A47C 17/20
Thereby uncovering one or more auxiliary parts previously hidden
Official title: thereby uncovering one or more auxiliary parts previously hidden (A47C17/22 takes precedence)
A47C17/20 (Thereby uncovering one or more auxiliary parts previously hidden) appears on 89 US grants and 75 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47C- Granted patents
- 89
- Published applications
- 75
- Assignees
- 50
- Inventors
- 116
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
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| 2022 | 6 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sofa bed system14 Apr 2026US 12,599,243 B2A&C Future, Inc.
- Single folding sofa bedstead10 Mar 2026US 12,569,068 B2Jiaxing Rest Furniture & Appliance Co., Ltd.
- Modular sofa sleeper having pivotal backrest assembly17 Feb 2026US 12,551,023 B1L&P Property Management Company
- Zero-wall trifold sofa bed11 Nov 2025US 12,465,149 B2Omega Smart Home (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
- Foldable wall bed/sofa23 Sep 2025US 12,419,428 B2
- Compact folding frame for folding furniture such as a sofa bed and matching folding furniture16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198695 A1
- Modular sofa sleeper having pivotal backrest assembly18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165490 A1L&P Property Management Company
- Sofa bed with glide system11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157529 A1Lippert Components Manufacturing, Inc.
- Linkage mechanism for three-section sofa bed5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060435 A1Jiaxing Rest Furniture & Appliance Co., Ltd.
- Modular Sofa Sleeper Having Pivotal Backrest Assembly19 Feb 2026US 2026/0047688 A1L&P Property Management Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Convertible sofa-bed46US 6,904,628 B2American Leather · 2005
- Chair with pull out sleep surface36US 6,588,837 B1Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · 2003
- Recliner chair35US 5,904,401 AR.M. Wieland Company, Inc. · 1999
- Seating unit convertible to bed25US 7,549,182 B2Ultra-Mek, Inc. · 2009
- Sitdown piece of furniture convertible into a bed23US 4,170,800 A1979