A41H 43/02
Handling garment parts or blanks
Official title: Handling garment parts or blanks, e.g. feeding, piling, separating or reversing
A41H43/02 (Handling garment parts or blanks) appears on 180 US grants and 85 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A41H- Granted patents
- 180
- Published applications
- 85
- Assignees
- 97
- Inventors
- 300
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 6 |
| 2022 | 7 | 14 |
| 2023 | 12 | 16 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Transfer apparatus5 May 2026US 12,617,087 B2Eleven International Co., Ltd
- Article of apparel5 May 2026US 12,617,183 B2Under Armour, Inc.
- Rotary storage system21 Apr 2026US 12,606,401 B2CreateMe Technologies LLC
- Apparatus and method for gripping, lifting and inverting foam sheet17 Mar 2026US 12,577,063 B1FXI, Inc.
- Autonomous tiered laundry folding devices, systems, and methods of use23 Sep 2025US 12,421,652 B2Monotony.Ai, Inc.
- Systems, methods and suspendable robotic devices for manipulating objects30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216863 A1Foldibot Solutions Ltd
- Apparatus and Method for Gripping, Lifting and Inverting Foam Sheet2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184515 A1FXI, Inc.
- Clothes-folding machine, and method for controlling clothes-folding machine11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160015 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Aseptic folding for cleanroom clothing26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053222 A1Ansell Limited
- Rotary storage system22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021991 A1CreateMe Technologies LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fluid-operated stabilizing apparatus and method297US 5,046,272 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1991
- Sleeve flip over device72US 5,108,017 AUnion Special Corporation · 1992
- Method and apparatus for making apparel with folded seams52US 5,795,433 A1998
- Method and apparatus for making front opening briefs49US 5,904,802 A1999
- Method and apparatus for retaining one or more layers of sheet type work material on a support surface38US 6,042,095 AGerber Technology, Inc. · 2000