, Amusement Devices: Toys, subclass

166, for a toy operated by gravity-fedfluent material, and subclass 267 for atoy that includes an enclosed liquid.

139 Chance selection:This subclass is indented under subclass 138.1.Chance devices having separately hidden orconcealed data of various count value andmeans whereby a chance selection can bemade.

140 Fish ponds:This subclass is indented under subclass 139.Chance devices in which the chance selectionis made by hooking a member from among oth-ers each of which has a different value.

141 Rotating pointer:This subclass is indented under subclass 138.1.Chance devices in which a rotated pointer canupon coming to a still position indicate countsof varying values upon a member supportingthe pointer.

142 Rotating disk:This subclass is indented under subclass 138.1.Chance devices in which a rotated disk or diskscan upon coming to a still position indicatecounts of varying values by means of the posi-tion of a part of the disk or disks relative to adefinite point.

143 Edge indication:This subclass is indented under subclass 142.Chance devices in which the counts are placedon the edge of the disk or disks.

144 Lot mixers and dispensers:This subclass is indented under subclass 138.1.Devices for mixing and dispensing lots.

145 Dice agitators:This subclass is indented under subclass 144.Devices for mixing and dispensing dice.

146 Dice:This subclass is indented under subclass 138.1.Devices comprising dice, per se.

147 Tops:This subclass is indented under subclass 138.1.Devices comprising tops, per se.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:446, Amusement Devices: Toys, appropri-

ate subclasses for toy devices whichmove through the air.

148 GAMES ACCESSORIES:This subclass is indented under the class defini-tion. Devices used as accessory means forplaying games.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting,

subclass 27.5 for poker chips and thelike.

463, Amusement Devices: Games, sub-class 47 for an accessory for a game,etc., under the class definition thatincludes electronic data processing,and subclass 49 for an accessory for asimulated-projectile game.

149 Card shufflers and dealers:This subclass is indented under subclass 148.Devices for shuffling and dealing cards.

150 Hand holders:This subclass is indented under subclass 148.Devices for holding hands of cards or similargame playing elements.

151 Duplicate games:This subclass is indented under subclass 150.Devices in which the hands are intended forsubsequent replaying as in duplicate games.

153 PUZZLES:This subclass is indented under the class defini-tion. Devices known as puzzles.

154 Balancing ovoids:This subclass is indented under subclass 153.Puzzles in the shape of ovoids that can bymanipulation be so balanced that they willstand on end.


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155 Folding and relatively movable strips anddisks: This subclass is indented under subclass 153.Puzzles in which the solution is obtained byfolding or relatively-moving strips or disks.

156 Take-aparts and put-togethers:This subclass is indented under subclass 153.Puzzles in which the solution is obtained bytaking apart or putting together two or moreinterrelated or interconnected parts.

157 Geometrical figures, pictures, and maps:This subclass is indented under subclass 156.Puzzles in which the parts when put togetherform geometrical figures, pictures, or maps.

158 Bent wire:This subclass is indented under subclass 156.Puzzles in which the parts are formed of bentwire.

159 Flexible cord or strip:This subclass is indented under subclass 156.Puzzles in which at least one of the parts is aflexible cord or strip.

160 Mortised blocks:This subclass is indented under subclass 156.Puzzles in which the parts of an interconnectedwhole are formed of interfitting mortised sec-tions in the form of blocks.

161 FORTUNE-TELLING DEVICES:This subclass is indented under the class defini-tion. Devices for telling fortunes.

236 BOARD GAMES, PIECES, OR BOARDSTHEREFOR:This subclass is indented under the class defini-tion. Games or game structure wherein a com-petitive and amusing contest of skill or chanceis engaged in by two or more participants usingone or more surfaces having a pattern or con-fining region with which at least one contestelement or the equivalent thereof is intended tocooperate, and where the results of the contestcan be indicated according to definite rules(e.g., scoring).

(1) Note. Contest elements or boards whichare disclosed as being used in a boardgame, but are claimed per se are classi-

fied in this subclass and the indentedsubclasses.

(2) Note. A game in which a participantcompetes against a device which elec-tronically duplicates a board game, or aboard game that includes electronic dataprocessing, is outside of this class. SeeSearch Notes, below.

(3) Note. Contest surfaces having patternsor confining regions with which the par-ticipants' bodies or portions thereof con-stitute the sole contest elements are notconsidered proper for this subclass andare found in subclass 444.

(4) Note. Games which only measure one ormore of a participant's senses, or thephysical speed or dexterity with which aparticipant can accomplish a certain taskrelative to another participant or to afixed standard, and do not involve anystrategic or change controlled placementof contest elements onto a surface hav-ing a pattern or confining region are notconsidered proper for this subclass andare found in subclasses 440+.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:434, Education and Demonstration, appro-

priate subclasses for educationalapparatus having a board and one ormore pieces intercooperating witheach other for an educational purpose,but not used in a board game asdefined in this subclass (236).

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, subclass 414 for a projectile gamecommonly known as hopscotch,which game utilizes a playing areadefined by lines forming a diagramhaving several compartments, andwherein a player first tosses a gameprojectile into one of the compart-ments and then moves from one com-partment to another in a prescribedmanner.

237 Electrical:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Game structure in which (1) the surface havinga pattern or confining region, (2) the contestelement or the equivalent thereof, or (3) any


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structure connected to the surface or contestelement is electrical in nature or contains anelectrical component.

238 Removable and discrete game piece changesstatus of circuit:This subclass is indented under subclass 237.Game structure in which at least one removableand discrete contest element is adapted to causean electrical change in status of an electricalcircuit (e.g., complete or break an electrical cir-cuit) upon placement onto or removal from thesurface having the pattern or confining region.

239 Magnetic:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Game structure in which the surface having apattern or confining region, or the contest ele-ment or the equivalent thereof is magnetic innature or contains a magnetic component.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:237+, for electrical magnets used in a board

game.

240 Markable or erasable game board or piece(e.g., magic slate):This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Game structure in which either the surface hav-ing a pattern or confining region, or at least oneof the contest elements are adapted andintended to have indicia permanently or eras-ably marked thereon by the participants usingsuch means as a pen, pencil, crayon, chalk,grease pencil, ink stamp, stylus, etc.

241 Having three-dimensional pattern:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games in which (1) the surface is formed froma plurality of discrete members which arelocated in different planes (e.g., tiered,stepped), at least two of the members contain aportion of the entire pattern thereon and thesemembers are divided into plural spaces; (2) thepattern or confining region covers a major por-tion of the periphery of a structure having threedimensions (e.g., cubes, spheres, cylinders); or(3) the surface has a pattern divided into pluralcontest element receiving spaces, at least someof the spaces having additional means for sup-porting or constraining distinct contest ele-ments in perpendicular alignment relative tothe spaces.

242 Piece moves over board having pattern:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games in which the surface has a patterndivided into plural spaces, and at least one con-test element moves over the pattern in in accor-dance with rules which relate the amount ofmovement over the pattern to the spaces.

243 Chance device controls amount or directionof movement of piece:This subclass is indented under subclass 242.Games wherein either the amount or directionof the movement of the contest element overthe pattern is controlled by a chance device.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:430+, for apparatus wherein a problem is

presented to a participant in the formof a question.

244 Sports or outdoor recreational activities:This subclass is indented under subclass 243.Games in which some or all of the actions orfeatures of a known sport, athletic contest, oroutdoor recreational activity (e.g., football,hunting, fishing, camping) are represented.

244.1 Baseball:This subclass is indented under subclass 244.A game wherein the sport represented is agame commonly referred to as baseball,wherein a participant swings an elongated,generally cylindrical striking implement (i.e.,bat) in an attempt to strike an aerial projectilethrown into a defined area above a playing sur-face by a participant on an opposing team.

244.2 Having cards or tiles:This subclass is indented under subclass 244.1.A simulated baseball game wherein the chancedevice includes a plurality of indicia bearingelements intended and arranged for randomselection.

245 Golf:This subclass is indented under subclass 244.Games in which the sport represented is golf.


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246 Racing:This subclass is indented under subclass 244.Games in which the sport, athletic contest, oroutdoor recreational activity represented is arace (e.g., horse, auto, boat).

247 Football or soccer:This subclass is indented under subclass 244.Games in which the sport represented is eitherfootball or soccer.

248 Race to a finish (e.g., backgammon):This subclass is indented under subclass 243.Games wherein each participant is providedwith a set of one or more contest elements, atleast a portion of the set is intended to bemoved between a starting location and a finishlocation on the pattern, each set is initiallyequal in number to all other sets in the contest,and the contest ends when one of the partici-pants moves a specified number of his ele-ments to their finish location.

249 With common finish (e.g., parchisi):This subclass is indented under subclass 248.Games in which all of the sets of contest ele-ments share a common finish location of thepattern.

250 Outer space or astronomy:This subclass is indented under subclass 249.Games in which the pattern or the contest ele-ments have included thereon indicia represen-tative of some or all aspects of outer space orastronomy.

251 Travel or exploration:This subclass is indented under subclass 249.Games wherein either (1) at least one portionof a journey or voyage is represented, (2) oneor more steps in the investigation of anunknown region or culture is represented, or(3) a search for an object or resource is repre-sented.

252 Travel or exploration:This subclass is indented under subclass 248.Games wherein either (1) at least one portionof a journey or voyage is represented, (2) oneor more steps in the investigation of anunknown region or culture is represented, or(3) a search for an object or resource is repre-sented.

253 Outer space or astronomy:This subclass is indented under subclass 243.Games in which the pattern or the contest ele-ments have included thereon indicia represen-tative of some or all aspects of outer space orastronomy.

254 Travel or exploration (e.g., touring, treasurehunt, archeology):This subclass is indented under subclass 243.Games wherein either (1) at least one portionof a journey or voyage is represented, (2) oneor more steps in the investigation of anunknown region or culture is represented, or(3) a search for an object or resource is repre-sented.

255 Military or naval engagement:This subclass is indented under subclass 243.Games in which some or all of the actions orfeatures of a military or naval campaign,engagement, or battle are represented.

256 Property or commodity transactions:This subclass is indented under subclass 243.Games wherein some of the transactions whichcommonly occur in a real properties or com-modities exchange are represented.

257 Judicial, legislative, or election process:This subclass is indented under subclass 243.Games wherein at least one step in a judicial,legislative, or election proceeding or process isrepresented (e.g., party nomination, floor vote).

258 Strategic race to a finish (e.g., Chinesecheckers):This subclass is indented under subclass 242.Games wherein each participant controls themovement of a set of one or more contest ele-ments, at least a portion of the set is intended tobe moved from a starting location to a finishlocation on the pattern, each set is equal innumber and equivalent in power to all othersets in the contest, and the contest ends whenone of the participants moves a specified num-ber of his elements to their finish location.

259 Sports or outdoor recreational activities:This subclass is indented under subclass 242.Games in which some or all of the actions orfeatures of a known sport, athletic contest, or


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outdoor recreational activity (e.g., football,hunting) are represented.

