A45F 5/00
Holders or carriers for hand articles
Official title: Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
A45F5/00 (Holders or carriers for hand articles) appears on 5,720 US grants and 7,026 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A45F- Granted patents
- 5,720
- Published applications
- 7,026
- Assignees
- 2,025
- Inventors
- 10,642
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 31 | 0 |
| 1977 | 33 | 0 |
| 1978 | 31 | 0 |
| 1979 | 22 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 35 | 0 |
| 1982 | 27 | 0 |
| 1983 | 25 | 0 |
| 1984 | 24 | 0 |
| 1985 | 25 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 36 | 0 |
| 1988 | 44 | 0 |
| 1989 | 57 | 0 |
| 1990 | 64 | 0 |
| 1991 | 66 | 0 |
| 1992 | 43 | 0 |
| 1993 | 62 | 0 |
| 1994 | 59 | 0 |
| 1995 | 78 | 0 |
| 1996 | 79 | 0 |
| 1997 | 97 | 0 |
| 1998 | 112 | 0 |
| 1999 | 106 | 0 |
| 2000 | 98 | 0 |
| 2001 | 95 | 25 |
| 2002 | 105 | 104 |
| 2003 | 116 | 162 |
| 2004 | 93 | 221 |
| 2005 | 78 | 211 |
| 2006 | 76 | 252 |
| 2007 | 69 | 261 |
| 2008 | 68 | 263 |
| 2009 | 60 | 231 |
| 2010 | 104 | 232 |
| 2011 | 89 | 221 |
| 2012 | 124 | 260 |
| 2013 | 130 | 275 |
| 2014 | 170 | 358 |
| 2015 | 252 | 375 |
| 2016 | 275 | 429 |
| 2017 | 310 | 422 |
| 2018 | 301 | 432 |
| 2019 | 363 | 398 |
| 2020 | 308 | 364 |
| 2021 | 259 | 324 |
| 2022 | 259 | 313 |
| 2023 | 204 | 227 |
| 2024 | 211 | 241 |
| 2025 | 190 | 250 |
| 2026 | 117 | 175 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A45F 5/02Fastening articles to the garment2,723
- A45F 5/1516Holders or carriers for portable handheld communication devices1,084
- A45F 2005/008Hand articles fastened to the wrist or to the arm or toIndexing code877
- A45F 2005/006Comprising a suspension strap or lanyardIndexing code668
- A45F 5/10Handles for carrying purposes663
- A45F 5/1575Holders or carriers for portable tools531
- A45F 5/1525Holders or carriers for portable computing devices414
- A45F 5/1566Holders or carriers for tubular, rod-shaped articles327
All 18 subgroupsShow fewer
- A45F 5/1583Holders or carriers for beverage vessels294
- A45F 5/1533Holders or carriers for cameras214
- A45F 5/1508Holders or carriers for portable audio devices206
- A45F 5/004Holders or carriers for hand articles: with an automatic spring reel187
- A45F 5/1541Holders or carriers for eyeglasses or spectacles187
- A45F 2005/002Combined with other objectsIndexing code163
- A45F 5/155Holders or carriers for thin, flat, rectangular articles113
- A45F 5/1558Holders or carriers for keys108
- A45F 5/14Holders for spades, hatchets or the like implements40
- A45F 5/12Book-carriers35
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- Back clip for electronic device and electronic device assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305805 A1Shanghai Sunmi Technology Co., Ltd.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Auxiliary battery holder with multicharger functionality1,249US 6,043,626 AEricsson Inc. · 2000
- Proctective case for a medication infusion pump612US 5,370,622 AMiniMed Inc. · 1994
- Modular personal network systems and methods424US 7,670,263 B22010
- Portable charger for mobile phone327US 7,166,987 B2R. F. Tech Co., Ltd · 2007
- Protective enclosure for a computer293US 7,933,122 B2Otter Products, LLC · 2011