A45C 5/14
Rigid or semi-rigid luggage: with built-in rolling means
Official title: with built-in rolling means
A45C5/14 (Rigid or semi-rigid luggage: with built-in rolling means) appears on 1,452 US grants and 1,738 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A45C- Granted patents
- 1,452
- Published applications
- 1,738
- Assignees
- 567
- Inventors
- 2,382
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 37 | 0 |
| 1997 | 27 | 0 |
| 1998 | 33 | 0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 40 | 10 |
| 2002 | 45 | 44 |
| 2003 | 44 | 59 |
| 2004 | 24 | 70 |
| 2005 | 22 | 55 |
| 2006 | 26 | 59 |
| 2007 | 18 | 68 |
| 2008 | 30 | 58 |
| 2009 | 22 | 53 |
| 2010 | 21 | 54 |
| 2011 | 29 | 49 |
| 2012 | 29 | 53 |
| 2013 | 40 | 61 |
| 2014 | 43 | 69 |
| 2015 | 34 | 85 |
| 2016 | 57 | 88 |
| 2017 | 61 | 81 |
| 2018 | 76 | 96 |
| 2019 | 65 | 89 |
| 2020 | 60 | 101 |
| 2021 | 53 | 87 |
| 2022 | 68 | 76 |
| 2023 | 53 | 59 |
| 2024 | 61 | 68 |
| 2025 | 51 | 82 |
| 2026 | 30 | 64 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A45C 5/146Retractable166
- A45C 5/143Detachable92
- A45C 2005/148Other arrangements of the rolling meansIndexing code87
- A45C 5/145With immobilising means41
- A45C 2005/147For climbing stairsIndexing code29
- A45C 5/141The rolling means being formed by the trunk itself25
- A45C 2005/142With spherical rolling meansIndexing code13
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- Utility Assembly and Coupling Mechanism17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274506 A1Keter Plastic Ltd.
- Utility Assembly and Coupling Mechanism17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274507 A1Keter Plastic Ltd.
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