260 Chess or checker type:This subclass is indented under subclass 242.Games wherein each participant controls themovement of a group of several contest ele-ments initially equal in number and equivalentin power to all other groups in the contest, thecontest normally ends when one of the partici-pants captures all the elements or the principalelement of the other one or more participantswithout losing all or the principal element ofhis group.

261 Nonrectangular or extended pattern:This subclass is indented under subclass 260.Games in which the pattern has a nonrectangu-lar peripheral configuration, or the pattern con-sists of a central portion which is at leastpartially surrounded by a plurality of peripher-ally extended, wing-like portions.

262 Military or naval engagement:This subclass is indented under subclass 242.Games in which some or all of the actions orfeatures of a military or naval campaign,engagement, or battle are represented.

263 Chase type (e.g., fox and geese):This subclass is indented under subclass 242.Games in which each participant controls themovement of a set of contest elements, at leastone set of which has a lesser number of ele-ments than all other sets in the contest, or it hasa greater power (i.e., the elements have agreater freedom of movement) than all othersets in the contest, and the participant or partic-ipants who control the set or sets of contest ele-ments having the greater number or lesserpower endeavor to capture or immobilize (i.e.,trap) the elements of the set having the lessernumber or greater power.

264 Alignment games (e.g., morris, mill):This subclass is indented under subclass 242.Games in which each participant endeavors toplace a specified number of his contest ele-ments into consecutively adjacent spaces of thepattern to thereby form a specified arrangementor arrangements.

265 Salvo type:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games in which the participants assume thealternate roles of attacker and defender or codemaker and code breaker, the defender or codemaker positions a plurality of distinguishablecontest elements or the equivalents thereof intovarious selectable and defined locations on aportion of the pattern which is visually hiddenfrom the view of the attacher or code breaker,the attacker or code breaker then attempts, by aseries of arbitrary or calculated guesses, todetermine the precise locations (and, often, thetype) of the defender's or code maker's preposi-tioned contest elements.

266 Nim type (i.e., game of take away):This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Game in which a plurality of contest elementscommon to all participants are located on thepattern or confining region, and each partici-pant alternately in turn removes or equivalentlyremoves from the pattern or confining region(e.g., by shifting into out-of-play positions) oneor more of the elements, the contest ends whenone of the participants removes or equivalentlyremoves the last remaining contest elementfrom the pattern or confining region.

267 Completing square type:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games in which the pattern comprises a plural-ity of like geometrical areas and each partici-pant alternately places in turn contest elementson the boundaries of the geometrical areas, theobjective is for each participant to completeand thereby own geometrical areas by beingthe participant who places the last contest ele-ment which encloses or completes the outlineof a geometrical area, the contest ends when allof the geometrical areas of the pattern havebeen enclosed or when specified geometricalarea has been enclosed.

268 Dice board and number plate type:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games in which the pattern includes a pluralityof distinguishable indicia which are randomlyselectable by means of a chance device andcontest elements for covering or equivalentlycovering the chance selected indicia, each par-ticipant during this turn starts with a totallyuncovered pattern and continues to operate the


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chance device and to cover the indicia indi-cated thereby until he is unable to cover any ofthe still exposed indicia thereby ending histurn.

269 Lotto or bingo type:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games in which each participant is providedwith at least one pattern distinct from all otherpatterns used in the contest, each pattern isformed from a plurality of distinguishable andrandomly selectable indicia, and each partici-pant places contest elements or their equivalentonto randomly selected indicia located on hispatterns, the contest ends when the elements ofone of the participants forms a specifiedarrangement on his pattern.

270 With attached pieces:This subclass is indented under subclass 269.Games wherein the contest elements are per-manently connected to the pattern but areselectively movable relative to the pattern.

271 Alignment games (e.g., tic-tac-toe, go-moko):This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games including at least one pattern formedfrom a plurality of discrete areas and each par-ticipant places contest elements or their equiva-lent into unoccupied areas, the contest endswhen one of the participants has placed a spec-ified number of his contest elements into con-secutively adjacent areas of his pattern tothereby form a specified arrangement orarrangements.

272 Word, sentence, or equation forming (e.g.,SCRABBLE, hangman):This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games wherein the contest elements are usedto form words, sentences, or equations.

273 Memory or matching games (e.g., concen-tration):This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games in which (1) the locations of a pluralityof contest elements randomly positioned on thepattern are concealable from and selectivelyrevealable to the view of all of the participantsand during the contest the participantsendeavor to find the locations on the pattern ofconcealed contest elements, or (2) a plurality ofcontest elements or various discrete areas of

the pattern have distinguishable configurationsor indicia thereon, at least some of the configu-rations or indicia are alike or have a specifiedcorrespondence, the participants during thecontest endeavor to match like or correspond-ing configurations or indicia between variouscontest elements, between discrete areas of thepattern, or between contest elements and dis-crete areas of the pattern.

274 Betting or wagering board (e.g., casino):This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games in which the one or more surfaces hav-ing a pattern include thereon indicia represen-tative of various possible chance outcomes orresults which are randomly selectable through-out the contest by a chance device, each partic-ipant indicates a selected number of chanceresult indicia (i.e., his selected bets or wagers)and the number of contest elements he wishesto risk (i.e., the amount of his bets or wagers).

275 Path forming:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games in which a plurality of contest elementsare intended to form at least some portions of acontinuous uninterrupted line or lines whenplaced on the pattern or confining region, theline or lines are to be formed either from (1) atleast one specified area of the pattern or confin-ing region to another specified area, or (2) intoat least one closed endless track or path by thesequential placement of contest elements onthe pattern or confining region alternately bythe participants.

276 Construction or assembly games:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games wherein the contest elements areselected randomly and are used either to con-struct a specified object on the pattern or con-fining region or to cooperate with the pattern orconfining region to form a specified object, thecontest ends when the specified object is com-pleted.

277 Sports or outdoor recreational activities:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games in which some or all the actions or fea-tures of a sport, athletic contest, or outdoor rec-reational activity (e.g., golf, bowling, hunting)are represented.


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278 Property or commodity transaction (e.g.,stock market):This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games wherein some of the transactions whichcommonly occur in a real properties or com-modities exchange are represented.

279 Judicial, legislative, or election process:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Games wherein at least one step in a judicial,legislative, or election proceeding or process isrepresented (e.g., party nomination, floor vote).

280 Rotatably mounted board:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Game structure wherein the surface having apattern or confining region is located on a sup-porting member, and the surface pivots orrotates relative to the supporting member or thesupporting member itself contains structure soas to facilitate pivoting or rotation of the sur-face.

281 Game board having movably attachedpiece:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Game structure in which the contest element ispermanently connected to the surface having apattern but is selectively movable relative tothe surface.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:270, for lotto or bingo type games which

use boards having movably attachedgame pieces.

282.1 Removably interfitting or detachably adhe-sive board and piece:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Game structure in which the contest elementand the pattern or confining region of the sur-face have coacting means thereon or therein forreleasably interlocking or attaching the contestelement to the pattern or confining region.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:239, for magnetic attachment between the

contest element and the pattern.

282.2 Detachably adhesive:This subclass is indented under subclass 282.1.Game structure wherein the coacting meanscauses the contest element to releasably adhereto the pattern or confining region.

(1) Note. Means to cause substantially anattachment at a surface interfacebetween the contest element and pattern,such as a hook and loop fastener, stickymaterial, etc. are classified here.

282.3 Board projection engagable with piece:This subclass is indented under subclass 282.1.Game structure wherein the coacting meanscomprises an outwardly extending protrusionfrom the pattern or confining region for releas-ably interlocking with the contest element.

283 Game board having pattern separable intosections:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Game structure in which separate, discrete pat-tern sections are intended to be releasablyinterconnected or fitted together to form thepattern or confining region of the surface.

284 Game board having interchangeable, vari-able, or plural distinct playing patterns:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Game structure wherein one or more surfacesare provided with a plurality of different pat-terns in order to play a plurality of differentgames or a pattern which may be altered beforeor during the course of the game.

(1) Note. Included in this subclass are, forexample, (1) plurality of surfaces or sur-face sections, each having a differentpattern thereon; (2) a single surface hav-ing a plurality of different patternsthereon; or (3) a single surface in whichthe pattern or the size thereof may bealtered.

285 Collapsible board (e.g., folding):This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Game structure wherein the surface having apattern rolls up, folds, or otherwise collapses.


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286 Flexible sheet type:This subclass is indented under subclass 285.Game structure wherein the surface having apattern is made from either flexible sheet mate-rial, or small, discrete, rigid sections perma-nently interconnected together by flexiblematerial.

287 Game board structure:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Game structure comprising the configurationor physical structure of (1) the surface having apattern of confining region, or (2) a member onwhich the surface is located.

(1) Note. Mere decorative or informationtransmitting indicia, including the sur-face's pattern or confining region, is notconsidered adequate structure for place-ment into this subclass.

(2) Note. This subclass may include struc-ture other than the surface having a pat-tern.

288 Game piece:This subclass is indented under subclass 236.Game structure consisting of the contest ele-ment which is intended to cooperate with thesurface having a pattern or confining region.

289 With movably attached part:This subclass is indented under subclass 288.Contest element having two or more relativelymovable, interconnected portions.

290 Stackable or nestable feature:This subclass is indented under subclass 288.Contest element having a protuberance or geo-metric shape which allows the stacking or nest-ing of elements during the course of the gameor after for storing and transporting of the ele-ments.

291 Weighted or reversible (e.g., for differentgame):This subclass is indented under subclass 288.Contest element wherein either (1) the lowerportion of the element has a density differentfrom that of the upper portion, or (2) the ele-ment has distinguishable characteristics onopposite sides, which characteristics are used

to indicate a change in status of the elementduring the contest.

292 CARD OR TILE GAMES, CARDS ORTILES THEREFOR:This subclass is indented under the class defini-tion. Games or game structure in which con-test elements having playing indicia locatedthereon (e.g., cards, dominoes) are intended tointeract with each other in a competitive andamusing contest of skill or chance between twoor more participants, and the results of the con-test can be indicated according to definiterules.

(1) Note. Contest elements which are dis-closed as being used in a card or tilegame, but are claimed, per se, are classi-fied in this subclass and the indentedsubclasses.

(2) Note. The contest elements are not con-sidered to interact in a contest if they areintended to serve only a supplementarycontest function (e.g., scoring, acces-sory means).

(3) Note. Games which only measure thephysical speed or dexterity with which aparticipant can accomplish a certain taskrelative to another participant or to befixed standard, and do not involve anystrategic or chance controlled interactionbetween contest elements are not consid-ered proper for this subclass and arefound in subclasses 440+.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:288+, for game pieces which are intended to

be used in a board game.


priate subclasses, e.g., subclass 347for cards or tiles provided with indiciaused for educational purposes, but notused in a card or tile game as definedin this subclass (292).

