A41F 9/02
Expansible or adjustable belts or girdles
Official title: Expansible or adjustable belts or girdles {; Adjustable fasteners comprising a track and a slide member (A41F1/008, A41F9/002 take precedence)}
A41F9/02 (Expansible or adjustable belts or girdles) appears on 374 US grants and 454 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A41F- Granted patents
- 374
- Published applications
- 454
- Assignees
- 188
- Inventors
- 661
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 24 | 28 |
| 2024 | 23 | 21 |
| 2025 | 23 | 24 |
| 2026 | 14 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Harness leg loop15 Sep 2026US 12,733,696 B2Amer Sports Canada Inc.
- Adjustable garment25 Aug 2026US 12,714,160 B2Acushnet Company
- Rapidly detachable belt with a nylon-coated steel sheet structure14 Jul 2026US 12,677,895 B1
- Inner duty belt and related system2 Jun 2026US 12,642,321 B2KORE Essentials Inc.
- Belt19 May 2026US 12,628,917 B1
- Waistband for a garment23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206883 A1Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc.
- Garment supplement apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198631 A1
- Modular accessory system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185806 A1Point Blank Enterprises, Inc.
- Pants18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165391 A1Midori Anzen Co., Ltd.
- Adjustable garment11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157451 A1Acushnet Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reel based lacing system130US 8,468,657 B2Boa Technology Inc. · 2013
- Ruffling slide and method for making same122US 6,291,039 B1Cera France Compagnie d'Equipment Robotique Appliquee · 2001
- Article including segment which is elastically shirrable after manufacture116US 4,908,247 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1990
- Disposable garments with multiple strand elasticized openings112US 4,642,819 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1987
- Laminated structures having gathered marginal portions110US 4,300,562 AJohnson & Johnson Baby Products Company · 1981