A47K 3/28
Showers or bathing douches
Official title: Showers {or bathing douches} (combined with baths A47K3/20)
A47K3/28 (Showers or bathing douches) appears on 1,723 US grants and 1,762 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47K- Granted patents
- 1,723
- Published applications
- 1,762
- Assignees
- 615
- Inventors
- 2,817
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 18 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 22 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 24 | 0 |
| 1992 | 29 | 0 |
| 1993 | 29 | 0 |
| 1994 | 45 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 34 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 3 |
| 2002 | 29 | 20 |
| 2003 | 32 | 33 |
| 2004 | 26 | 40 |
| 2005 | 18 | 47 |
| 2006 | 20 | 63 |
| 2007 | 18 | 41 |
| 2008 | 17 | 81 |
| 2009 | 9 | 50 |
| 2010 | 20 | 44 |
| 2011 | 34 | 58 |
| 2012 | 44 | 53 |
| 2013 | 30 | 75 |
| 2014 | 41 | 94 |
| 2015 | 55 | 85 |
| 2016 | 61 | 95 |
| 2017 | 84 | 101 |
| 2018 | 75 | 97 |
| 2019 | 84 | 102 |
| 2020 | 93 | 103 |
| 2021 | 70 | 114 |
| 2022 | 76 | 90 |
| 2023 | 71 | 87 |
| 2024 | 71 | 66 |
| 2025 | 60 | 76 |
| 2026 | 49 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A47K 3/281Accessories for showers or bathing douches522
- A47K 3/30Screens or collapsible cabinets for showers or baths490
- A47K 3/38Arrangements for curtains344
- A47K 3/283Fixed showers247
- A47K 3/40Pans or trays210
- A47K 3/288Independent, movable shower units operated by weight, by hand or by footpumps35
- A47K 3/287Shower rings, i.e. perforated hollow rings worn on the neck of the11
Recent patents
- Caddy Hanger Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305880 A1
- Multifunctional shower head assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294177 A1Higherdose LLC
- 3'-utr sequences for stabilization of rna1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297594 A1BioNTech SE
- Shower system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284681 A1Beijing Kohler Ltd.
- Customizable Shower Caddy10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262885 A1House of Atlas, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents