A47F 5/0043
Show shelves
Official title: {Show shelves (shelves in general A47B96/02; brackets or similar shelf-supporting means A47B96/06; advertising or price indication G09F)}
A47F5/0043 (Show shelves) appears on 978 US grants and 927 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47F- Granted patents
- 978
- Published applications
- 927
- Assignees
- 408
- Inventors
- 1,315
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Smart shelving unit with marketing display6 Oct 2026US 12,751,565 B2Green Cubes Technology, LLC
- Modular fabric pod for changing seasons and fashion trends in robotic micro-fulfillment29 Sep 2026US 12,745,864 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Merchandise security system15 Sep 2026US 12,733,755 B2Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Modular shelving system and method for using the same8 Sep 2026US 12,727,671 B2Cambro Manufacturing Company
- Retail merchandise tray18 Aug 2026US 12,708,223 B2Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Comic book display frame and shelf system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305843 A1
- Ribbon display rack8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305845 A1Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- Product presentation device with a storage structure for placing objects and with a sensor for detecting inventory1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294136 A1VusionGroup Deutschland GmbH
- Retail merchandise tray and display incorporating same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283379 A1Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Merchandising system for canned products27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248301 A1Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shelf organizer display320US 5,673,801 AMarkson Rosenthal & Company · 1997
- Merchandiser assembly284US 5,012,936 AOscar Meyer Foods Corporation · 1991
- Spring-urged shelf divider system280US 4,830,201 ARTC Industries, Inc. · 1989
- Product management display system241US 6,041,720 ARTC Industries, Inc. · 2000
- Merchandiser assembly236US 4,907,707 AOscar Mayer Foods Corporation · 1990