A47C 7/24
Upholstered seats
Official title: Upholstered seats (A47C7/18 takes precedence)
A47C7/24 (Upholstered seats) appears on 216 US grants and 185 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47C- Granted patents
- 216
- Published applications
- 185
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 328
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 19 |
| 2015 | 18 | 14 |
| 2016 | 11 | 13 |
| 2017 | 11 | 16 |
| 2018 | 9 | 14 |
| 2019 | 16 | 15 |
| 2020 | 15 | 12 |
| 2021 | 11 | 8 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 9 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 10 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 |
| 2026 | 2 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Chair cover6 Oct 2026US 12,751,550 B2Secretlab SG PTE. LTD.
- Seat structure with adjustable sense of sitting7 Apr 2026US 12,593,919 B2Newtral Furniture Technology Inc.
- Automated trench manufacturing and assembly for attaching trim covers to a cushion assembly30 Dec 2025US 12,509,343 B2Lear Corporation
- Textile fabric material with shrinkage properties and its use16 Dec 2025US 12,497,718 B2Krall + Roth Services GmbH & Co. KG
- Surface covering material18 Nov 2025US 12,473,672 B2Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
- Component Structure of Chair10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262846 A1
- Cushion body6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224034 A1Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Double-state working kneeling chair11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157526 A1
- Weight reduction in non-foam cushion21 May 2026US 2026/0138862 A1Lear Corporation
- Chair Cover and Blanket With Detachable Layers8 Jan 2026US 2026/0007250 A1Hanniver Innovations, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Chair with novel seat construction283US 5,871,258 ASteelcase Inc. · 1999
- Lumbar device238US 6,394,546 B1Steelcase Development Corporation · 2002
- Chair including novel back construction227US 5,975,634 ASteelcase Development Corporation · 1999
- Chair back and method of assembly203US 6,220,661 B1Steelcase Development Corporation · 2001
- Seating unit with novel seat construction171US 6,394,548 B1Steelcase Development Corporation · 2002