A47F 1/04
Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles
Official title: {Racks or} containers with arrangements for dispensing articles {, e.g. by means of gravity or springs}
A47F1/04 (Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles) appears on 1,650 US grants and 1,505 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47F- Granted patents
- 1,650
- Published applications
- 1,505
- Assignees
- 597
- Inventors
- 2,231
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 32 | 13 |
| 2002 | 44 | 28 |
| 2003 | 33 | 31 |
| 2004 | 36 | 53 |
| 2005 | 19 | 53 |
| 2006 | 28 | 48 |
| 2007 | 17 | 56 |
| 2008 | 22 | 51 |
| 2009 | 14 | 45 |
| 2010 | 36 | 57 |
| 2011 | 37 | 64 |
| 2012 | 50 | 74 |
| 2013 | 44 | 71 |
| 2014 | 49 | 87 |
| 2015 | 81 | 86 |
| 2016 | 77 | 61 |
| 2017 | 66 | 69 |
| 2018 | 61 | 81 |
| 2019 | 79 | 87 |
| 2020 | 75 | 77 |
| 2021 | 78 | 64 |
| 2022 | 52 | 69 |
| 2023 | 50 | 43 |
| 2024 | 52 | 58 |
| 2025 | 39 | 43 |
| 2026 | 16 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Goods presentaton system with at least one separating element22 Sep 2026US 12,740,657 B2Inventory Systems GmbH
- Anti-theft pusher with incremental distance detection15 Sep 2026US 12,733,753 B2Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Retail merchandise tray18 Aug 2026US 12,708,223 B2Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Product divider assembly11 Aug 2026US 12,702,228 B2Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Merchandise security system4 Aug 2026US 12,696,987 B2Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Anti-theft pusher with incremental distance detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305842 A1Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Display tray, product display apparatus, and control method therefor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294135 A1NEC Corporation
- Product presentation device with a storage structure for placing objects and with a sensor for detecting inventory1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294136 A1VusionGroup Deutschland GmbH
- Merchandise display device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294137 A1Bruegmann GmbH & Co. KG
- Retail merchandise tray and display incorporating same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283379 A1Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular manual lift dispenser security systems and methods for assembling, manufacturing and/or utilizing said security systems596US 9,392,885 B2Marketing Impact Limited · 2016
- Shelf organizer display320US 5,673,801 AMarkson Rosenthal & Company · 1997
- Pusher device for dispensing articles319US 5,634,564 AThe Mead Corporation · 1997
- Display tray for aligned articles318US 5,111,942 A1992
- Gravity feed shelving system with track and pusher312US 6,142,317 A2000