293 Card or tile structure:This subclass is indented under subclass 292.Game structure wherein at least one contestelement either (1) is constructed from a partic-


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ular material, (2) has an external boundaryother than the common rectangular, (3) hasindicia located thereon other than mere printedindicia, (4) is formed in a specified manner, (5)has one or more appendages thereon, or (6) hasone or more apertures extending through thecontest element.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic,

appropriate subclasses for coating andplastic compositions, per se, used inmaking cards with or without somegeneral indicia.

428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Arti-cles, appropriate subclasses for singleor plural layer webs or sheets suitablefor playing cards, and which may beof some configuration other than rect-angular (e.g., circular, subclasses64.1+) or of some physical dimension(e.g., subclasses 220 and 332+) withor without some general indicia.

294 Playing surface having nonrectangularperimeter:This subclass is indented under subclass 293.Game structure wherein at least part of theplaying indicia of one of the contest elements islocated on a surface which has an outer bound-ary or circumference of other than commonrectangular configuration.

295 Material:This subclass is indented under subclass 293.Game structure in which the contest element isconstructed from a particular material.

296 With functional back indicia:This subclass is indented under subclass 292.Contest elements in which at least one of theelements used in the contest has indicia, whichserves a function other than mere ornamenta-tion, located on a surface opposite to the one onwhich playing indicia appears.

297 Property or commodity transaction repre-sentation:This subclass is indented under subclass 292.Games in which the playing indicia on individ-ual contest elements is intended to represent anobject or step that is normally present in a realproperties or commodities exchange (e.g.,stock market, real estate).

(1) Note. The elements as used must be inthe same manner as in the form ofhuman endeavor which is represented.

298 Sports or outdoor recreational activities:This subclass is indented under subclass 292.Contest elements in which the playing indiciaon at least one element is intended to representan object, contestant, or action that is normallypresent in a sport, athletic contest, or outdoorrecreational activity (e.g., baseball, hunting,golf).

299 Word, sentence, or equation forming:This subclass is indented under subclass 292.Games wherein the playing indicia located onthe contest elements consist of symbols, letters,portions of words, or words by means of whichtwo or more of the elements are used to makeequations, works, or sentences.


priate subclasses, e.g., subclasses 208,347 and 403 for blocks and cards pro-vided with educational indicia in theform of numbers, letters, and words.

300 With quotation thereon:This subclass is indented under subclass 292.Contest elements in which the playing indiciaon at least one element includes a passagequoted or extracted from a book, speech, ordocument.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:434, Education and Demonstration, partic-

ularly subclasses 172+ and 403 forcards or tiles provided with indiciaused for educational purposes, but notused in a card or tile game as definedin subclass 292.

301 With musical indicia:This subclass is indented under subclass 292.Contest elements in which the playing indiciaon at least one element includes some of theprinted or written matter commonly found inthe printed or written score of a musical com-position.


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SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:84, Music, subclass 476 for blocks or

cards having musical charactersthereon, but not used in a card or tilegame as defined in subclass 292.

302 With educational data:This subclass is indented under subclass 292.Contest elements in which the playing indiciaon one or more of the elements includes educa-tional facts (e.g., statistical, historical, political,geos:graphical).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:434, Education and Demonstration, partic-

ularly subclasses 172+ and 403 forcards or tiles provided with indiciaused for educational purposes, but notused in a card or tile game as definedin subclass 292.

303 Suits:This subclass is indented under subclass 292.Contest elements in which at least some of theelements are grouped into two or more sets bytheir playing indicia and have an equal numberof elements in each set, every set having suitdesignation indicia, other than numerical, com-mon to all the elements of that set and distinctvalue designation indicia for each element ofthe set, all of the element value designationsindicia of one set being repeated in all othersets.

304 With supplementary indicia:This subclass is indented under subclass 303.Contest elements wherein the playing indiciaon at least some of the elements of the setsincludes indicia in addition to the suit or valuedesignation indicia.

(1) Note. Mere multiple equivalent suit orvalue designations which do not vary thesuit arrangement or element values ofthe two or more sets are not consideredto be supplementary indicia.

305 Indexing:This subclass is indented under subclass 303.Contest elements wherein the playing indiciaon the elements of the sets includes secondarysuit or value designation indicia by which thesuit and value of an element can be readily dis-

tinguished without exposing all or a relativelylarge portion of the playing indicia, or bywhich the elements can be readily sorted.

306 With auxiliary or accessory card or tile:This subclass is indented under subclass 303.Contest elements in which an element notbelonging to any particular set is used in thecontest.

307 Rearranged basic indicia:This subclass is indented under subclass 292.Contest elements in which the elements aredivided into one or more sets of at least threeelements each, portions of the playing indiciaon all the elements of a set being the same buthaving different areas of this indicia accentu-ated or rearranged on the individual elementsof the set.

308 With representations of persons or objectsand names associated therewith:This subclass is indented under subclass 292.Contest elements in which the playing indiciaof at least some of the elements includes therepresentation of a person or object and a namenormally associated therewith.

309 Game supporting tables or surfaces:This subclass is indented under subclass 148.Devices comprising a table or a supporting sur-face having structure which facilitates the play-ing of a game thereon.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:287, for game tables or boards having pat-

terns with which game pieces cooper-ate in the playing of a game.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:108, Horizontally Supported Planar Sur-

faces, especially subclass 25 for hori-zontal surfaces on which a game maybe played, but not having structure forfacilitating the playing of the game.

317 AERIAL PROJECTILE GAME; GAMEELEMENT (E.G., TARGET, ETC.) ORACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHER


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THAN PROJECTOR OR PROJECTILE,PER SE:This subclass is indented under the class defini-tion. Subject matter relating to a game inwhich a projectile or missile is thrown, pro-jected, impelled, or otherwise launched into orthrough the air during play thereof and whereinone or more players attempt to achieve adefined game objective using such projectile ormissile, the achievement of which requiressome degree of skill on the part of theplayer(s), which game comprises (a) a definedstructure constituting a point of aim for, andwhich is intended to indicate the correctness ofaim of, a game projectile or missile when it isthrown, projected, impelled, or otherwiselaunched into or through the air thereat by aplayer, (b) any other game component (otherthan a projectile or missile, per se, or an imple-ment or device, per se, for projecting such aprojectile or missile) which may be used toplay the type of game included herein, or (c) anancillary device or means which is adapted andintended to be used with or for a game compo-nent included herein unless it is provided forelsewhere.

(1) Note. This subclass (along with itsindents) follows in hierarchy after thelast occurring subclass in the Class 473schedule (i.e., after subclass 473/615).See the Search Note to Class 273 in theClass Definition of Class 473 for furtherelaboration.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:108+, for a surface projectile game (includ-

ing a target or other game componenttherefor other than a projectile, per se)in which a projectile is intended totravel upon a surface at all times dur-ing play of the game.

138.1+, for an object (e.g., a marble used witha roulette wheel, a die, or a top, etc.)acting either, per se, as, or as part of, achance device in which the element ofchance is alone the function of thedevice or which might be of itself agame or a component of a game.

362+, for a target which also acts as an aerialprojectile (e.g., a clay pigeon which isintended to be launched from a targettrap, etc.).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:102, Ammunition and Explosives, sub-

classes 501+ for projectiles explo-sively fired through a gun barrel andprojectiles for cleaning gun barrels.

124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, fora centrifugally or mechanically oper-ated projector, per se, which projectprojectiles into the air.

446, Amusement Devices: Toys, for a toydevice which moves through the air,particularly subclasses 30+ for a toytethered fixed-wing aircraft, and sub-classes 34+ for a toy which is aerody-namically supported or retarded (e.g.,a flying saucer located in subclasses46+, etc.).

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, fora game which uses a tangible gameprojectile, in general, appropriate sub-classes for such a game projectile, perse, subclasses 505+ for a player-heldimplement (e.g., a lacrosse stick, etc.)for both projecting a game projectileinto the air and catching a game pro-jectile moving through the air, sub-classes 516+ for a player-heldimplement, in general (e.g., a tennisracket, baseball bat, etc.) which isused to project a game projectile intothe air by striking the same. Noteespecially that subclass 317 follows inhierarchy after the last occurring sub-class in the Class 473 schedule (i.e.,after subclass 473/615). See theSearch Note to Class 273 in the ClassDefinition of Class 473 for furtherelaboration.

482, Exercise Devices, particularly sub-classes 20+ for a projectile, e.g., ajavelin, shot, discus, etc., which isused in a track or field sport.

317.1 Simulated game:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.An aerial projectile game wherein any combi-nation of the projector, projectile, game sur-face, or other game element is adapted andintended to mimic some or all of the features,action, rules, environment, or scoring of agame of physical sport or other athletic event.


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SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:108+, for a surface projectile game that sim-

ulates a physical sport or athleticevent.

317.2 Golf:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.1.An aerial projectile game wherein the gamemimicked is a game commonly known as golf,wherein a participant attempts to aeriallyproject a projectile into an open hole in a sur-face or otherwise aerially project the projectiletoward a specified location on a generally hori-zontal surface in an attempt to have it stop atsaid specified location.

317.3 Basketball:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.1.An aerial projectile game wherein the gamemimicked is a game commonly known as bas-ketball, wherein a participant attempts to aeri-ally project a projectile into the top of an opencontainer or tube (e.g., basket, cylindrical net,etc.) suspended above a surface (e.g., court,etc.).

317.4 Tennis:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.1.An aerial projectile game wherein the gamemimicked is a game commonly known as ten-nis, wherein a plurality of participants,arranged on both sides of a horizontallyextending barrier that bisects a defined surface,alternately attempt to aerially project a projec-tile over the barrier and onto the defined sur-face.

317.5 Football:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.1.An aerial projectile game wherein the gamemimicked is a game commonly known as foot-ball, where opposing teams of participantsalternately have a given number of chances tocarry a projectile across a line at an end of adefined play surface, to catch a thrown projec-tile in the air in a defined area past the end ofthe elongated play surface, i.e., end zone, orkick the projectile over a horizontal bar andbetween a pair of vertically extending barslocated in the end zone, while the opposingteam attempts to take the projectile away orphysically stop the team having the number of

chances from reaching the end line or end zonebefore the given number of chances have beenused.

317.6 Baseball:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.1.An aerial projectile game wherein the gamemimicked is a game commonly known as base-ball, wherein a participant swings an elongated,generally cylindrical striking implement (i.e.,bat) in an attempt to strike an aerial projectile(i.e., baseball) thrown into a defined area abovea playing surface by a participant on an oppos-ing team.

317.7 Mechanically pitched ball or projectile:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.6.A simulated baseball game including a deviceintended to simulate a pitcher, which is con-structed and arranged to actively force the pro-jectile, representing a baseball or baseballequivalent, toward a defined area representa-tive of a batter's box, which may furtherinclude a device intended to simulate a batterconstructed and arranged near the defined areato actively strike the projectile as it travels intothe defined area, wherein the projectile iscaused to be airborne by one of the devices.

317.8 Tethered ball or projectile:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.7.A simulated baseball game wherein the aerialprojectile is connected to a device constructedand arranged to limit travel of the projectile toa confined area.

