A22C 21/0007
Poultry shackles
Official title: {Poultry shackles}
A22C21/0007 (Poultry shackles) appears on 98 US grants and 79 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 98
- Published applications
- 79
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 129
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for hanging poultry15 Sep 2026US 12,733,652 B2Meyn Food Processing Technology B. V.
- Poultry processing apparatus and method13 Jan 2026US 12,520,852 B2Bettcher Industries, Inc.
- Systems and methods for object processing using levitation23 Sep 2025US 12,419,315 B2BAADER Food Systems USA, Inc.
- System and method for transferring poultry legs15 Jul 2025US 12,356,998 B2Foodmate B.V.
- Height adjustable poultry shackle20 May 2025US 12,302,913 B2Foodmate B.V.
- Poultry Hanging System and Method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231966 A1
- Shackle for poultry processing apparatus11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157381 A1Bettcher Industries, Inc.
- Poultry processing apparatus and method30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331527 A1Bettcher Industries, Inc.
- System for hanging poultry18 Sep 2025US 2025/0287962 A1Meyn Food Processing Technology B. V.
- Poultry Shackle4 Sep 2025US 2025/0275544 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Poultry inspection apparatus and method50US 4,283,813 AStork-Gamco, Inc. · 1981
- Poultry shackle with rotatable stirrups49US 5,487,700 ADapec, Inc. · 1996
- Tiltable poultry shackle38US 5,875,738 AStstemate Holland, B.V. · 1999
- Rotary shackle with lock collar36US 6,830,508 B22004
- Self realigning rotary shackle35US 6,764,393 B1Systemate Group, B.V. · 2004