A47B 77/02
General layout
Official title: General layout, e.g. relative arrangement of compartments, working surface or surfaces, supports for apparatus (A47B77/08 takes precedence {; combinable furniture units A47B87/00})
A47B77/02 (General layout) appears on 199 US grants and 252 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47B- Granted patents
- 199
- Published applications
- 252
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 488
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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| 2002 | 4 | 7 |
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| 2004 | 1 | 14 |
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| 2006 | 5 | 11 |
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| 2019 | 11 | 14 |
| 2020 | 9 | 12 |
| 2021 | 7 | 17 |
| 2022 | 16 | 18 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 |
| 2025 | 11 | 14 |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Portable cooking kitchen with reduced storage space28 Jul 2026US 12,690,674 B2
- Modular outdoor kitchen components and methods of providing modular outdoor kitchen components16 Jun 2026US 12,653,307 B2
- Interactive display surfaces9 Jun 2026US 12,650,742 B2Touchwood Labs, Inc.
- Refrigerated preparation table system and methods thereof28 Apr 2026US 12,611,053 B2Electrolux Professional S.p.A.
- Modular kitchen mounting apparatus17 Feb 2026US 12,551,012 B2Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
- 3'-utr sequences for stabilization of rna1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297594 A1BioNTech SE
- A method for manufacturing a decorative slab17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273797 A1Unilin BV
- Device for securing an object3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256288 A1
- Cabinet modification kit25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174232 A1
- Multi-configurable countertop2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090637 A1Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular countertop system71US 5,253,932 A1993
- Laundry area organizer disposed between a clothes washer and dryer65US 5,411,164 A1995
- Water dispensing and draining appliance56US 5,915,851 AWhirlpool Corporation · 1999
- Combination of utensils54US 5,363,755 A1994
- Mounting/trim strips for wall, ceiling, or floor panels50US 6,115,982 AW. Dollken & Co. GmbH · 2000