A47C 7/543
Movable to inoperative position
Official title: {movable to inoperative position}
A47C7/543 (Movable to inoperative position) appears on 196 US grants and 172 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47C- Granted patents
- 196
- Published applications
- 172
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 341
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 6 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 7 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 9 |
| 2012 | 6 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 11 |
| 2018 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 16 | 13 |
| 2020 | 8 | 14 |
| 2021 | 14 | 17 |
| 2022 | 12 | 9 |
| 2023 | 15 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Chair having an adjustable seat and back12 May 2026US 12,622,525 B1King Saud University
- Adjustable multi-use chair28 Apr 2026US 12,611,037 B2Newtral Furniture Technology Inc.
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- Chair with armrests18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165484 A1Anji Mingpai Furniture Co., Ltd.
- Backrest folding assembly and seating equipment21 May 2026US 2026/0137216 A1Jason Furniture (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Lightweight seat for high-density configuration and cluster of adjacent seat for high-density configurations7 May 2026US 2026/0123756 A1Inmuebles Molí, Sl
- CoolChair12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041241 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Load support structure80US 7,926,879 B2Herman Miller, Inc. · 2011
- Armrest assembly77US 5,393,124 A1995
- Mechanical latch locking a cover of pivoting armrest assembly56US 5,116,099 ALear Seating Corporation · 1992
- Load support structure53US 8,282,169 B2Herman Miller, Inc. · 2012
- Breakaway arm for seat50US 4,270,798 ACoach and Car Equipment Corporation · 1981