A47B 3/08
Folding or stowable tables: with legs pivoted to top or underframe
Official title: with legs pivoted to top or underframe
A47B3/08 (Folding or stowable tables: with legs pivoted to top or underframe) appears on 894 US grants and 856 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47B- Granted patents
- 894
- Published applications
- 856
- Assignees
- 312
- Inventors
- 1,157
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2002 | 17 | 8 |
| 2003 | 25 | 41 |
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| 2023 | 40 | 42 |
| 2024 | 36 | 38 |
| 2025 | 41 | 48 |
| 2026 | 17 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A47B 3/091With struts supporting the legs364
- A47B 3/083With foldable top leaves308
- A47B 3/0809With elastic locking means165
- A47B 3/0818With manually actuated locking means115
- A47B 3/0803The legs rotating around a vertical axis79
- A47B 2003/0821The leg holder being mounted to underside of the table topIndexing code64
- A47B 2003/0824The table legs being individually collapsible against the underside of the tableIndexing code58
- A47B 2003/0827Having means for holding u-shaped legs in storage position, i.e. parallel toIndexing code25
Recent patents
- Folding table with adjustable heights6 Oct 2026US 12,751,542 B2Yixian Blow Molding Furniture Co., Ltd.
- Folding table and hinge assembly therefor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,543 B2Live Edge Design Inc.
- Table frame and table8 Sep 2026US 12,727,664 B2Veyhl GmbH
- Removable divider apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,722,561 B2
- Supporting assembly with locking mechanism and foldable structure having same23 Jun 2026US 12,660,912 B2Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.
- Nesting desk27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248274 A1Ergotron, Inc.
- Folding x-shaped table13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232106 A1Prost Design LLC
- Collapsible stool30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215591 A1Adventech, LLC
- Structure of foldable table2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182733 A1
- Portable Clipboard System and Method of Use25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175612 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Portable folding utility table with center support assembly173US 6,112,674 ALifetime Products, Inc. · 2000
- Banquet table163US 6,058,853 ACosco Management, Inc. · 2000
- Folding table153US 5,109,778 ABerco Industries · 1992
- Lightweight plastic furniture127US 5,983,807 AVirco Mfg. Corporation · 1999
- Bench folding leg and brace structure125US 4,191,111 A1980