A47F 1/10
Having mechanical dispensing means
Official title: having mechanical dispensing means {, e.g. with buttons or handles}
A47F1/10 (Having mechanical dispensing means) appears on 135 US grants and 126 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47F- Granted patents
- 135
- Published applications
- 126
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 260
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 |
| 2016 | 8 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 5 | 18 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6 |
| 2021 | 14 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Stir stick dispenser for a beverage vending machine and method for dispensing stir sticks14 Jul 2026US 12,682,716 B2Evoca S.P.A.
- Cup holding assembly and dental cup dispenser using same24 Mar 2026US 12,582,243 B2Osstemimplant Co., Ltd.
- Disposable lid dispenser assembly14 Oct 2025US 12,440,045 B2CFS Brands, LLC
- System with multiple cutlery dispensers interchangeable between identical base retaining features7 Oct 2025US 12,433,427 B2Waddington North America, Inc.
- Tableware feeding device3 Jun 2025US 12,318,019 B2Kolor Magnetic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Dispensing assembly26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053278 A1Swimc LLC
- Easy-access tableware strage device12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041257 A1Kolor Magnetic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Device for taking tableware22 Jan 2026US 2026/0020696 A1Kolor Magnetic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- System with multiple cutlery dispensers interchangeable between identical base retaining features1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000224 A1Wadding North America, Inc.
- Packet dispenser4 Dec 2025US 2025/0366631 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Co-dispensing snack food products and beverages from a vending machine112US 5,613,620 ARecot, Inc. · 1997
- Co-dispensing snack food products and beverages from a vending machine65US 5,445,287 ARecot, Inc. · 1995
- Cutlery utensil dispenser60US 6,336,568 B12002
- Dispenser for elongate thin flexible articles59US 4,134,519 A1979
- Dispenser for cutlery utensils55US 6,832,694 B2Fort James Corporation · 2004