List of Ropes, Sacks and Bags Under Trademark Class 22

The term “Trademark Class 22” signifies a particular class for Trademark Classifications that transacts with the goods and products termed as Ropes, Sacks, and Bags.

However, the goods, such as Strings for Musical Instruments, Safety Nets, Metal Ropes, Sports Rackets, Hair Nets, Golf Bags, Luggage Nets, etc.are ruled out from the ambit of this trademark class.

Also, the term Rope, Sacks and Bags include Vehicle Covers, Textile Packaging Bags, Rope Ladders, Bands and Slings etc.

In this blog, we will discuss the idea of Trademark Class 22 and the List of Items termed as Ropes, Sacks, and Bags under this Trademark Class.

Items Covered under Trademark Class 22

The Items covered under the Trademark Class 22 are as follows:

1. Vehicle Covers
2. Various Stuffing Materials that are not made of Rubber or Plastics.
3. Textile Packaging Bags
4. Tents, Unfitted Coverings, Canvas, Canopy, etc.
5. Sails and Nets
6. Rope Ladders
7. Fishing Nets and Hammocks
8. Diverse Ropes, Cordages, and Strings
9. Cords and Twines made of either Natural or Artificial textiles, papers, fibers, or plastics.
10. Certain Sacks and Bags that are not otherwise classified by function or purpose.
11. Bands and Slings
12. Animal Fibers;
13. Raw Textile Fibers
14. All the different types of raw textile fibers.

Items Not Covered under Trademark Class 22

The Items that not covered under the Trademark Class 22 are as follows:

1. Metal Ropes under the Trademark Class 6.
2. Safety Nets under the Trademarks Class 9.
3. Luggage Nets for Vehicles under the Trademark Class 12.
4. Strings for Musical Instruments under the Trademark Class 15.
5. Packaging Bags of Plastic and Paper under the Trademark Class 16.
6. Stuffing Material of Cardboard or Paper under the Trademark Class 16
7. Packaging Bags of Rubber under the Trademark Class 17.
8. Garment Bag for Travelling under the Trademark Class 18.
9. Packaging Bags of Leather under the Trademark Class 18.
10. Hair Nets under the Trademark Class 26.
11. Golf Bags under the Trademark Class 28.
12. Sports Racket under the Trademark Class 28.
13. Sports Net under the Trademark Class 28.

Coordinated Classes for Trademark Class 22

In case, a good or service falls under the domain of 2 or more groups or classes for Trademark Classifications, then, in that situation, the applicant needs to submit an application in each of such trademark classifications.

Also, all these other or associated classes/ groups/ classifications/ are termed as Related or Coordinated Classes.

Besides this, it needs to be taken into consideration that the USPTO had given the idea of Related Classes. And, the full form of the term USPTO is United States Patent & Trademark Office.

Further, as per USPTO^[1], any person who wants to apply for Trademark Registration under the Trademark Class 22, must submit the application form in all the other related classes as well.

Further, the Related or Coordinated Classes for Trademark Class 22 are as follows:

1. Yarns and Threads under the Trademark Class 23;
2. Textiles under the Trademark Class 24;
3. Advertising and Business Services under the Trademark Class 35;
4. Science and Technology Services under the Trademark Class 42;

Detailed List of Goods Covered under the Trademark Class 22

Animal Hair	Glass fibers made for textile use	Schappemade of raw silk waste
Awnings of textile	Grasses used for upholstering	Seaweed used for stuffing
Awnings made of synthetic materials	Hammocks	Sheaf-binding yarns
Bags [sacks] used for the transport and storage of materials in bulk	Hemp	Shorn wool
Bags used for washing hosiery	Hemp bands	Raw silk
Binding thread, not made of metal, and used for agricultural purposes	Horsehair	Silk flock
Bindings, not made of metal	Jute	Sisal
Body bags	Kapok	Slings, not made of metal, and used for handling loads
Braces, not of metal, for handling loads / harness, not of metal, for handling loads	Ladder tapes for venetian blinds / ladder tapes or webbing for venetian blinds	Snares [nets]
Brattice cloth	Liber	Straps, not made of metal, and used for handling loads / belts, not made of metal, and used for handling loads
Cables, not made of metal	Raw linen [flax]	Straw used for stuffing upholstery
Camel hair	Linters	Straw wrappers made for bottles / bottle envelopes made of straw / packing of straw, for bottles
Canvas for sails	Mail bags	String
Car towing ropes	Net pens used for fish farming	Strips used for tying-up vines
Carbon fibers made for textile use	Nets used for camouflage	Tarpaulins
Carded wool	Nets	Tents
Coconut fiber	Network	Textile fibers
Cocoons	Outdoor blinds of textile	Thread, not made of metal, and used for wrapping or binding purposes
Combed wool	Packing [cushioning, stuffing] materials, not made of rubber, plastics, paper, or cardboard	Tow
Cords used for hanging pictures	Packing string	Twine made of paper
Raw cotton	Packing rope	Twine for nets
Cotton tow	Padding materials, not made of rubber, plastics, paper, or cardboard / stuffing, not made of rubber, plastics, paper, or cardboard	Upholstery wool [stuffing]
Cotton waste [flock] used for padding and stuffing	Plastic fibers used for textile use	Vehicle covers, not fitted
Covers used for camouflage	Purse seines	Vitreous silica fibers made for textile use
Down as feathers	Raffia	Wadding used for filtering
Eiderdown	Ramie fibre	Wadding used for padding and stuffing upholstery
Esparto grass	Rope ladders	Wax ends
Feathers for bedding	Ropes, not made of metal	Whipcord
Feathers used for stuffing upholstery	Ropes	Wood shavings
Raw fibrous textile	Sacks and bags made of textile, and used for packaging / bags [envelopes, pouches] made of textile, and used for packaging	Wood wool
Fibrous gaskets used for ships	Sails	Wool flock
Fishing nets	Sails for ski sailing	Raw and treated wool
Fleece wool	Sash cords	Wrapping or binding bands, not of metal
Flock, such as stuffing	Sawdust

Conclusion

In a nutshell, finding out a correct trademark class for the goods or services can become to be an intricate and backbreaking task. Also, the same requires a lot of prior experience and research concerning the different kinds of applications and Trademark classes.

Further, the Trademark Class 22 usually covers all types of Rope, Sacks, and Bags, and includes several other associated goods as well.

Also, Read: How to Choose Correct Trademark Class for Trademark Registration in India