A47C 1/121
Having tipping-up seats
Official title: having tipping-up seats
A47C1/121 (Having tipping-up seats) appears on 122 US grants and 131 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47C- Granted patents
- 122
- Published applications
- 131
- Assignees
- 65
- Inventors
- 179
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 6 | 8 |
| 2016 | 3 | 8 |
| 2017 | 11 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 8 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 9 | 12 |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Theater chair or seat with a flip-up/flip-down seat member, a reclining back member, and an automatic return9 Jun 2026US 12,648,645 B2Hiddenlake 822 LLC
- Theater chair or seat with a flip-up/flip-down seat member, a reclining back member, and an automatic return9 Jun 2026US 12,648,650 B2Hiddenlake 822 LLC
- Adjustable floor track and seating system for tiered seating17 Feb 2026US 12,551,014 B1
- Linear actuator and linkage system for an ottoman of riser-mounted theater seat chairs18 Nov 2025US 12,471,711 B2Vip Luxury Seating LLC
- Powered chairs for public venues, assemblies for use in powered chairs, and components for use in assemblies for use in powered chairs27 May 2025US 12,310,510 B2
- Riser-mounted mechanism for powered chair theater seating27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248288 A1Lawatco, LLC
- Foldout rocking chair14 May 2026US 2026/0130514 A1Purdue Research Foundation
- Folding seat assembly for mounting to risers9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096653 A1Blue Cube (Gb) Ltd.
- Telescopic seating system with reconfigurable seats and benches26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085531 A1Blue Cube (Gb) Ltd.
- Seating system for fittings for arenas and stadiums26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053266 A1Blue Cube (Gb) Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Public seating chair58US 5,375,914 AJ. G. Furniture Systems, Inc. · 1994
- Aircraft seat assembly45US 7,578,551 B2Airbus UK Limited · 2009
- Chair for venues with tiered seating33US 7,303,235 B1Preferred Engineering · 2007
- Powered chairs for public venues, assemblies for use in powered chairs, and components for use in assemblies for use in powered chairs30US 9,730,518 B12017
- Flip-up seat construction29US 5,320,411 AKotobuki Seating Co., Ltd. · 1994