317.9 Mechanically batted ball or projectile:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.6.A simulated baseball game including a deviceintended to simulate a batter which is con-structed and arranged to actively strike a pro-jectile to cause it to become airborne.

329 Projectile tethered to hand-held, aperturedmanipulator:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.Apparatus comprising a hand-held device and aprojectile which is secured by a tether to thehand-held device and wherein the hand-helddevice includes a body member having anopening or aperture formed therein, and the rel-ative dimensions of the opening or aperture andthe projectile are such that the projectile iscapable of passing entirely through the opening


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or aperture upon manipulation of the hand-helddevice.

330 Projectile flexibly tethered to hand-heldmanipulator:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.Apparatus comprising a hand-held device and aprojectile which is secured by a flexible tetherto the hand-held device and wherein the hand-held device includes a body member having asurface which is adapted to either (a) strike orbat the projectile, upon manipulation of thehand-held device, so as to project the projec-tile, or (b) be struck by the projectile, uponmanipulation of the hand-held device, so as toproject the projectile by rebounding it off thesurface.


30 for tethered toy aircraft, and sub-class 247 for other tethered toys.

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, subclasses 575+ for a projectile hav-ing an attached tether or having meansfor attaching a tether thereto, particu-larly subclass 576 thereunder for aprojectile having an attached tetherwhich, in turn, has means adapted tobe held by, carried by, or attached to aperson, and see the Search Notesunder subclass 575 for other locationsfor a tethered projectile.

331 Target and tethered projectile:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.Apparatus including a target device which isparticularly adapted for use as a mark or pointof aim for a projectile and wherein the projec-tile is secured by a tether means either (a) tothe target device itself, or (b) to a structurewhich is located or locatable in such a mannerthat the target device remains within the extentof the tether.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, for

a tethered projectile or for a tetheredpractice projectile.

332 Tethered ring:This subclass is indented under subclass 331.Apparatus wherein the projectile has the gen-eral configuration of an annulus.

333 Having indicator or indication by movementof target:This subclass is indented under subclass 331.Apparatus wherein either (a) the target deviceincludes means, actuatable or operable by theprojectile, for providing or producing an indi-cation that a projectile has correctly reach thetarget device or reached the point of aim por-tion thereof, or (b) the target device or the pointof aim portion thereof is moved whenever aprojectile impinges or impacts thereupon, andwherein the movement of the target device orthe point of aim portion thereof provides orproduces a visible indication that the projectilehas correctly reached the target device or thepoint of aim portion thereof.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:371+, for target devices having electrically

actuated or operated indicators.378+, for similar target devices not associ-

ated with a tethered projectile.

334 Elastic tether:This subclass is indented under subclass 333.Apparatus wherein the tether means is com-prised of flexible, elastic means.

335 Elastic tether:This subclass is indented under subclass 331.Apparatus wherein the tether means is com-prised of flexible, elastic means.

336 Peg and ring game or pegged target there-for:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.Game or apparatus therefor comprising either(a) a target device having the configuration of agenerally postlike protuberance, or includessuch a protuberance, and a projectile havingmeans to enable it to at least partially encirclethe target protuberance, or (b) a target devicehaving the configuration of a generally postlikeprotuberance adapted to be used with a encir-cling-type projectile.

(1) Note. A projectile having means toenable it to at least partially encircle atarget protuberance includes such projec-tiles as quoits, horseshoes, rings, or otherforms of ring equivalents.


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SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:331+, for target devices associated with teth-

ered projectiles, and particularly sub-class 332, for target devicesassociated with ring-type projectiles.

343, for projectiles having a configurationenabling them to encircle or partiallyencircle a portion of a target device.


subclasses 589 and 591 for a projec-tile having a configuration enabling itto encircle or partially encircle a por-tion of a target device.

337 With mechanical projector:This subclass is indented under subclass 336.Game or apparatus therefor including amechanical means for throwing or impellingthe projectile toward the target protuberance.

338 Having plural pegs:This subclass is indented under subclass 336.Game or apparatus therefor wherein the targetdevice includes a plurality of generally postlikeprotuberances mounted on a common basestructure at a common target area.

(1) Note. A pair of postlike protuberances,one located at one end of a common basestructure and the other located at theopposite end of the base structure (as, forexample, in the game of horseshoes), arenot considered to be plural protuber-ances at a common target area. Forplacement in this and the indented sub-class, each player's target device mustcomprise a plurality of postlike protuber-ances.

339 Structurally different or nonparallel longi-tudinal axes:This subclass is indented under subclass 338.Game or apparatus therefor wherein (a) at leastone postlike protuberance at a common targetarea has a peripheral configuration or sizewhich is different from another postlike protu-berance at the same target area, or (b) at leastone postlike protuberance at a common targetarea has an axial orientation relative to the tar-get area which is different from the axial orien-

tation of another postlike protuberance at thesame target area.

340 Playing surface or projectile struck frombelow to project projectile:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.Apparatus including a surface which is sup-ported in such a manner as to enable the strik-ing manipulation thereunder of a hand-heldstriking implement or of the hand, fist, or footof the participant in order to project or impel aprojectile resting on the surface into the air bystriking either the projectile directly frombelow or the surface on which the projectilerests from below, and wherein (a) the surfacehas at least one closed periphery openingbelow which a portion of the projectileprojects, or (b) the surface is imperforate andsufficiently yielding or elastic so that an impactfrom below will project or launch the projectileinto the air.


subclass 511 for a projector-catcherdevice with which an aerial projectileis similarly launched and with whichan aerial projectile is also caught.

341.1 Tipcat game; accessory therefor:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.Subject matter relating to a game, commonlyknown as tipcat, which uses a projectile com-prising a body having a configuration suchthat, when it is lying upon a flat surface, oneedge portion thereof is capable of being raisedinto the air whenever the opposite edge is forc-ibly struck or pressed upon (often the body iselongated and tapered at one or both endsthereof or simply tapered in configuration), thegame being played with the projectile initiallylying at rest upon a support surface and thenforcibly struck from above on an end or edgeportion thereof by player using a bat, club,stick, or other handheld striking implement sothat the projectile is flipped end-over-end oredge-over-edge into the air and either(a)thereby projected directly toward one or moredistantly located targets or fielders, or(b) sub-sequently reprojected toward one or more dis-tantly located targets or fielders by being againbatted by the player with the bat, club, stick, orother handheld striking implement while it isstill in the air.


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(1) Note. A structure adapted to support aprojectile in order to facilitate its projec-tion into the air, which projectile supportstructure being disclosed for use in theplay of the type of game included herein,is included in this subclass.

(2) Note. The following game componentsdisclosed for use in the play of the typeof game defined herein are, per se,excluded from this subclass: a targetdevice, per se, a device or implement,per se, for projecting a projectile, and aprojectile, per se. See the search notesbelow for the location of such gamecomponents.

(3) Note. An ancillary device or means,which is adapted and intended to be usedwith or for a game component includedherein, is included herein unless it is pro-vided for elsewhere.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:348+, for a target, per se, which may be used

during the play of a tipcat-type game.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, for

a centrifugally or mechanically oper-ated projector, per se, which projectsprojectiles into the air.

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, subclasses 516+ for a handheld imple-ment, per se, for striking and therebyprojecting a game projectile into theair, and subclass 592 for a tipcat pro-jectile, per se.

342 Upwardly facing projectile-bounce surface:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.Apparatus including a member having a sur-face facing vertically upward during use,which surface is intended to have a projectilethrown or projected thereat from above so thatthe projectile will strike or impact against thesurface and be rebounded or reprojected there-from.

(1) Note. The projectile-bounce surface isoften either (a) located between twoopposing participants who alternately

throw or project a ball onto the bouncesurface and who alternately endeavor tocatch the bounced ball or reproject thebounced ball back to the bounce surface,or (b) located between the projectingpoint and a target wherein a participantendeavors to throw or project a balltoward the bounce surface with theobjective of bouncing the ball off thesurface into the target.

343 Hooking or draping projectile and targettherefor:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.Apparatus including a projectile and a targetdevice, wherein either (a) the projectile com-prises two or more body members intercon-nected by an elongated flexible member, or (b)the projectile is in the form of or has thereon atarget engagable hook or ring means forremovable attachment to the target device; andwherein the target device comprises or includesa generally horizontally disposed, projectilesupporting member, which supporting memberis spaced above and from the surface support-ing the target device, so that the projectile,when projected toward the target device, isintended to engage and either drape over orhang suspended from the supporting memberdue to the gravitational force acting thereon.

(1) Note. The horizontally disposed, projec-tile supporting member is usually in theform of a protrusion, rod, bar, sheetedge, wire, cord, or ledge.

348 Target:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.Target device which comprises or includes apoint of aim for an aerial projectile and whichis intended to be used to indicate the correct-ness of aim for an aerial projectile thrown, pro-jected, impelled, or launched thereat.

(1) Note. Included in this and the indentedsubclasses are target devices which areparticularly adapted for use as a point ofaim for an aerial projectile or targetdevices at which an aerial projectile isprojected or thrown.

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and through which an aerial projectile isintended to pass.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:127, for target devices used with surface

projectiles.331+, for target devices having tethered pro-

jectiles associated therewith.336+, for pegged target devices used in peg

and ring games.343, and 348.2 through 348.5, for a target

device having means to retain anaerial projectile thereon or thereto.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:119, Animal Husbandry, subclass 427 for

devices for holding and releasing liveobjects to be used as targets.

342, Communications: Directive RadioWave Systems and Devices (e.g.,Radar, Radio Navigation), subclasses1+ for targets with radio wave absorb-ing, reflecting or countering features.

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, subclasses 454+ for a practice ortraining device in the form of apitcher's target intended to be used forimproving a player's skill in throwinga baseball.

D22, Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting andFishing Equipment, subclasses 113and 114 for target or target launcher.

348.1 Including heating means (i.e., thermal tar-get):This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Apparatus wherein the target device includesmeans for increasing its temperature for thepurpose of causing it to radiate thermal energy.

(1) Note. When viewed through a ther-mally-sensitive aiming or sightingmeans, a heat-radiating target device canbe seen under conditions (e.g., darkness)when it is invisible to the naked eye.

(2) Note. The means occasionally is utilizedto heat only selected portions of the tar-get device, whereby the device can begiven a “heat signature” which is pecu-liar to a particular kind of device orstructure; e.g., a tactical vehicle such as atank.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:250, Radiant Energy, subclasses 493+ for

radiant energy generation and sourcesnot elsewhere provided for.

