Definition

This is the generic class for receptacles which are used to carry money, credit cards, or items of identification on the person. This is the residual class for protective covers for articles.

A protective cover for this class is: (a) made of flaccid material, (b) supported by the article it covers, (c) configured to cover a specific article, and (d) removed before the article is used.

A protective cover may be secured and carried by an article while the article is being transported, but does not function to carry or support the article, as would an article carrier or receptacle. Rather, it functions to protect the covered article from its external environment, or to protect the environment from the article. See Lines with Other Classes, below, for similar structures made of flaccid material.

Most protective covers are classified in the same class as the article to be covered. (See Subclass References to This Class, below.)

Lines with other classes and within this class

See the line notes to Class 52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), Class 135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, Class 229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, Class 383, Flexible Bags, and Class 428, Stock Material and Miscellaneous Articles for structures made of flaccid material that are similar to the articles of this class.

The purses, handbags and wallets of this class (150) are distinguished from the suitcases and briefcases of Class 190 by both (1) the type of personal items they normally carry (e.g., money, credit cards, identification items versus clothes, books, papers) and (2) their proximity to the person (e.g., kept on or near the person versus left in the hotel or office room).

Class 206, Special Receptacle or Package, is the residual class for a packet, compact or case carried on the person of a user (e.g., a pocket carried receptacle). Class 206 is also the residual class for a receptacle which includes claimed specific retainer structure for contents. Class 206 further provides for claimed disclosure of contents in a receptacle.

Class 383, Flexible Bags, is the residual class for a receptacle of general utility made of flaccid or flexible material.

An alphabetical index for Flaccid Protective Covers (by article to be covered) is shown below. For numerical references to specific subject matter, see References to Other Classes, below. Additionally see Subclass References to the Current Class, below.

Ampoule stem, Article carrier, Article carrier (Roof or trunk), Automobile, Automobile (Engine attached drip catcher type),

Ball hitch, Barrel, Baseball field, Bed (sheet, blanket, bedspread, etc.), Bed (Electric blanket type)

Beverage container, Beverage container (Insulating jacket type), Bicycle, Boat, Body entering conduit, Body treating insert, Boiler, Book, Book (Design of cover), Book (Indicia on cover), Boring bit (earth penetrating), Broom, Brush, Building (materials cover, ground anchored, etc.), Button

Camera, Can beverage, Can beverage (Insulating jacket type), Car, Christmas tree, Clothesline, Coffin, Corset, Corset (Design of cover), Cutlery, Cutting bit (earth penetrating), Cutting blade

Dentist"s engine hand piece (during use)

Engine or motor, Engine attached drip catcher type

Filter type cover, Filter type cover (for liquid purification), Fishing rod or reel, Floor (carpet), Flower pot (decorative wrapper), Fluid handling device, Faucet, Furniture, Furniture (Armrest), Furniture (Bed (sheet, blanket, bedspread, etc.)), Furniture (Bed, Electric blanket type), Furniture (Chair or seat), Furniture (Design or cover), Furniture (Table),

Garment hanger, Golf bag or cart, Gun, Gun (Barrel), Gun (Sight), Gun (Stock),

Hand grip, Handle of operating mechanism, Handlebar, Hand tool, Headlight, Hinge, Hitch ball, Hot water bag, Hot water bag (Therapeutic structure), Hydrant

Ice bag, Ice skate, Ice skate (Boot attached cover), Ice skate (Scabbard)

Ironing board

Keyhole, Knob on a closure fastener

Lamp shade, Lock, Luggage

Machine mechanism guard type, Motor, Motor (Engine attached drip catcher type), Motorcycle

Paint mask type, Person (hat, coat, etc.), Person (Design of cover), Person (Knit wearing apparel type), Person (Leggings type), Person (Tent or canopy type), Piano, Pillow, Pipe end (conduit type), Plant, Plant (Cut or artificial plant), Playing field (baseball), Pool table, Purse (decorative cover)

Racquet, Racquet (Including press), Radiator, Railcar step, Receptacle, Roller skate, Roller skate (Boot attached cover)

Scabbard, Sap bucket, Saw, Saw (Rigid guard type), Sewing machine, Sewing machine (Design of cover), Sewing machine (Housing attached cover), Shelf (covering), Shoe (during manufacture), Shoe (Bag type), Shoe (Special receptacle type), Skate (roller or ice), Skate (Boot attached cover), Ski, Ski (Binding), Ski (Body supported), Ski (Vehicle supported), Ski (Attached clamp or tie),

Soap (porous cover), Sponge, Spoon, Steering wheel, Stirrer, Suitcase, Surgical device, Surgical device (Thermal probe), Swimming pool, Swimming pool (Building type), Switch actuator

Table, Tarpaulin, Telephone, Tent or canopy, Thermal probe, Tire or inflated inner tube, Tire or inflated inner tube (Design of cover), Tire or inflated inner tube (Vehicle attached tire), Toilet (seat or tank) Toilet (Design of cover) Toilet (Seat),, Trailer hitch ball, Tree, Trunk guard type, Trunk guard type (Christmas tree bag type), Typewriter, Typewriter (Design of cover), Typewriter (Housing attached cover),

Umbrella

Vehicle, Vehicle (Body (while in operation; including a "bra"), Vehicle (Engine attached drip catcher type), Vehicle(Load), Vehicle (Design of cover), Vehicle (Motorcycle or bicycle), Vehicle (Roll up type), Vehicle (Tire), Vehicle (Design of cover), Vehicle attached tire, Vehicle combined

Wall (wallpaper), Washing machine, Water heater, Water heater (Tank), Water heater (Boiler structure), Water heater (Electrical)

Window, Window (Rigid cover sections)

Windshield, Windshield (Rigid cover sections)

Wire coil

Wooden container, Wooden container (Barrel), Wooden container (Coffin)