BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE (fastenings specially adapted for footwear A43C)

Introduced: September 1968

Description

A44B covers fastening devices and closures primarily used in clothing and textiles. This subclass includes buttons (of various materials and designs), pins, buckles, hooks, eyelets, and slide fasteners (zippers). It encompasses both the mechanical devices themselves and their manufacturing or application methods, covering traditional and innovative fastening solutions for garments, footwear, and fabric articles. Adjacent classes A44C (haberdashery articles) and A44F (corset components) address related but distinct accessory categories.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE

CPC: BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE (fastenings specially adapted for footwear A43C)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE

CPC:

BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE (fastenings specially adapted for footwear A43C)

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 13 subcodes exist in both systems.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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A44B 1/00 Buttons IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44B 11/00 Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44B 13/00 Hook or eye fasteners +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44B 15/00 Key-rings +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44B 17/00 Press-button or snap fasteners +9 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44B 18/00 Fasteners of the touch-and-close type; Making such fasteners since 1980 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44B 19/00 Slide fasteners IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44B 3/00 Collar-studs IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44B 5/00 Sleeve-links +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44B 6/00 Retainers or tethers for neckties, cravats, neckerchiefs, or the like, e.g. tie-clips, spring clips with attached tie-tethers, woggles, pins with associated sheathing members tetherable to clothing (tie-pins A44B9/08; decorative or ornamental aspects A44C) since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44B 7/00 Cards for buttons, collar-studs, or sleeve-links IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44B 9/00 Hat, scarf, or safety pins or the like (decorative or ornamental aspect A44C; hair pins A45D8/02; sewing needles D05B85/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44B 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2010 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC