A47B 55/00
Cabinets, racks or shelf units, having essential features of rigid construction
Official title: Cabinets, racks or shelf units, having essential features of rigid construction (safes E05G)
A47B55/00 (Cabinets, racks or shelf units, having essential features of rigid construction) appears on 366 US grants and 350 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47B- Granted patents
- 366
- Published applications
- 350
- Assignees
- 215
- Inventors
- 578
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 11 |
| 2006 | 1 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 10 |
| 2008 | 5 | 8 |
| 2009 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 13 |
| 2014 | 12 | 15 |
| 2015 | 18 | 31 |
| 2016 | 30 | 28 |
| 2017 | 39 | 32 |
| 2018 | 22 | 28 |
| 2019 | 20 | 23 |
| 2020 | 30 | 27 |
| 2021 | 19 | 16 |
| 2022 | 16 | 18 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 11 |
| 2026 | 1 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Modular outdoor kitchen components and methods of providing modular outdoor kitchen components16 Jun 2026US 12,653,307 B2
- Shelf apparatus30 Dec 2025US 12,507,801 B1
- Shelving system26 Aug 2025US 12,396,556 B2Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Firearm rack kits for wire shelf systems6 May 2025US 12,290,168 B2
- Storage rack assembly15 Apr 2025US 12,274,358 B2Leyo Holdings Sdn Bhd
- Furniture8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305817 A1AuGroup (SHENZHEN) Cross-Border Business Co., Ltd.
- Expansion mesh and wardrobe frame1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294103 A1Gaatu Inc
- Wall Mount Rack17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272160 A1Malzine Co., Ltd.
- Rack of automated warehouse13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233927 A1Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Wall rack18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165472 A1Kaprock Management LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rack for supporting items such as bottles158US 5,215,199 A1993
- Modular rack141US 5,833,084 A1998
- Basket or container rack for closet shelving system96US 5,810,179 A1998
- Merchandise pusher tray with adjustable side barriers96US 8,720,702 B2Southern Imperial, Inc. · 2014
- Display rack and blank for forming same90US 5,213,220 AO'Brien Industries, Inc. · 1993