A61G 17/028
Swinging closures
Official title: {Swinging closures}
A61G17/028 (Swinging closures) appears on 50 US grants and 19 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61G- Granted patents
- 50
- Published applications
- 19
- Assignees
- 18
- Inventors
- 65
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Backer board for casket interior arrangement29 Sep 2026US 12,746,168 B2Vandor Group, Inc.
- Motorized coffin lid device15 Apr 2025US 12,274,649 B1
- Funerary capsule for viewing and transporting dead bodies2 Jan 2024US 11,857,468 B2Shuttle Innovation Di Erio Zanon
- Removable customizable casket panel29 Aug 2023US 11,737,944 B2Matthews International Corporation
- Biodegradable coffin assembly8 Nov 2022US 11,491,067 B2
- Casket including expanded interior width1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294724 A1Batesville Services, Inc.
- Backer Board for Casket Interior Arrangement15 Aug 2024US 2024/0269029 A1Vandor Group, Inc.
- Funerary capsule for viewing and transporting dead bodies9 Jun 2022US 2022/0175603 A1Shuttle Innovation Di Erio Zanon
- Removable customizable casket panel26 May 2022US 2022/0160569 A1Matthews International Corporation
- Removable customizable casket panel5 Dec 2019US 2019/0365588 A1Matthews International Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Corrugated fiberboard casket lid50US 4,773,134 AAmedco Funeral Supply, Inc. · 1988
- Snap-in recessed insert for dish of burial casket42US 5,495,648 ABatesville Casket Company, Inc. · 1996
- Wedge bar locking mechanism for burial casket41US 5,503,439 ABatesville Casket Company, Inc. · 1996
- Corrugated fiberboard casket lids39US 4,944,076 ABoyertown Casket Company · 1990
- Cap brace and bracket30US 5,570,493 ABatesville Casket Company, Inc. · 1996