348.2 Having suction cup for adherence of projec-tile thereto or having surface adapted foradherence thereto of projectile having suc-tion cup:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Subject matter wherein the target device either(a) comprises or has a resilient cup-shapedmeans thereon so that, when the open portionof the cup-shaped means thereof is struck by,or otherwise forcibly engaged with, a projectilehaving a relatively smooth surface, the resil-ience of the cup-shaped portion will cause thepressure of the fluid trapped between the inte-rior surface of the cup-shaped means and therelatively smooth surface of the projectile to bereduced below that located outside of the cup-shaped means thereby causing the projectile toadhere to the cup-shaped means and thereby tothe target device, or (b) has a relatively smoothsurface which is adapted and intended to bestruck by, or otherwise forcibly engaged with, aprojectile having such a resilient cup-shapedmeans thereon so that, when the open portionof the cup-shaped means of the projectilestrikes, or is forcibly engaged with, the rela-tively smooth surface of the target device, theresilience of the cup-shaped portion will causethe pressure of the fluid trapped between theinterior surface of the cup-shaped means andthe relatively smooth surface to be reducedbelow that located outside of the cup-shapedmeans thereby causing the projectile to adhereto the surface of the target device.


subclass 572 for a projectile, per se,having a suction cup for adherence toan object having a relatively smoothsurface.

348.3 Having magnetized material for adherenceof projectile thereto or made from materialadapted for adherence thereto of projectilehaving magnetized material:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Subject matter wherein the target device either(a) is made at least in part from magnetized


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material or has a magnet located thereon,which target device being intended to be usedwith a projectile made at least in part fromeither magnetized material or magnetically sus-ceptible material, so that the projectile, or aseparable portion thereof, will adhere to and beretained upon the target device upon contacttherewith, or (b) is made at least in part frommagnetically susceptible material, which targetdevice being intended to be used with a projec-tile made at least in part from magnetizedmaterial, so that the projectile, or a separableportion thereof, will adhere to and be retainedupon the target device upon contact therewith.


subclass 570 for a projectile, per se,having at least a part thereof madefrom magnetized material (e.g., a darthaving a magnetic head portion, etc.).

348.4 Having bristled, hooked, or looped surfacefor adherence of complementarily surfacedprojectile thereto:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Subject matter wherein the target device has aprojectile-engaging surface, at least a portionof which is made from, or has attached thereto,a material comprising a very large number ofclosely spaced projecting bristles, hooks, orloops and wherein the target device is intendedto be used with a projectile having disposedthereon complementary projecting bristles,loops, or hooks whereby, whenever the projec-tile contacts the surface of the target device, thematerial of the target device is intended tointerlock with the complementary projectingbristles, loops, or hooks disposed upon the pro-jectile so as to cause the projectile or a portionthereof to adhere to and be retained upon thetarget device.

(1) Note. The expression “interlock with” isintended to include (due to the structuralsimilarity of closely spaced bristles andclosely spaced hooks or loops) theadherence of a projectile having project-ing bristles which is intended to beengaged with, and thereby adhered to, atarget device also having projecting bris-tles even though the adherence of theprojectile to the target device is primarily

due to frictional forces between therespective sets of bristles.


subclass 573 for a projectile, per se,having a bristled, hooked, or loopedsurface for adherence to complemen-tarily surfaced means.

348.5 Having means for nonpenetrating adher-ence of complementarily surfaced projectiletherein (e.g., tacky surface, etc.):This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Subject matter wherein the target device has aprojectile-engaging surface, at least a portionof which is made from, or has attached thereto,a means adapted and indented to enable a coop-eratively surfaced projectile, or a portionthereof, to impact thereupon and to stick, orotherwise adhere, thereto without puncturingthe projectile-engaging surface.


subclass 574 for a projectile, per se,having a means for nonpenetratingadherence to a complementarily sur-faced means.

349 With liquid projector (e.g., water pistol):This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Apparatus including means for projecting astream or burst of liquid through the air andwherein the target device is adapted to bestruck by a stream or blast of liquid projectedthereat, which target device includes means toindicate that it has been struck by a stream orblast of liquid projected thereat.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:222, Dispensing, subclass 79 for a device

simulating a firearm or other projectorwhich projects a stream of liquid.

350 Liquid buoyant:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Apparatus wherein the target device includesmeans to enable it to float on or to remain sus-pended in a body of liquid during its use as apoint of aim for an aerial projectile.


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351 Game simulating aerial bombing of targets:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Apparatus comprising (a) a target device whichis intended to have an aerial projectile droppedthereupon from a location generally verticallyabove and spaced apart from the target device,(b) a projectile carrying and releasing meansfor carrying an aerial projectile thereon and forselectively releasing or ejecting the carried pro-jectile therefrom whenever a user operates thereleasing means, and (c) an aerial projectilewhich is intended to be carried by the carryingand releasing means and then selectivelyreleased or ejected from the carrying andreleasing means whenever a user operates thereleasing means, so that the aerial projectile isdropped onto the target device from a regiongenerally vertically above and spaced apartfrom the target device: and wherein either, orboth, the carrying and releasing means or thetarget device is movable, so that there is rela-tive movement between the target device andthe carrying and releasing means whenever theaerial projectile is released from the carryingand releasing means.

352 Skee-Ball® game:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Apparatus comprising a target device spacedfrom the projectile projecting point, a runwaysurface for a projectile extending from the pro-jecting point toward the target device, andmeans on the runway surface for causing a pro-jectile propelled along the runway surface tobecome airborne at some point in its travelfrom the projecting point to the target device.

353 Tiddlywink game:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Game comprising a generally thin, flat projec-tile having a peripheral edge portion andwherein the projectile, while lying on a gener-ally horizontally disposed surface, is intendedto be projected into the air toward the targetdevice by the application of downward squeez-ing pressure at or upon the edge portion of theprojectile.

354 Having means to vary size of projectile-receiving target aperture or target opening:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Target device comprising means or structuredefining an aperture or an opening through

which a projectile is intended to pass, andwhich aperture or opening either is intended tobe used as the point of aim of the target deviceor is located immediately in front of the pointof aim; and wherein the target device furtherincludes means for enabling the size of theaperture or opening to be varied or changed, soas to vary the difficulty of throwing or project-ing a projectile through the aperture or openingof the target device.

355 With support having both target and mov-able mechanical projector attached thereto:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Apparatus including a mechanical means forlaunching or impelling a projectile toward thetarget device, and including a common supportstructure or housing having both the targetdevice and the mechanical launching meansmounted thereon and connected thereto duringuse of the apparatus, and wherein the connec-tion between the mechanical launching meansand the support structure or housing permitsmovement of the mechanical launching meanswith respect to the target device to allow aim-ing of the launching means at the target device.

(1) Note. Apparatus in which the launchingmeans and the target device can beremoved from the common supportstructure or housing for the purpose ofstorage is included in this and theindented subclass. However, during useof the apparatus, the launching meansand target device must be attached to thecommon support structure or housing.

356 Projector universally pivots:This subclass is indented under subclass 355.Apparatus wherein the connection between thelaunching means and the support structure per-mits pivotal movement of the launching meansin any direction.

357 With plural mechanical projectors:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Apparatus including a plurality of mechani-cally operated means for launching or impel-ling a projectile toward the target device.


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358 Projected picture:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Target device in which the point of aim is animage or picture projected on a screen meansby a light image projecting device.

(1) Note. In order to be classified in thisclass (273) as a target, there must besome feature of the image projectingdevice, or of the screen means, or of thecooperation between the two, making theprojected image particularly adapted foruse as a target.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:352, Optics: Motion Pictures, subclasses

39, 85+, and 95 for motion pictureapparatus which project target imagesor which are used with projected tar-get images, and see (1) Note, above.

353, Optics: Image Projectors, particularlysubclasses 11+ for image projectingapparatus, per se, and see (1) Noteabove.

359 Moving:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Target device which includes structure ormeans specially adapting it for traveling,swinging, or otherwise moving during the timea projectile projected thereat is released so as tomake it more difficult for a participant to reachthe point of aim with a projectile.

360 Airplane towed:This subclass is indented under subclass 359.Target device which includes means particu-larly adapting it to be pulled by or draggedbehind an aerial vehicle while in flight.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting,

subclass 215 for similar structuresused as signs.

342, Communications: Directive RadioWave Systems and Devices (e.g.,Radar, Radio Navigation), subclasses1+ for targets with radio wave absorb-ing, reflecting, or countering features.

361 Having target exchange, carrier, or storagemeans:This subclass is indented under subclass 360.Apparatus either (a) wherein the pulling ordragging means includes means for supplying afresh target device in the place of a used targetdevice while it is being pulled or dragged, or(b) including means for carrying or storing atarget device in a nondeployed position.

362 Flying or moving freely through the air:This subclass is indented under subclass 359.Target device which is itself a projectileadapted for traveling freely through the air.

(1) Note. These targets are usually thrownfrom target traps.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:102, Ammunition and Explosive, appropri-

ate subclasses for projectiles to beused as weapons.

124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, par-ticularly subclasses 4+ for projectorsused in throwing this type of targetdevice into the air.

446, Amusement Devices: Toys, sub-classes 34+ for flying toys.

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, fora miscellaneous surface or aerialgame projectile, per se, in general.

482, Exercise Devices, particularly sub-classes 20+ for a discus, shot, or jave-lin used in a throwing type of fieldsport.

363 Material dispensing or burning upon pro-jectile impact:This subclass is indented under subclass 362.Target device having means (a) for releasing aliquid, gaseous, or particulate material carriedby the target device upon being struck by a pro-jectile, or (b) for producing smoke or flameupon being struck by a projectile.

(1) Note. The released material must be inaddition to the basic structure of the tar-get device itself.


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upon impact with a surface (usually atarget), to produce smoke or flame orto release a liquid, gaseous, or particu-late material carried by the projectile.

364 Having projector-engaging protrusion,notch, or recess means for enhancing projec-tion of target:This subclass is indented under subclass 362.Target device including a protrusion, notch, orrecess means for enhancing the projection ofthe target device into the air; which protrusion,notch, or recess means is adapted to beengaged by a portion of a projector device.

(1) Note. A target device having merelythickened, strengthened, or properlysized peripheral wall portions which arenormally engageable by a portion of aprojector device is not included in thissubclass.

(2) Note. Usually, the target device has atongue, projection, slot, or hole formedon or near the periphery thereof, whichtongue, projection, slot, or hole isengageable by a projector device so as toproduce a spinning or rotating motion ofthe target device while it is being thrownor propelled into the air by the projectordevice.

365 Reusable in whole or part:This subclass is indented under subclass 362.Target device comprising (a) separable por-tions which are separated, but not destroyed, byprojectile impact and which may be reassem-bled after use, or (b) a destructible portionwhich is destroyed by projectile impact com-bined with a nondestructible portion which isnot destroyed by projectile impact and whichnondestructible portion may be reassembledwith a fresh destructible portion, or (c) a non-destructible whole which is not destroyed byprojectile impact and which may be reused.

366 Along endless path:This subclass is indented under subclass 359.Target device which moves along a continuouspath defining a closed circuit and wherein thetarget device is moving along at least a portionof the continuous path during the time a projec-tile projected at the target device is released.

(1) Note. The closed circuit may be in theform of a trackway upon which a car-riage carrying the target device moves,or the closed circuit may be defined by atarget device mounted off axis on a rotat-ing turntable or wheel, or the closed cir-cuit may be defined by a target devicemerely moving entirely along a definedpath forming a closed loop.

(2) Note. The closed circuit defined by themovement of the target device must becontinuous with no breaks or interrup-tions therein, but it may be of anyclosed-loop configuration.

