A47B 88/467
Self-closing
Official title: self-closing
A47B88/467 (Self-closing) appears on 309 US grants and 314 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47B- Granted patents
- 309
- Published applications
- 314
- Assignees
- 120
- Inventors
- 435
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 |
| 2026 | 5 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Refrigerator6 Oct 2026US 12,753,966 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Guide fitting and furniture or household appliance element11 Aug 2026US 12,702,225 B2Paul Hettich GmbH & Co.KG
- Retrofittable drawer slide acceleration and deceleration system28 Jul 2026US 12,690,677 B2
- Locating slot for a trigger support arm of a slide assembly14 Apr 2026US 12,599,228 B2Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Mount assembly for a soft close mechanism of a slide assembly6 Jan 2026US 12,514,366 B2Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Cold aisle mechanisme and slide rail assembly with same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198686 A1Nan Juen International Co., Ltd.
- Telescopic rail with end position locking and self-closing mechanism4 Jun 2026US 2026/0150963 A1Accuride International, Inc.
- Guide fitting and furniture or household appliance element30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114612 A1Paul Hettich GmbH & Co.KG
- Intelligent cabinet system23 Apr 2026US 2026/0113857 A1King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
- Intelligent cabinet system23 Apr 2026US 2026/0113864 A1King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spring loaded drawer assembly with mechanical damping141US 4,494,806 ALeslie Metal Arts Company · 1985
- Self-closing slide mechanism with damping102US 6,848,759 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2005
- Medication cabinetry84US 8,103,379 B2AutoMed Technologies, Inc. · 2012
- Closing device for moving a drawer to a fully inserted position within a furniture body78US 5,207,781 AJulius Blum Gesellschaft m. b. H. · 1993
- Drawer opening guide comprising an automatic retracting device with an integrated damping mechanism70US 7,399,041 B2Alfit Aktiengesellschaft · 2008