A61F 13/15747
Folding
Official title: {Folding; Pleating; Coiling; Stacking; Packaging}
A61F13/15747 (Folding) appears on 446 US grants and 666 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 446
- Published applications
- 666
- Assignees
- 82
- Inventors
- 799
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 18 | 27 |
| 2026 | 17 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus on board machine for producing folded underwear pads8 Sep 2026US 12,728,044 B2
- Methods and apparatuses for manufacturing a joined resealable absorbent article18 Aug 2026US 12,708,567 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Method for producing folded underwear pads18 Aug 2026US 12,708,568 B2
- Method and apparatus for folding absorbent sanitary articles21 Jul 2026US 12,685,676 B2Fameccanica, Data S.P A.
- Absorbent articles with absorbent chassis and belt bonding arrangements and frangible pathways16 Jun 2026US 12,653,728 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Methods and apparatuses for manufacturing a joined resealable absorbent article8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306307 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Package comprising a bag and a stack of absorbent articles and manufacturing method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306314 A1Drylock Technologies NV
- Paper diaper core, paper diaper equipped with same, and method for preparing same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294697 A1Shandong Thrive Maternity and Infant Products Co., Ltd
- Pant products and system and method for forming same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283864 A1Curt G. Joa, Inc.
- Component identification system of a packaging machine17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274487 A1GDM S.p. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for making an undergarment having overlapping or butt-type side seams275US 5,779,831 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1998
- Method for making an undergarment having side seams188US 5,772,825 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1998
- Method and apparatus for making absorbent structures with absorbent material155US 8,568,566 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2013
- Sanitary absorbent article with an adhesive positioning system covered by release strips linked to one another and method and apparatus for packaging the absorbent article128US 5,868,727 AJohnson & Johnson · 1999
- Disposable absorbent article with folded ear panels and method of making same128US 6,461,343 B1The Procter & Gamble Company · 2002