367 Target has additional motion while movingalong path:This subclass is indented under subclass 306.Target device wherein the target device, whileit is moving along the continuous path, simul-taneously swings, pivots, moves up and down,moves back and forth, vibrates, or otherwisemoves during the time a projectile projectedthereat is released; so that, the target device hasthe combined simultaneous motions of (a)moving along the continuous path, and (b)swinging, pivoting, moving up and down,moving back and forth, vibrating, or otherwisemoving during the time a projectile projectedthereat is released.

(1) Note. Also included in this subclass is atarget device having a relatively movingportions which serve as points of aimand which move as a whole along a con-tinuous path while moving relative toeach other.

368 Path is circular:This subclass is indented under subclass 366.Target device wherein the closed circuit is cir-cular.

369 Oscillating (e.g., pendulum motion) or recip-rocating:This subclass is indented under subclass 359.Target device (a) which moves back and forthalong an arc-shaped path of less than 360degrees about an axis spaced from the path, or(b) which moves back and forth along adefined elongated path having two spaced-apart end points, alternately reversing its direc-


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tion of movement whenever it reaches in thevicinity of an end point; and wherein the targetdevice is moving back and forth during thetime a projectile projected thereat is released.

(1) Note. The elongated path having twospaced-apart end points may be linear,arc-shaped, or any other elongated con-figuration between the two spaced-apartend points.

(2) Note. A target device which merelymoves from one end point along adefined elongated path to the other endpoint during the time a projectile pro-jected thereat is released and then is resetback to the initial end point beforeanother projectile is projected thereat isnot considered to be a reciprocating tar-get.

370 Target has additional motion while oscillat-ing or reciprocating:This subclass is indented under subclass 369.Target device wherein the target device, whileit is moving back and forth along the arc-shaped or defined elongated path, simulta-neously swings, pivots, moves up and down,moves frontward and rearward, vibrates, orotherwise moves during the time a projectileprojected thereat is released; so that, the targetdevice has the combined simultaneous motionof (a) moving back and forth along the arc-shaped or defined elongated path, and (b)swinging, pivoting, moving up and down,moving frontward and rearward, vibrating, orotherwise moving during the time a projectileprojected thereat is released.

(1) Note. Also included in this subclass is atarget device having relatively movingportions which serve as points of aimand which move as a whole back andforth along an arc-shaped or definedelongated path while moving relative toeach other.

371 With electrically actuated or operated indi-cator:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Target device including electrically actuated oroperated means (a) for indicating that a projec-tile has reached the target device, or (b) forindicating the location of the point on the target

device at which a projectile has reached, or (c)for indicating the location of the point relativeto and spaced from the target device at which aprojectile has passed by the target device (i.e.,missed the device).

(1) Note. The electrically actuated or oper-ated indicating means may includemeans located on or near the targetdevice for sensing the presence of a pro-jectile as it comes into proximity with orin the vicinity of the target device, whichprojectile sensing means is actuatedwhenever a projectile comes into prox-imity therewith to electrically actuate oroperate the indicating means.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:378+, for targets having mechanically oper-

ated indicating means and for targetsin which the movement of the targetsthemselves, as a result of projectileimpact thereon, provides the indicat-ing means.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:116, Signals and Indicators, appropriate

subclasses for mechanical signallingmeans, per se.

340, Communications: Electrical, sub-class 323 for game reporting electricsignalling systems and appropriatesubclasses, particularly subclasses286.01+ for electric signalling sys-tems, per se, which may form part of agame.

372 Indicator responsive to projectile producedsonic or shock wave:This subclass is indented under subclass 371.Target device including either a sound wavesensitive means mounted on or near the targetdevice or a shock wave sensitive meansmounted on or near the target device, whichsound wave sensitive means or shock wavesensitive means is operatively associated withthe electrically actuated or operated indicatingmeans; and wherein the indicating means isactuated either (a) by the sound waves or shockwaves generated by a projectile whenever itapproaches, passes in the vicinity of, or strikesthe target device, or (b) by the shock wavestraveling through the material of the target


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device as a result of a projectile impactingthereupon.

373 Penetrating projectile alters circuit condi-tion of target formed of stacked, penetrablesheetlike conductors:This subclass is indented under subclass 371.Target device wherein the target device isformed from a plurality of spaced-apart electri-cally conductive sheet means which arestacked one behind the other in a row andwhich form part of the electrical circuit of theindicating means, and wherein at least the sheetmeans nearest the projecting point is adapted tobe penetrated by a projectile projected thereat,such that the electrical circuit of the indicatingmeans is actuated by the projectile either as itpasses through all of the sheet means or as itpasses through at least the said nearest sheetmeans to remain embedded in the targetdevice.

(1) Note. Usually, the electrical circuit ofthe indicating means is actuated by anelectrically conductive projectile havinga length sufficient to span the distancebetween at least two adjacent conductivesheet means such that the projectileforms part of the indicating circuit as itpasses through or remains embedded inthe target device.

374 Element moved by projectile impact to actu-ate circuitry:This subclass is indented under subclass 371.Target device including an impact memberwhich is moved by impact of a projectilethereon whenever a projectile initially impactsupon the target device, and wherein the electri-cally actuated or operated indicating means isoperatively associated with the movable impactmember so that the indicating means is actu-ated whenever a projectile, during its initialimpact upon the target device, impacts uponand moves the impact member.

(1) Note. A target device having a movablemember which is moved by a projectileonly at some point in time after the ini-tial impact of the projectile upon the tar-get device (such as target devices havinggravity operated switch members locatedin chutes, troughs, or receivers) is not

included in this and the indented sub-classes.

(2) Note. Where the point of aim of the tar-get device is an aperture, the movableimpact member is usually located behindthe aperture and in axial alignment there-with. The movable impact memberlocated behind the aperture may bemerely an actuating member; or, if it canbe seen by a participant at the projectingpoint, it may be an additional point ofaim.

375 Element is pivoted:This subclass is indented under subclass 374.Target device wherein the impact memberwhich moves upon projectile impact is pivotedabout a fixed axis to actuate the indicatingmeans.

376 Coplanar elements:This subclass is indented under subclass 374.Target device including a plurality of individu-ally movable impact members, which impactmembers are all disposed in a single planeadjacent one another so as to present a planarsurface formed from a plurality of individuallymovable impact members, and wherein theelectrically actuated or operated indicatingmeans is operatively associated with each indi-vidually movable impact member so that theindicating means is actuated whenever a pro-jectile impacts upon and moves any one impactmember.

377 Spaced conductors bridged by nonpenetrat-ing projectile:This subclass is indented under subclass 371.Target device wherein the surface portionadapted to be struck by a projectile includes aplurality of spaced-apart, electrically conduc-tive means which form part of the electrical cir-cuit of the indicator means and which arecontactable by a projectile which strikes butdoes not pass through or penetrate into the sur-face portion of the target device, and whereinthe electrical circuit of the indicator means isactuated by an electrically conductive projec-tile having a size and configuration sufficientto span the distance between at least two adja-cent conductive means such that the projectileforms part of the indicator circuit as it spansthe two adjacent conductive means upon strik-


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ing or remaining upon the surface portion ofthe target device.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:348.3, for similar target devices in which an

electrically conductive projectilecompletes an electrical indicating cir-cuit while magnetically adhering tothe surface of the target device.

378 Indication by movement of target or targethaving indicating means:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Target device (a) including means, actuatableor operable by a projectile, for providing orproducing an indication that a projectile hasreached the point of aim, or (b) wherein the tar-get device or the point of aim portion thereof ismovable whenever a projectile impinges there-upon, and wherein the movement of the targetdevice or the point of aim provides or producesa visual indication that a projectile has reachedthe point of aim.

(1) Note. Target devices, which are adaptedto have a hole formed therein whenevera projectile impinges thereupon, are notincluded in this and the indented sub-classes unless the target device has somemeans to enhance the visible presence ofthe hole, as for example, the targetdevice having means to make the holelarger than the size of the projectile.

(2) Note. Target devices, which are merelyadapted to retain a projectile therein orthereon after penetration (e.g., dart boardtarget devices), are not included in thisand the indented subclasses and are,accordingly, found in subclasses 403,404 and 408.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:331+, especially 333+ for similar target

devices having a tethered projectileassociated therewith.

359+, especially 366+ and 369+ for targetdevices which provide an indication,by means of the movement thereof,that a projectile has reached the pointof aim or for target devices having

means to indicate that a projectile hasreached the point of aim.

371+, for target devices having electricallyactuated or operated indicatingmeans.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:116, Signals and Indicators, appropriate

subclasses for mechanical signallingmeans, per se.

379 Plural indicators sequentially released:This subclass is indented under subclass 378.Target device including a plurality of indicat-ing members which are ejected, dumped, ordispersed by the target device one at a timeeach time a projectile reaches the point of aim;and wherein the target device includes means,actuated by a projectile whenever it reaches thepoint of aim, to eject, dump, or disperse oneindicating member at a time.

380 Frangible or formed from a plurality of sep-arable interconnected elements (e.g., explo-sion simulating):This subclass is indented under subclass 378.Target device either (a) comprising a unitarymass of material which is intended to shatter orbreak into pieces whenever a projectile reachesthe point of aim, or (b) comprising or includinga plurality of interconnected members whichare intended to fall apart, separate, or be pro-pelled away from each other whenever a pro-jectile reaches the point of aim.

(1) Note. The interconnected members maybe held together by a friction or anadhering means acting between themembers and the separation of the mem-bers is effected by the energy of a projec-tile impacting upon the target device; orthe interconnected members may be heldtogether by an additional means releas-ably holding the members togetheragainst the force due to gravity and theseparation of the members is effected bya projectile contacting a latch mecha-nism which operates the additional hold-ing means to release the members so thatthe members may separate or fall apartfrom each other due to the earth's gravi-tational forces acting thereon; or the tar-get device may include means, actuatedby a projectile whenever it reaches the


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point of aim, to violently propel the plu-rality of interconnected members awayfrom each other so as to simulate anexplosion of the device.

381 Audible indication:This subclass is indented under subclass 378.Target device wherein the means providing andindication that a projectile has reached thepoint of aim is a sound producing means whichis operated or actuated whenever a projectilereaches the point of aim.

(1) Note. In order to be included in this andthe indented subclass, a target devicemust include means, in addition to thematerial forming the target device,which is specifically designed to pro-duce a sound; a target device, for exam-ple, merely formed from a metallicmaterial which is capable of producing asound when struck by a projectile wouldnot be included herein.

382 Projectile passes through aperture to oper-ate indicator:This subclass is indented under subclass 381.Target device including an opening or aperturethrough which a projectile is intended to passto operate or actuate the sound producingmeans.

383 Having projectile-actuated means to freeindicator for movement:This subclass is indented under subclass 378.Target device including an indicating memberwhich is moved whenever a projectile reachesthe point of aim, so that movement of the indi-cating member provides or produces a visibleindication that a projectile has reached thepoint of aim, and wherein the target deviceincludes means, actuated by a projectile when-ever it reaches the point of aim, for releasingthe indicating member and moving the indicat-ing member by a force other than that producedby movement of the releasing means itself.

