USPC 244/137.1

U.S. patent classification 244/137.1 is for Passenger or cargo loading or discharging: Device or arrangement for permitting a living being or goods to be taken aboard or removed from aircraft. This is the generic subclass for patents, not otherwise classifiable, relating to the loading or unloading of aircraft, including the mere dumping of a load from the aircraft, whether in flight or not.

• USPC 244/2+ for means whereby an aircraft in flight may pick up or release another aircraft, including gliders, singly or in trains.
• USPC 244/115+ for loading or unloading means associated with mooring devices.
• USPC 244/118.1+, and USPC 244/118.5+, for aircraft structure designed to improve the efficiency for transporting cargo or people, respectively, absent detail or arrangement for loading or unloading or discharge thereof.
• USPC 244/135 for supplying fuel to or discharging fuel from an aircraft in flight.
• USPC 244/136 for discharging and diffusing material in air from aircraft in flight.
• USPC 244/138+ for parachutes or other devices, either, per se, or in combination with aircraft structure, for safely lowering persons, cargo, or aircraft structure to the ground.
• USPC 244/905 for an inflatable evacuation slide.

Related classes

• USPC 89, Ordnance, subclass 1.5 for bomb, flare, and signal dropping.
• USPC 182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, subclasses 137+ for a body catcher.
• USPC 258, Railway Mail Delivery, subclasses 1.2+ for means, other than mere dumping, for transferring a load to or from an aircraft in flight, and other subclasses for transferring objects to and from moving vehicles in general.
• USPC 414, Material or Article Handling, various subclasses for the loading or unloading, in general, of vehicles, and particularly subclasses 373+ for the combination of a load-transporting type vehicle and an external means cooperating in the loading or unloading of the vehicle (except that this subclass (137.1) is proper if the claims make it clear that the vehicle structure with which the means cooperates is structure which is peculiar to a vehicle of the aircraft type) and see also subclasses 467+ for a self-loading or unloading vehicle (except that this subclass (137.1) is proper if the disclosure relates solely to a vehicle of the aircraft type).

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Enclosing categories	USPC 244/117
Subcategories	USPC 244/137.2, USPC 244/137.3, USPC 244/137.4
Keywords	Passenger, Cargo
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