A47C 7/56
Parts or details of tipping-up chairs
Official title: Parts or details of tipping-up chairs, e.g. of theatre chairs
A47C7/56 (Parts or details of tipping-up chairs) appears on 171 US grants and 189 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47C- Granted patents
- 171
- Published applications
- 189
- Assignees
- 124
- Inventors
- 325
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2003 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 7 | 3 |
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| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
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| 2015 | 3 | 15 |
| 2016 | 7 | 19 |
| 2017 | 23 | 13 |
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| 2019 | 18 | 22 |
| 2020 | 20 | 25 |
| 2021 | 13 | 16 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 12 |
| 2026 | 6 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System for supporting a surgeon29 Sep 2026US 12,746,097 B2Hellstern Medical GmbH
- Removal mechanism1 Sep 2026US 12,721,444 B2L&P Property Management Company
- Foldable seat with deployable mobility structure14 Jul 2026US 12,677,953 B2Amtab Manufacturing Corporation
- Motion simulator chair7 Jul 2026US 12,672,722 B2D-Box Technologies Inc.
- Theater chair or seat with a flip-up/flip-down seat member, a reclining back member, and an automatic return9 Jun 2026US 12,648,650 B2Hiddenlake 822 LLC
- Foldout rocking chair14 May 2026US 2026/0130514 A1Purdue Research Foundation
- Folding seat assembly for mounting to risers9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096653 A1Blue Cube (Gb) Ltd.
- Seating system for fittings for arenas and stadiums26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053266 A1Blue Cube (Gb) Ltd.
- Stadium seat stabilization system15 Jan 2026US 2026/0013635 A1Blue Cube (Gb) Ltd.
- Seating system30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331638 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Auditorium seat43US 4,861,108 AAmerican Seating Company · 1989
- Hinge assembly for folding seat34US 6,527,341 B1Genmar IP LLC · 2003
- Theater trash bag32US 5,927,800 A1999
- Folding chair30US 6,755,468 B1Oasyschair Co., Ltd. · 2004
- Blow molded resin furniture having a stabilizing box structure27US 9,526,342 B2Suncast Technologies, LLC · 2016