A45D 40/221
Features of the hinge
Official title: {Features of the hinge}
A45D40/221 (Features of the hinge) appears on 96 US grants and 138 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A45D- Granted patents
- 96
- Published applications
- 138
- Assignees
- 65
- Inventors
- 181
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device for packaging and application of a cosmetic product19 May 2026US 12,628,932 B2L'oreal
- Feeding container21 Apr 2026US 12,604,965 B2Tokiwa Corporation
- Cosmetic container21 Apr 2026US 12,604,967 B2
- Substance container23 Dec 2025US 12,501,988 B2Yonwoo Co., Ltd.
- Cosmetic container15 Apr 2025US 12,274,345 B2Kolmar Korea Co., Ltd.
- Plastic hinge shaft having elastic deformation3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256266 A1Zhuhai Ding Rong Plastic Products Co., LTD
- Systems and methods for storing and displaying products9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192988 A1Jujin Ny
- Cosmetic container with a lid14 May 2026US 2026/0130486 A1Libo Cosmetics Co., Ltd.
- Plastic hinge25 Dec 2025US 2025/0386919 A1Chuen Churn Co., Ltd.
- Feeding container12 Jun 2025US 2025/0185784 A1Tokiwa Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Case, of the make-up case type64US 6,070,749 AL'oreal · 2000
- Airtight container and method for filling container with product64US 6,283,298 B1Concept Workshop Worldwide, LLC · 2001
- Applicator42US 10,149,528 B2AptarGroup, Inc. · 2018
- Case structure with two openable sides42US 5,878,878 A1999
- One-touch compact case having refillable structure33US 10,334,935 B2Ctk Co., Ltd. · 2019