B31B 50/262
Involving folding, leading, or trailing flaps of blanks
Official title: {involving folding, leading, or trailing flaps of blanks}
B31B50/262 (Involving folding, leading, or trailing flaps of blanks) appears on 174 US grants and 188 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31B- Granted patents
- 174
- Published applications
- 188
- Assignees
- 108
- Inventors
- 354
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
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| 2018 | 13 | 12 |
| 2019 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 9 | 14 |
| 2021 | 10 | 11 |
| 2022 | 10 | 23 |
| 2023 | 18 | 12 |
| 2024 | 15 | 23 |
| 2025 | 10 | 17 |
| 2026 | 16 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Slide rail base and auxiliary folding fixture22 Sep 2026US 12,741,439 B2
- Method of assembling a casket from a foldable blank8 Sep 2026US 12,728,059 B2Vandor Group, Inc.
- Folding carton and folding carton blank for packaging cosmetic compositions8 Sep 2026US 12,729,036 B2Wella Germany GmbH
- Container carrying package and method for constructing the same25 Aug 2026US 12,715,646 B2Ideal Beverage Carrier Company Inc.
- Box forming apparatus4 Aug 2026US 12,697,795 B2Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
- Paper protective case for clip-on packaging and device for manufacturing the same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285536 A1Kingston Digital, Inc.
- Carrier for containers2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184482 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Carrier for containers2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184483 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Package for containers11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159295 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Package for containers11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159296 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Insulated box assembly with overlapping panels99US 10,843,840 B2Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC · 2020
- Insulated box assembly with overlapping panels82US 10,858,141 B2Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC · 2020
- Carton formation system61US 5,106,359 A1992
- Insulated box assembly with overlapping panels56US 11,203,458 B2Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC · 2021
- Machine and method for forming reinforced polygonal containers from blanks38US 8,105,223 B2Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc. · 2012