A47C 17/16
Seating furniture changeable to beds by tilting or pivoting the back-rest
Official title: {Seating furniture} changeable to beds by tilting or pivoting the back-rest
A47C17/16 (Seating furniture changeable to beds by tilting or pivoting the back-rest) appears on 402 US grants and 316 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47C- Granted patents
- 402
- Published applications
- 316
- Assignees
- 195
- Inventors
- 560
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 11 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14 |
| 2004 | 11 | 8 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 |
| 2006 | 9 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 4 | 8 |
| 2009 | 6 | 12 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 9 |
| 2014 | 9 | 15 |
| 2015 | 11 | 12 |
| 2016 | 14 | 18 |
| 2017 | 8 | 16 |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 |
| 2019 | 8 | 20 |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 |
| 2021 | 15 | 16 |
| 2022 | 17 | 22 |
| 2023 | 9 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 15 |
| 2025 | 11 | 23 |
| 2026 | 13 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A47C 17/17With coupled movement of back-rest and seat200
- A47C 17/20Thereby uncovering one or more auxiliary parts previously hidden89
- A47C 17/165With forward tiltable back-rest82
- A47C 17/161With back-rest made of multiple movable cushions62
- A47C 17/162With adjustable back-rest56
- A47C 17/163And a foot-rest48
- A47C 17/18And tilting or pivoting the arm-rest8
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