(1) Note. The force which moves the indi-cating member after the member hasbeen freed for movement by a projectilereaching the point of aim usually is pro-vided by the bias of a spring means act-ing on the indicating member or by the

earth's gravitational field acting on theindicating member.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:387+, for target devices having an indicating

member which is moved by the forceproduced by movement of either thepoint of aim or other projectile-actu-ated element, which movement of thepoint of aim or the projectile-actuatedelement is, in turn, produced by theenergy of the projectile impactingupon the point of aim or the projec-tile-actuated element.

384 Indicator is dumped or is projected into theair (e.g., return fire):This subclass is indented under subclass 383.Target device either (a) including a movablesupport upon which the indicating member isadapted to rest, and wherein the indicatingmember is adapted to merely rest upon themovable support without being attached to anyportion of the target device or the support; and,whenever the releasing means is actuated by aprojectile, the support is moved from a positionsupporting the indicating member at restthereon to a released position, in whichreleased position the support no longer sup-ports the indicating member so that the indicat-ing member freely drops or falls from itsposition of rest, or (b) including means toproject or launch the indicating member intothe air away from the target device, andwherein the projecting or launching means isactuated or operated by the releasing meanswhenever a projectile reaches the point of aimand actuates the releasing means.

(1) Note. Included in this subclass are targetdevices in which a human being or ananimal is intended to be the movableindicating member which is dumpedupon actuation of the releasing means.

385 Gravity operated indicator:This subclass is indented under subclass 383.Target device wherein the force, which movesthe indicating member whenever the releasingmeans is actuated by the projectile, is providedby the earth's gravitational field acting uponthe target device.


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386 Target is moved or indicator is moved:This subclass is indented under subclass 378.Target device (a) wherein the target device orthe point of aim portion thereof moves when-ever a projectile impinges of impacts there-upon, and wherein the movement of the targetdevice or the point of aim provides or producesa visible indication that a projectile has reachedthe point of aim, or (b) wherein the targetdevice includes an indicating member which ismoved whenever a projectile reaches the pointof aim, and wherein the movement of the indi-cating member provides or produces a visibleindication that a projectile has reached thepoint of aim.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:383+, for target devices having movable

indicating members which arereleased or freed for movement when-ever a projectile reaches the point ofaim, the movement of the indicatingmember being usually produced eitherby a spring bias means or by theearth's gravitational field acting there-upon.

387 Indicator is moved:This subclass is indented under subclass 386.Target device including an indicating memberwhich is moved whenever a projectile reachesthe point of aim, and wherein the movement ofthe indicating member provides or produces avisible indication that a projectile has reachedthe point of aim.

(1) Note. The motive force which movesthe indicating member of the targetdevices included in this and the indentedsubclasses is usually provided by themovement of the point of aim; however,also included in this and the indentedsubclasses are target devices in whichthe point of aim is an opening or aper-ture, in which case the motive force tomove the indicating member is providedby the projectile-produce movement ofan actuating element located behind theopening or aperture or located within achute or tube which is accessible to theprojectile after it passes through theaperture or opening.

388 Indicator is alternate target:This subclass is indented under subclass 387.Target device wherein the point of aim ismoved from an aiming position to an indicatingposition whenever a projectile impinges orimpacts thereupon, and wherein the indicatingmember constitutes a second point of aimwhich is moved into aiming position whenevera projectile impinges or impacts upon the firstpoint of aim.

389 Target is opening through which projectilepasses to actuate indicator:This subclass is indented under subclass 387.Target device comprising or including a open-ing or aperture means through which a projec-tile projected at the target device is intended topass, which opening or aperture means consti-tutes the point of aim of the target device; andwherein the indicating member is caused to bemoved by a projectile reaching the point of aimeither during the passage of the projectilethrough the opening or aperture means or afterthe passage of the projectile through the open-ing or aperture means.

390 Target pivots:This subclass is indented under subclass 386.Target device wherein the target device or thepoint of aim portion thereof is moved about afixed axis whenever a projectile impinges orimpacts thereupon, and wherein the movementof the target device or the point of aim aboutthe fixed axis provides or produces a visibleindication that a projectile has reached thepoint of aim.

391 Having restoring means:This subclass is indented under subclass 390.Target device wherein the movement of the tar-get device or the point of aim about a fixed axisis from an aiming position to an indicatingposition whenever a projectile impinges orimpacts upon the point of aim, and wherein thetarget device includes means to reset or restorethe target device or the point of aim from themoved position back to the aiming position.

392 Automatic restoring:This subclass is indented under subclass 391.Target device wherein the means to reset orrestore the target device or the point of aimfrom the moved position back to the aiming


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position is actuated and operated without anyintervention of a human operator.

393 Target separates from support:This subclass is indented under subclass 386.Target device wherein the point of aim portionthereof is moved whenever a projectileimpinges or impacts thereupon, and whereinthe target device includes means for removablyholding or removably supporting the point ofaim portion thereon; and, whenever a projectileimpinges or impacts upon the point of aim, thepoint of aim portion is removed entirely fromor knocked entirely off of the holding or sup-porting means so as to provide a visible indica-tion that a projectile has reached the point ofaim.

394 Having means to deliver spent projectile toeasily accessible location:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Target device including means for causing aprojectile, after it has struck the target deviceor passed through the target device, to bemoved to a point easily accessible for retrievalof the projectile.

(1) Note. The easily accessible point orpoints may be score indicating compart-ments.

(2) Note. A mere pocketed target device inwhich the pocket or receptacle is thepoint of aim is not sufficient for inclu-sion in this and the indented subclassesbecause the target device has no meansto deliver the projectile from the point ofaim pocket or receptacle to a secondaryretrieving compartment or receptacle.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:122, and 125, for similar projectile return

devices used with surface projectiles.398+, for pocketed or apertured target

devices, and see (1) and (2) Notes,above.


subclasses 110+ for a device used in abowling game which is adapted toreturn a bowling ball to the bowlerafter the ball has either struck, missed,

or otherwise passed the bowling pinsand subclasses 431+ for a practice ortraining device having projectilereturn means.

395 Movable conveyor or reprojecting target:This subclass is indented under subclass 394.Target device wherein the means for moving aprojectile to an easily accessible point forretrieval is in the form of (a) a movable,mechanically driven conveyor which carriesthe projectile thereon to the easily accessiblepoint, or (b) a projecting or launching meansconnected to and located at the target device,which acts to project or launch the projectilethrough the air generally toward the point fromwhich the projectile was initially projected, or(c) the target device itself is a surface forrebounding or deflecting point, which surface,upon being struck by the projectile, acts as areaction surface to deflect or bounce the pro-jectile through the air generally toward thepoint from which the projectile was initiallyprojected.

396 Projectile returned toward the projectingpoint:This subclass is indented under subclass 394.Target device wherein the means for moving aprojectile to an easily accessible point forretrieval causes the projectile to be movedtoward the point from which the projectile wasinitially projected or launched.

397 Runway extending between target area andprojecting point:This subclass is indented under subclass 396.Target device wherein the means for moving aprojectile toward the point from which it wasinitially projected includes a surface whichextends essentially the entire distance from thetarget device to the projecting point and uponwhich the projectile is caused to move from thetarget device to the projecting point.

(1) Note. The surface is often downwardlysloped from the target device toward theprojecting point.

398 Pocketed or apertured:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Target device comprising or including (a) aclosed-bottom or closed-back receptacle, atleast partially within which a projectile is


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intended to come to rest after passing at leastpartially through the entrance opening thereof,or (b) a through aperture, which is so dimen-sioned that a projectile is intended to passentirely therethrough, or (c) a through aperture,or an open-bottom receptacle, or an open-backreceptacle, which aperture or receptacle is sodimensioned that a projectile is intended tocome to rest at least partially within the aper-ture or receptacle after partially passingthrough the aperture or through the entranceopening of the receptacle.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:113+, and 123+, for similar target devices

which are used with surface projec-tiles.

399 With mechanical projector:This subclass is indented under subclass 398.Target device including a mechanically oper-ated means for throwing, projecting, impelling,or launching a projectile toward the targetdevice.

400 Closed-back or closed-bottom pocket:This subclass is indented under subclass 398.Target device comprising or including a recep-tacle having an interior portion defined by acircumscribing wall means and by an entranceopening or aperture, so that a projectile, uponreaching the target device, may at least par-tially pass through the entrance opening oraperture and come to rest at least partiallywithin the interior portion of the receptacle;and wherein the lateral dimension of the inte-rior portion of the receptacle are essentially thesame as or at least not much greater than thelateral dimensions of the entrance opening oraperture.

401 Entrance opening is formed in laterallyextending surface:This subclass is indented under subclass 400.Target device including a surface structurewithin which or behind which the receptacle islocated and wherein the entrance opening oraperture of the receptacle is either formed inthe surface structure or located within the sur-face structure so that the surface structureextends laterally about the entrance opening oraperture.

402 Target is aperture dimensioned to allow pro-jectile to pass entirely therethrough:This subclass is indented under subclass 398.Target device comprising or including athrough-aperture or opening, which through-aperture or opening is dimensioned so that aprojectile is capable of passing entirely there-through (i.e., a projectile entering the apertureor opening from one side thereof passesthrough the aperture or opening and leaves outfrom the opposite side thereof), and whereinthe through-aperture or opening is intended tobe the point of aim of the target device.

(1) Note. A target device comprising athrough-aperture and which is combinedwith a container or receptacle for receiv-ing a plurality of projectiles is includedin this subclass only if (a) the lateraldimensions of the container or receptacleare substantially greater than the lateraldimensions of the through-aperture, or(b) the front edge of the container orreceptacle is spaced apart from andspaced rearwardly of the rear edge of thethrough-aperture.

403 Penetrable target with replaceable element:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Target device comprising a penetrable layerhaving a structure particularly adapted to bepierced or ruptured upon impact of a projectilethereon so as to allow the entire projectile topass through the penetrable layer or to allow atleast a portion of the projectile to pass throughthe penetrable layer with another portion of theprojectile remaining embedded within the pen-etrable layer; and wherein the target deviceincludes means or is provided with means toenable replacement of a portion of the penetra-ble layer.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:404, for penetrable target devices com-

bined with projectile-backstop meansfor stopping or catching projectilesimpacting on the target device.

408, for penetrable target devices, per se.


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404 Penetrable target with projectile backstop:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Target device comprising a penetrable layerhaving a structure particularly adapted to bepierced or ruptured upon impact of a projectilethereon so as to allow the entire projectile topass through the penetrable layer or to allow atleast a portion of the projectile to pass throughthe penetrable layer with another portion of theprojectile remaining embedded within the pen-etrable layer; and wherein the target deviceincludes means located behind the penetrablelayer for stopping or catching a projectile afterit or at least a portion thereof has passedentirely through the penetrable layer so that theprojectile remains in the vicinity of the targetdevice.

