A44B 19/40
Connection of separate, or one-piece, interlocking members to stringer tapes
Official title: Connection of separate, or one-piece, interlocking members to stringer tapes; Reinforcing such connections, e.g. by stitching
A44B19/40 (Connection of separate, or one-piece, interlocking members to stringer tapes) appears on 174 US grants and 91 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A44B- Granted patents
- 174
- Published applications
- 91
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 203
- Latest grant
- 24 Jun 2025
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| 2024 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Slide fastener element with decoration bearing portion24 Jun 2025US 12,336,601 B2YKK Corporation
- Slide fastener elements, fastener stringers, and fastener chain18 Mar 2025US 12,250,999 B2YKK Corporation
- Metallic element and slide fastener10 Dec 2024US 12,161,201 B2YKK Corporation
- Element member and slide fastener-attached product2 Jul 2024US 12,022,920 B2YKK Corporation
- Curved zippers20 Jun 2023US 11,678,729 B2Talon Technologies, Inc.
- Composite stringer, method for manufacturing same, and method for manufacturing tape part of composite stringer10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262804 A1YKK Corporation
- Slide fastener-attached product29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026581 A1YKK Corporation
- Fastener stringer provided with rows of metal elements, slide fastener provided with same, and article provided with slide fastener1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000161 A1YKK Corporation
- Retractable enclosure zipper and double-layer retractable enclosure zipper20 Nov 2025US 2025/0351926 A1Chuzhou Yujian Travel Product Co., Ltd.
- Waterproof stringer and waterproof fastener20 Nov 2025US 2025/0351928 A1YKK Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fusible rib bonding of fasteners to substrate127US 4,673,383 AMinigrip, Inc. · 1987
- Extruded closure strip carrying reactivatable adhesive layer68US 4,731,911 AMinigrip, Inc. · 1988
- Method and apparatus for making extruded separable fastener with reactivatable adhesive48US 4,835,835 AMinigrip, Inc. · 1989
- Waterproof slide fastener and manufacturing method thereof47US 6,427,294 B1YKK Corporation · 2002
- Slide fastener stringer38US 4,562,621 AYoshida Kogyo K. K. · 1986