A47F 9/042
Shopping bags or carton-dispensing systems therefor
Official title: {Shopping bags or carton-dispensing systems therefor}
A47F9/042 (Shopping bags or carton-dispensing systems therefor) appears on 200 US grants and 165 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47F- Granted patents
- 200
- Published applications
- 165
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 253
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Modifiable bagging structure26 May 2026US 12,635,816 B2Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.
- Self-checkout device8 Jul 2025US 12,354,449 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Repositionable bag-retaining device24 Sep 2024US 12,096,869 B2Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
- Bag dispenser2 Apr 2024US 11,945,675 B2Twist-Ease, Inc.
- Bag rack19 Mar 2024US 11,932,438 B1Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.
- Plastic Bag Opener29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028144 A1
- Versatile Carrying and Dispensing Case for Reusable Bags24 Oct 2024US 2024/0351773 A1
- Self-checkout device3 Oct 2024US 2024/0331510 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Bag dispenser12 Sep 2024US 2024/0300770 A1Twist-Ease, Inc.
- Modifiable bagging structure1 Aug 2024US 2024/0251970 A1Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Station for price scanning verifying and selectively bagging purchase items97US 5,437,346 A1995
- Automated bulk self-checkout station apparatus86US 5,540,301 A1996
- Bag dispensing system and C-fold bag used therewith57US 6,488,222 B12002
- Dispenser for plastic bags55US 4,191,307 APresto Products, Incorporated · 1980
- Through-counter dispensing system for plastic bags50US 4,793,539 ASonoco Products Company · 1988