A47B 57/04
Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or
Official title: with means for adjusting the inclination of the shelves
A47B57/04 (Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or) appears on 194 US grants and 133 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47B- Granted patents
- 194
- Published applications
- 133
- Assignees
- 131
- Inventors
- 316
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 9 | 9 |
| 2019 | 10 | 6 |
| 2020 | 14 | 13 |
| 2021 | 5 | 11 |
| 2022 | 11 | 5 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 |
| 2025 | 14 | 12 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Portable paper organizer8 Sep 2026US 12,727,667 B2
- Tank rack4 Aug 2026US 12,696,977 B2Adrian Steel Company
- Retail shelving system12 May 2026US 12,622,534 B2Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Tilting and sliding system for a shelf having side support arms receivable into apertures in vertical posts21 Apr 2026US 12,604,978 B2The Ondrasik Family Trust Dated 11/3/1999
- Rack system and method for operating a rack16 Dec 2025US 12,495,896 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Tilting and sliding system for a shelf having side support arms receivable into apertures in vertical posts6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224026 A1The Ondrasik Family Trust Dated 11/3/1999
- Wall rack18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165472 A1Kaprock Management LLC
- Retail shelving system18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165506 A1Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Adjustable shelf for storage14 May 2026US 2026/0130504 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Retail merchandise shelving system22 Jan 2026US 2026/0020698 A1Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shelving assembly238US 4,934,645 ARTC Industries, Inc. · 1990
- Adjustable shelf assembly for merchandising display stand222US 5,738,019 APPE Limited · 1998
- Adjustable shelf system216US 6,234,328 B1NDR Corporation · 2001
- Anti-racking pull-out shelf134US 5,970,887 ARTC Industries, Inc. · 1999
- Universal shelf system90US 4,098,480 ALozier Store Fixtures · 1978