A47K 13/242
Devices for locking the cover in the closed position
Official title: {Devices for locking the cover in the closed position}
A47K13/242 (Devices for locking the cover in the closed position) appears on 54 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47K- Granted patents
- 54
- Published applications
- 40
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 95
- Latest grant
- 30 Dec 2025
Filings by year
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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