A47C 31/02
Upholstery attaching means
A47C31/02 (Upholstery attaching means) appears on 588 US grants and 547 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47C- Granted patents
- 588
- Published applications
- 547
- Assignees
- 280
- Inventors
- 983
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 5 |
| 2002 | 14 | 21 |
| 2003 | 16 | 20 |
| 2004 | 11 | 22 |
| 2005 | 14 | 20 |
| 2006 | 15 | 11 |
| 2007 | 11 | 24 |
| 2008 | 8 | 13 |
| 2009 | 11 | 14 |
| 2010 | 11 | 14 |
| 2011 | 8 | 7 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 |
| 2013 | 8 | 10 |
| 2014 | 9 | 27 |
| 2015 | 28 | 26 |
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| 2017 | 20 | 25 |
| 2018 | 18 | 27 |
| 2019 | 32 | 24 |
| 2020 | 34 | 35 |
| 2021 | 25 | 35 |
| 2022 | 20 | 33 |
| 2023 | 31 | 22 |
| 2024 | 22 | 34 |
| 2025 | 19 | 26 |
| 2026 | 21 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Chair for the sitting of a user10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262853 A1Cerantola S.P.A.
- Cushion body6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224034 A1Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Mattress assembly23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206979 A1Coway Co., Ltd.
- Seat9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192719 A1Delta Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- Retainer for attaching a covering material to a structure9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192720 A1YKK Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lumbar support for a chair266US 6,572,190 B2HON Technology Inc. · 2003
- Chair back construction231US 6,729,691 B2HON Technology Inc. · 2004
- Chair back and method of assembly203US 6,220,661 B1Steelcase Development Corporation · 2001
- Thin profile integrated suspension and seat trim cover171US 5,013,089 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1991
- Adjustable lumbar support158US 6,471,294 B1Steelcase Development Corporation · 2002