A41D 13/055
Protector fastening
Official title: {Protector fastening, e.g. on the human body}
A41D13/055 (Protector fastening) appears on 607 US grants and 610 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A41D- Granted patents
- 607
- Published applications
- 610
- Assignees
- 280
- Inventors
- 1,068
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 15 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Backpack for fall protection25 Aug 2026US 12,714,165 B2MINERVA Corp.
- Securing garment for a shoulder-pad system25 Aug 2026US 12,714,929 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Protective body gear device28 Jul 2026US 12,690,631 B2
- Cummerbund tensioning system7 Jul 2026US 12,672,685 B2Shaw Concepts LLC
- Sports upper body protective gear16 Jun 2026US 12,653,251 B2Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
- Protective aerodynamic performance apparel with adaptive padding system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305740 A1Rhino Skinz Inc.
- Knee pad1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294014 A1Swimc LLC
- Roofing Safety Pants17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272075 A1
- Strapping system for sports equipment10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262763 A1Ina International Ltd.
- Knee joint protection device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248213 A1Protector Innovations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Body protective device270US 5,168,576 A1992
- Flexible lightweight protective pad with energy absorbing inserts213US 6,093,468 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 2000
- Cushion having multilayer closed cell structure171US 5,274,846 AHPI Health Protection, Inc. · 1994
- Variable pressure pad145US 4,370,754 AAmerican Pneumatics Co. · 1983
- Shock absorbing athletic equipment138US 4,513,449 A1985