(1) Note. To be included in this subclass, aprojectile stopping or catching means (a)must be located behind the penetrablelayer of the target device (i.e., locatedeither spaced apart from or abuttingagainst the side of the penetrable layerwhich is opposite to the side whichreceives the initial impact of a projectileprojected thereat), and (b) must be com-prised either of a material which willpermit little or no penetration of a pro-jectile therein or of a material which, ifpenetrable also, presents a resistance tothe movement of a projectile there-through which is greater than the resis-tance presented by the penetrable layer.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:408, for penetrable target devices, per se.410, for projectile backstops, per se, which

are intended to be used with aerialprojectiles.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related

Device, subclass 49.5 for projectileshields and protectors.

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, subclass 114 for a backstop, divisionboard, or adjunct therefor adapted foruse in a bowling game.

405 With mechanical projector:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Target device including a mechanically oper-ated means for throwing, projecting, impelling,or launching an aerial projectile toward the tar-get device.


appropriate subclasses for mechani-cal projectors, per se, which projectprojectiles into the air.

406 Handling or manipulation (e.g., target posi-tioning means):This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Apparatus for safely or conveniently handlingor manipulating a target device to or from posi-tion to be used.

(1) Note. To be included in this subclass, atarget device, per se, need not be recitedin combination with the apparatus forhandling or manipulating a target device;however, to be included in this subclass,the handling or manipulating apparatusmust be disclosed as being particularlyadapted and intended for use with a tar-get device used with aerial projectiles.

407 Target support structure:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Apparatus comprising structure or means tosupport a target device in position to be used.

(1) Note. To be included in this subclass, atarget device, per se, need not be recitedin combination with the target devicesupport structure; however, to beincluded in this subclass, the targetdevice support structure must be dis-closed as being particularly adapted andintended for use with a target deviceused with aerial projectiles.

408 Target penetrated by projectile:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Target device comprising a penetrable layerhaving a structure particularly adapted to bepierced or ruptured upon projectile impactthereon so as to either (a) allow the entire pro-jectile to pass through the penetrable layer, or(b) allow at least a portion of the projectile to


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pass through the penetrable layer with anotherportion of the projectile remaining embeddedwithin the penetrable layer.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:403, for penetrable target devices having

means to replace used penetrable por-tions of the target device.

404, for penetrable target devices com-bined with projectile-backstop meansfor stopping or catching projectilesimpacting upon the target device.

409 Printed matter:This subclass is indented under subclass 348.Target device including a surface havingthereon indicia which define one or morepoints of aim or define the portion of the sur-face adapted to be struck by a projectile.

(1) Note. The indicia on the target surfacemay be in the form of printing, etching,embossing, etc.

410 Projectile backstop:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.Apparatus comprising means for stopping,trapping, or catching a projectile.

(1) Note. Projectile backstop apparatus aregenerally located behind target devicesused with aerial projectiles or are locatedin such a manner that aerial projectiles,projected at a target device, are stopped,trapped, or caught by the projectile back-stop apparatus after the projectiles eitherinteract with the target device or com-pletely miss the target device.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:404, for projectile backstops combined

with target devices used with aerialprojectiles.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related

Device, subclass 49.5 for projectileshields and protectors.

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, subclass 114 for a backstop, divisionboard, or adjunct therefor adapted foruse in a bowling game.

412 User manipulated means for catching pro-jectile moving through the air:This subclass is indented under subclass 317.Apparatus comprising manipulatable meansadapted to be moved by a participant so as tocatch and retain therein or thereon a projectilewhich is moving freely through the air, andwherein the manipulatable means is capable ofbeing positioned by a participant into the pathof movement of a projectile so as to catch theprojectile while it is moving freely through theair.


subclass 503 for a player manipulatedimplement or device, other than anarticle of apparel, for catching a pro-jectile moving through the air duringplay of a playing field or court game,and subclasses 505+ for a player-heldimplement or device for both project-ing and catching an aerial projectile.

429 PROBLEM ELICITING RESPONSE:This subclass is indented under the class defini-tion. Apparatus including a problem pre-sented to a participant in order to obtain aresponse which is then compared to a predeter-mined answer or otherwise evaluated.

(1) Note. A problem and response gamewhich is based on the participant's exist-ing knowledge is classified in this andindented subclasses.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:434, Education and Demonstration, sub-

class 322 for a problem eliciting aresponse related to academic matterintending to improve the knowledgeof an unknowledgeable participant.

430 Questions and answers:This subclass is indented under subclass 429.Apparatus wherein the problems are presentedin the form of questions.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:243+, for board games which may include a

problem presented to a participant inthe form of a question.


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431 Categorized or grouped questions:This subclass is indented under subclass 430.Apparatus wherein the questions are subdi-vided by related subject matter.

432 Timed response:This subclass is indented under subclass 430.Apparatus wherein the amount of time a partic-ipant takes to respond to a question is mea-sured.

440 PHYSICAL SKILL OR ABILITY:This subclass is indented under the class defini-tion. Apparatus intended to measure one of aparticipant's senses, a bodily capacity or thephysical speed, strength, or dexterity in whicha participant can accomplish a task relative toanother participant or relative to a fixed stan-dard.

(1) Note. Apparatus related to a specificgame or sport is classified in this class inthe corresponding subclass, if providedfor.

440.1 Simulated martial-art type game (e.g., box-ing or fencing robots, etc.):This subclass is indented under subclass 440.A physical skill or ability game having a plu-rality of participant-manipulatable figurineshaving human appearance, wherein each figu-rine is intended and arranged to be skillfullymanipulated in a contest that mimics the actionof hand-to-hand combat, with or without aweapon.

441 Participant maneuvered game element overa surface or through a course:This subclass is indented under subclass 440.Apparatus intended to measure a participant'sskill in directing the motion of a game elementalong a path or over a course.

(1) Note. To be included in this subclass, agame element must be able to be guidedthroughout the course rather than thrownor projected over a course.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:108+, for apparatus in which the game ele-

ment is projected over a surface.

442 Simulated vehicle:This subclass is indented under subclass 441.Apparatus wherein the game element beingmaneuvered is a vehicle or a simulated vehicle.


class 6 for a race game that includeselectronic data processing and sub-classes 58+ for a propelled racinggame.

443 Magnetically guided game element:This subclass is indented under subclass 441.Apparatus wherein the movement of the gameelement is directed through magnetic attractionor repulsion.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:239, for a magnetic board game element

(i.e., those used on a surface having apattern or confining region and usedin a game).

444 Game element comprises a participant:This subclass is indented under subclass 441.Apparatus wherein the game element beingmaneuvered includes a human participant.


subclass 414 for a projectile gamecommonly known as hopscotch,which game utilizes a playing areadefined by lines forming a diagramhaving several compartments, andwherein a player first tosses a gameprojectile into one of the compart-ments and then moves from one com-partment to another in a prescribedmanner.

445 Timed reaction or race to a finish:This subclass is indented under subclass 440.Apparatus intended to determine the length oftime it takes a participant to complete a taskrelative to a fixed standard or another partici-pant.


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class 6 for a race game that includeselectronic data processing and sub-classes 58+ for a propelled racinggame.

446 One participant at a time competes:This subclass is indented under subclass 445.Apparatus wherein each participant attempts tocomplete a task individually.

(1) Note. There may be only one partici-pant.

447 Game element capture or pick up usingmanual dexterity:This subclass is indented under subclass 440.Apparatus including a game element intendedto be retrieved through skillful movement of aparticipant's hand.

(1) Note. The game element can beretrieved directly by the hand or indi-rectly through skillful manual manipula-tion of another game element.

448 Electric or magnetic capture:This subclass is indented under subclass 447.Apparatus wherein the game element isintended to be taken using electric or magneticmeans.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:221, Article Dispensing, subclass 210 for

an article dispensing device with grabmeans.

449 Balance:This subclass is indented under subclass 440.Apparatus intended to measure a participant'sskill at maintaining the equilibrium of eitherhimself or of some game element or elements.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:482, Exercise Devices, subclass 34 for a

bar or rope for gymnastically balanc-ing upon.

450 Game element add on:This subclass is indented under subclass 449.Apparatus including game elements intendedto be combined until balance is disturbed.

451 Push or pull force (e.g., tug of war):This subclass is indented under subclass 440.Apparatus including structure intended to aidin transmitting a force either towards or awayfrom a participant.

(1) Note. This subclass may include a par-ticipant competing against the apparatus,or two or more participants competingagainst one another.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:482, Exercise Devices, appropriate sub-

classes for an exercise device involv-ing a push or pull force.

452 Arm or finger contacting (e.g., arm wres-tling):This subclass is indented under subclass 451.Apparatus wherein the force transmitted occursbetween contact of a participant's arm or fingerwith another participant's arm or finger or withthe apparatus.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:482, Exercise Devices, subclass 905 for an

arm wrestling device cross-referenceart collection.

453 Apparatus connecting plural participants:This subclass is indented under subclass 440.Apparatus including an element intended to beattached to or grasped by two or more partici-pants simultaneously while they are accom-plishing a task.

454 Electric:This subclass is indented under subclass 440.Apparatus including electrical means intendedto assist a participant in accomplishing a task,or to measure his ability in accomplishing atask.

455 Circuit completion:This subclass is indented under subclass 454.Apparatus including an interrupted path forcurrent flow whose completion is intended tomeasure a participant's skill in the completionof a task.


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456 Magnetic:This subclass is indented under subclass 440.Apparatus including magnetic means intendedto assist a participant in accomplishing a taskor to measure his skill in the completion of atask.

457 ENCLOSED FLUID MEDIUM:This subclass is indented under the class defini-tion. Apparatus including structure for sur-rounding a quantity of liquid or gas.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:138.5, for a gravity-propelled chance ele-

ment that traverses a liquid-filledpath.


267 for a toy device having enclosedliquid.

458 Inflatable:This subclass is indented under subclass 457.Apparatus wherein the structure surroundingthe fluid is formed of an elastic or pliant mate-rial and its shape is manifested by filling thestructure with a gas or liquid.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:446, Amusement Devices: Toys, sub-

classes 220+ for toys including aninflatable structure.

459 MISCELLANEOUS:This subclass is indented under the class defini-tion. Apparatus not classifiable in any of thesubclasses listed above.

460 Electric:This subclass is indented under subclass 459.Apparatus including an electrical circuit orcomponent.

(1) Note. This is the residual locus for elec-tric or electronic games not classifiableelsewhere in this class.

461 Simulated game:This subclass is indented under subclass 459.A miscellaneous game having a feature thatmimics, or features in combination that some

or all of the features, action, rules, environ-ment, or scoring of a game of physical sport orother athletic event.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUB-CLASS:108.1+, for a surface projectile game that sim-

ulates a physical sport game or ath-letic event.

244+, 259, and 277, for a board game thatsimulates a sport or outdoor recre-ational activity.

298, for a card or tile game that simulates asport or outdoor recreational activity.

317.1+, for an aerial projectile game that sim-ulates a physical sport game or ath-letic event.

440+, for a game requiring physical skill orability.

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