A47B 2031/002
Catering trolleys
Official title: {Catering trolleys}
A47B2031/002 (Catering trolleys) appears on 118 US grants and 92 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47B- Granted patents
- 118
- Published applications
- 92
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 281
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Telescopic half cart retainer for retaining aircraft galley container trolley2 Jun 2026US 12,643,661 B2B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Workspace system and components and method for the use thereof10 Mar 2026US 12,569,063 B2Steelcase Inc.
- Container for storing and serving frozen confectionery items26 Aug 2025US 12,396,553 B2Conopco, Inc.
- Beverage serving trolley24 Jun 2025US 12,337,886 B2Dometic Sweden AB
- Beverage serving trolley1 Apr 2025US 12,263,875 B2Dometic Sweden AB
- Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for controlling a serving robot6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227784 A1Bear Robotics, Inc.
- Configurable storage device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116624 A1
- Folding tray cart with safety device and method11 Dec 2025US 2025/0376202 A1
- Storage tank trolley for an aircraft cabin27 Nov 2025US 2025/0361010 A1
- Telescopic half cart retainer20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353594 A1B/E Aerospace, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Patient care utility cart130US 5,702,115 A1997
- Modular storage unit83US 5,566,961 ARubbermaid Office Products Inc. · 1996
- Transport cart80US 5,605,344 AHerman Miller, Inc. · 1997
- Apparatus for heating and cooling food articles56US 5,086,693 A1992
- Apparatus for selectively heating an individual food item in a refrigerated environment55US 4,346,756 AUop LLC · 1982