A47C 7/36
Supports for the head or the back
A47C7/36 (Supports for the head or the back) appears on 3,502 US grants and 3,098 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47C- Granted patents
- 3,502
- Published applications
- 3,098
- Assignees
- 1,271
- Inventors
- 5,050
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 24 | 0 |
| 1977 | 27 | 0 |
| 1978 | 27 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 33 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 24 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 26 | 0 |
| 1985 | 45 | 0 |
| 1986 | 36 | 0 |
| 1987 | 46 | 0 |
| 1988 | 36 | 0 |
| 1989 | 37 | 0 |
| 1990 | 44 | 0 |
| 1991 | 41 | 0 |
| 1992 | 39 | 0 |
| 1993 | 38 | 0 |
| 1994 | 58 | 0 |
| 1995 | 37 | 0 |
| 1996 | 54 | 0 |
| 1997 | 47 | 0 |
| 1998 | 53 | 0 |
| 1999 | 60 | 0 |
| 2000 | 78 | 0 |
| 2001 | 60 | 19 |
| 2002 | 74 | 77 |
| 2003 | 77 | 89 |
| 2004 | 88 | 91 |
| 2005 | 67 | 112 |
| 2006 | 69 | 80 |
| 2007 | 61 | 98 |
| 2008 | 68 | 87 |
| 2009 | 59 | 91 |
| 2010 | 70 | 87 |
| 2011 | 67 | 100 |
| 2012 | 66 | 100 |
| 2013 | 60 | 102 |
| 2014 | 84 | 120 |
| 2015 | 115 | 164 |
| 2016 | 118 | 164 |
| 2017 | 138 | 177 |
| 2018 | 139 | 170 |
| 2019 | 170 | 168 |
| 2020 | 172 | 192 |
| 2021 | 155 | 154 |
| 2022 | 123 | 134 |
| 2023 | 134 | 155 |
| 2024 | 110 | 154 |
| 2025 | 118 | 117 |
| 2026 | 83 | 96 |
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.
- Expandable and varied furniture structure6 Oct 2026US 12,751,557 B2Home Creations Inc.
- Functional chair for posture correction and lumbar traction6 Oct 2026US 12,751,885 B2
- Trapped tab attachment assemblies and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,685 B2Lear Corporation
- Customizable foldable chair29 Sep 2026US 12,745,845 B2Letsgetout Inc.
- Weight responsive chair1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294106 A1Haworth, Inc.
- Chair1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294107 A1Drohbros.Inc
- Neck Pillow1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294115 A1
- Musical seat body and sofa thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294118 A1Man Wah Industrial Company Limited
- Seat and seat system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283360 A1Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Chair with novel seat construction283US 5,871,258 ASteelcase Inc. · 1999
- Lumbar support for a chair266US 6,572,190 B2HON Technology Inc. · 2003
- Woven fabric membrane for a seating surface256US 6,035,901 AHerman Miller, Inc. · 2000
- Office chair249US 6,059,368 AHerman Miller, Inc. · 2000
- Lumbar device238US 6,394,546 B1Steelcase Development Corporation · 2002