A47C 1/023
The parts being horizontally-adjustable seats
Official title: the parts being horizontally-adjustable seats
A47C1/023 (The parts being horizontally-adjustable seats) appears on 322 US grants and 269 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47C- Granted patents
- 322
- Published applications
- 269
- Assignees
- 147
- Inventors
- 514
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Seat apparatus having simulated force feedback and method for simulating force sensation of driving12 May 2026US 12,622,524 B2National Taiwan University
- Chair having an adjustable seat and back12 May 2026US 12,622,525 B1King Saud University
- Active chair24 Mar 2026US 12,582,229 B2Advanced Biomechanical Solutions, LLC
- Adjustable support for a seat system10 Mar 2026US 12,570,183 B2Adient US LLC
- Seating arrangement6 Jan 2026US 12,514,369 B2Steelcase Inc.
- Backrest of height-adjustable chair25 Dec 2025US 2025/0386941 A1Hebei Youjin Furniture Co., Ltd.
- Chairs with adjustable back supports8 May 2025US 2025/0143469 A1Lcl Enterprises, Inc.
- Slidable gaming chair including return-to-home feature1 May 2025US 2025/0140056 A1Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
- Automatic sofa6 Mar 2025US 2025/0072621 A1
- Chair with adjustable back depth6 Feb 2025US 2025/0040716 A1Zhongshan Donati Co., Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Chair with novel seat construction283US 5,871,258 ASteelcase Inc. · 1999
- Lumbar device238US 6,394,546 B1Steelcase Development Corporation · 2002
- Chair including novel back construction227US 5,975,634 ASteelcase Development Corporation · 1999
- Chair construction187US 6,523,898 B1Steelcase Development Corporation · 2003
- Seating unit with novel seat construction171US 6,394,548 B1Steelcase Development Corporation · 2002