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Coding and searching guide Men 02.01 Women 02.03 Children 02.05 Groups of humans 02.07 Humans depicted engaging in activities 02.09 Parts of the human body, skeletons, skulls 02.11
Human design elements often fall into more than one section. Therefore, a drawing of a human should be coded in all pertinent sections. See General Guideline 7.Specific Guideline:
Be sure to check for groups of humans (02.07) when there
is more than one person in the mark and to check for activities (02.09).
02.01 Men
02.01.01 Heads, portraits, busts of men not in profile.02.03 WomenSpecific Guideline: This section is limited to designs which reveal only a small portion of the shoulder area of the upper torso.
Note: Heads, portraits, busts of men in profile are in 02.01.37.02.01.02 Shadows or silhouettes of men
Excluding: Shadows or silhouettes does not include stick figures.
02.01.03 Men wearing crowns or other symbols of royalty, including kings, princes and jacks
02.01.04 Religious figures, men wearing robes, shepherds, monks and priests
Excluding: Asian-Pacific men (02.01.11) and wizards (04.01.25) are not coded in this section.
02.01.05 Famous men
Specific Guideline: This section is limited to famous American historical figures such as Ben Franklin, presidents, etc. This section will include other recognizable American personalities such as Groucho Marx and W. C. Fields.02.01.06 Men in colonial dress, Pilgrims, Quakers and colonial militiamen
02.01.07 Cowboys, and westerners
02.01.08 Frontiersmen, pioneers, mountaineers, trappers and other men wearing buckskins and/or coonskin caps
02.01.09 American Indians
02.01.10 Spaniards or Mexicans, including men wearing sombreros
02.01.11 Asian-Pacific men
02.01.12 Romans, Greeks and Egyptians (ancient dress)
Excluding: Roman, Greek and other ancient soldiers (02.01.22) are not coded in this section. They are coded in 02.01.13.
02.01.13 Roman, Greek and other ancient soldiers, gladiators and vikings
Excluding: Romans, Greeks and Egyptians (ancient dress) (02.01.12) are not coded in this section.02.01.14 Pirates
02.01.15 Scottish men and other men wearing kilts
02.01.16 Other men wearing folk or historical costumes
02.01.17 Clowns, actors, mimes, carnival characters, harlequins, jesters, men wearing tights
Specific Guideline: Cross-reference men in tights, such as Superman or other superheroes, with 04.01.07.
02.01.18 Farmers, hobos and other men wearing overalls
02.01.19 Athletes, strongmen
02.01.20 Butchers, chefs, and bakers
02.01.21 Waiters, butlers, men wearing tuxedos including magicians
Specific Guideline: Wizards are coded in 04.01.25.
02.01.22 Sailors, fishermen, navigators, men in boats
02.01.23 Knights and other men in armor
02.01.24 Soldiers, cavalrymen, men in military uniform, including men dressed in band uniforms with a military appearance
02.01.25 Hunters, archers and other men with a significantly prominent weapon.
Excluding: Colonial militiamen (02.01.06), cowboys and westerners (02.01.07), frontiersmen, pioneers, mountaineers and trappers (02.01.08), pirates (02.01.14) are not coded in this section.
02.01.26 Mechanical men, robots
02.01.27 Policemen, firemen
02.01.28 Prospectors, miners
02.01.29 Doctors, dentists, nurses and laboratory personnel
02.01.30 Men wearing two or three piece business suits
02.01.31 Stylized men, including men depicted in caricature form
See: General Guideline 12
02.01.32 Other men, including frogmen, men wearing space suits and men wearing monocles
02.01.33 Grotesque men formed by letters, numbers, punctuation or geometric shapes
See: General Guideline 12
Specific Guideline: Cross reference grotesque men formed by letters, numbers, punctuation or geometric shapes as follows:
04.07.03 Geometric figures representing a person
27.01.01 Letters or numerals, including punctuation, forming representations of human beings
27.03.02 Representations of human beings forming letters or numerals, including punctuation02.01.34 Other grotesque men including men formed by plants or objects
See: General Guideline 12
Specific Guideline: Cross reference grotesque men formed by plants or objects as follows:
04.07.01 Plants representing a person
04.07.02 Objects representing a person02.01.35 Snowmen
02.01.37 Heads, portraits or busts of men in profile
02.01.38 Merchants, other store clerks and men in aprons
Excluding: Butchers, chefs and bakers wearing aprons are in 02.01.20.
02.01.39 Nude men, men wearing underclothes, bathing suits or brief attire
02.03.01 Heads, portraits, busts of women not in profile.Specific Guideline: This section is limited to designs which reveal only a small portion of the shoulder area of the upper torso.
Note: Heads, portraits, busts of women in profile are in 02.03.22.02.03.02 Shadows or silhouettes of women
Excluding: Stick figures.
