A47C 7/16
Seats made of wooden, plastics, or metal sheet material
Official title: Seats made of wooden, plastics, or metal sheet material; Panel seats
A47C7/16 (Seats made of wooden, plastics, or metal sheet material) appears on 115 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47C- Granted patents
- 115
- Published applications
- 125
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 201
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 9 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 |
| 2018 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 7 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8 | 6 |
| 2021 | 8 | 7 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Chair with sensory feature6 Oct 2026US 12,751,548 B2Krueger International, Inc.
- Seat board of foldable chair and bottom frame thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,751,549 B2
- Chair and one-piece chair back thereof23 Sep 2025US 12,419,424 B2
- Body support member with lattice structure17 Jun 2025US 12,329,290 B2Steelcase Inc.
- Bamboo seat and bamboo stool25 Mar 2025US 12,256,846 B2Zhenghe Ruichang Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd.
- Branded Modular Seat10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262844 A1Encouraging Arts, Inc.
- Seating Apparatus with Hollow Fusion Panel18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165481 A1
- Cover For A Swivel Chair7 May 2026US 2026/0123753 A1Amtab Manufacturing Corporation
- Omni-Directional Flexible Swivel Chair7 May 2026US 2026/0123754 A1Amtab Manufacturing Corporation
- Household article and manufacturing method therefor9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096645 A1New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ergonomic support124US 4,660,887 AThe Shaw-Walker Company · 1987
- Vehicle seat member integrally formed of synthetic resin material122US 4,368,917 ATachikawa Spring Co., Ltd. · 1983
- Cellular chair construction105US 6,726,285 B2Herman Miller, Inc. · 2004
- Furniture article having panel and integral perimeter frame102US 6,669,301 B1Steelcase Development Corporation · 2003
- Spring plate furniture98US 5,154,485 A1992