02.03.03 Women wearing crowns or other symbols of royalty, including queens and princesses
02.03.04 Pilgrims, women in colonial dress or hoop skirts
02.03.05 American Indians
02.03.06 Spaniards or Mexicans
02.03.07 Asian-Pacific women
02.03.08 Hawaiian women
02.03.09 Romans, Greeks or Egyptian women (ancient dress)
02.03.10 Dutch women
02.03.11 Swiss, Bavarian women
02.03.12 Scottish women
02.03.13 Other women wearing folk, historical or cowgirl costumes, including gypsies; nuns
02.03.14 Women wearing bonnets
02.03.15 Women wearing scarves on their heads
02.03.16 Women wearing hats
02.03.17 Women with ponytails or pigtails
02.03.18 Women wearing ribbons or flowers in their hair
02.03.19 Nude women, women wearing underclothes, bathing suits or brief attire
02.03.20 Women holding umbrellas
02.03.21 Women wearing aprons
02.03.22 Heads, portraits or busts of women in profile
02.03.23 Mechanical women or robots
02.03.24 Stylized women, including women depicted in caricature form
See: General Guideline 12
02.03.25 Other women including hobos, women holding fans and women with weaponry
02.03.26 Grotesque women formed by letters, numbers, punctuation or geometric shapes
See: General Guideline 12
Specific Guideline: Cross reference grotesque women formed by letters, numbers, punctuation or geometric shapes as follows:
04.07.03 Geometric figures representing a person
27.01.01 Letters or numerals, including punctuation, forming representations of human beings
27.03.02 Representations of human beings forming letters or numerals, including punctuation
Note: Other grotesque women including women formed by plants or objects are in 02.03.28.02.03.27 Women athletes
02.03.28 Other grotesque women including women formed by plants or objects
See: General Guideline 12
Specific Guideline: Cross reference grotesque women formed by plants or objects as follows:
04.07.01 Plants representing a person
04.07.02 Objects representing a person
Note: Grotesque women formed by letters, numbers, punctuation or geometric shapes are coded in 02.03.26.
02.05.01 Heads, portraiture, busts of children not in profile02.07 Groups of humansSpecific Guideline: This section is limited to designs which reveal only a small portion of the shoulder area of the upper torso.
02.05.02 Silhouettes or profiles of children
Excluding: Stick figures
02.05.04 Girl(s)
02.05.05 Boy(s)
02.05.06 Baby or babies
02.05.07 Children wearing folk, historical, farm, Indian or cowboy costumes
02.05.08 Children wearing uniforms
02.05.24 Stylized children, including children depicted in caricature form
See: General Guideline 12
02.05.26 Grotesque children formed by letters, numbers, punctuation or geometric shapes
See: General Guideline 12
Specific Guideline: Cross reference grotesque children formed by letters, numbers, punctuation or geometric shapes as follows:
04.07.03 Geometric figures representing a person
27.01.01 Letters or numerals, including punctuation, forming representations of human beings
27.03.02 Representations of human beings forming letters or numerals, including punctuation
02.05.27 Other grotesque children including children formed by plants or objects
See: General Guideline 12
Specific Guideline: Cross reference grotesque children formed by plants or objects as follows:
04.07.01 Plants representing a person
04.07.02 Objects representing a person
02.09 Humans depicted engaging in activitiesNote: A group consists of two or more humans. Each human in the couple or group is coded individually.
02.07.01 Groups of males
02.07.02 Groups of females
02.07.03 Males and females
02.07.04 Adults and children, including family groups
02.07.05 Groups of children
02.07.25 Other groups of humans
02.07.26 Grotesque groups of men, women and/or children having human features
See: General Guideline 12
Specific Guideline: Humans engaged in activities should be cross-coded to the specific type of human in 02.01, 02.03, or 02.05.
02.09.01 Eating or drinking
02.09.02 Smoking
02.09.03 Reclining or sleeping
02.09.04 Sitting or kneeling
02.09.05 Running
02.09.06 Carrying items such as buckets or bags
02.09.07 Cooking
02.09.08 Painting (artistic, house painting and the like)
02.09.09 Working in fields, on lawns or in gardens
02.09.10 Working in factories
02.09.11 Humans engaged in other work
02.09.12 Flying (self-propelled)
02.09.13 Swinging on a swing, rope, tire, etc.
02.09.14 Dancing
02.09.15 Playing musical instruments
02.09.16 Children playing
02.09.17 Riding horses and other animals
Specific Guideline 1: Humans riding a horse, a donkey or a mule are in 02.09.17. These animals are not coded individually in Category 03. If, however the human is riding any other type of animal, that animal should be coded in the appropriate section of Category 03.Specific Guideline 2: A statue of a man riding a horse is coded in 02.01, 02.09.17, 22.05.03 and 22.05.04.
02.09.18 Swimming
02.09.19 Humans playing games or engaged in other sports
02.11.01 Hearts
Excluding: Hearts depicted on playing cards are in 02.11.12; Hearts used as background or carriers are in 02.11.13.
02.11.02 Eyes
02.11.03 Ears
02.11.04 Lips or mouths
02.11.05 Teeth, dentures
02.11.06 Hair, locks of hair, wigs, beards, mustaches
02.11.07 Hands, fingers and arms
Excluding: Hands and fingers forming the following: handshake, finger pointing, fingers walking, OK sign, and thumbs up or thumbs down are coded in 02.11.14.
02.11.08 Feet, toes, imprints of feet or toes, legs
Excluding: Boot and shoe prints, soles of shoes (09.07.07)
02.11.09 Bodies or dummies without heads or without feet
02.11.10 Skeletons, parts of skeletons, bones, skulls
02.11.11 Skull and crossbones (poison symbol)
02.11.12 Hearts depicted on playing cards
02.11.13 Hearts used as background or carriers
02.11.14 Hands and fingers forming the following: handshake, finger pointing, fingers walking, OK sign, and thumbs up or thumbs down.
Note: Only the gestures listed are in 02.11.14. For other gestures see 02.11.07.02.11.15 Imprints of hands; fingerprints
02.11.16 Smiley faces
Specific Guideline 1: A design is coded as a smiley face if it has either dots for eyes or a single line for a mouth or otherwise has the general appearance of a smiley face.Specific Guideline 2: Smiley faces are not double coded in the individual parts of the face.
02.11.25 Other parts of the human body
