B31B 50/732
By folding or tucking-in locking flaps
Official title: {by folding or tucking-in locking flaps}
B31B50/732 (By folding or tucking-in locking flaps) appears on 102 US grants and 116 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31B- Granted patents
- 102
- Published applications
- 116
- Assignees
- 58
- Inventors
- 138
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2015 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 10 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10 |
| 2021 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 13 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 |
| 2025 | 5 | 9 |
| 2026 | 9 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tray with separable features22 Sep 2026US 12,741,781 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Container with liner8 Sep 2026US 12,729,035 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Container carrying package and method for constructing the same25 Aug 2026US 12,715,646 B2Ideal Beverage Carrier Company Inc.
- Carton for articles26 May 2026US 12,637,249 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Cup, a blank for a cup and a method of forming a cup21 Apr 2026US 12,606,342 B2Choose Planet A Limited
- Gusseted containers for food products1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296715 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Cup, a blank for a cup and a method of forming a cup27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250033 A1Choose Planet A Limited
- Cup, a blank for a cup, and a method of forming a cup9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192970 A1Choose Planet A Limited
- Arrangement to mount onto a horizontal-type automatic adhesive-free corrugated cardboard box machine and box mounting method21 May 2026US 2026/0138348 A1Cartocor S.A
- Arrangement to mount onto a vertical-type automatic adhesive-free corrugated cardboard box machine and box mounting method21 May 2026US 2026/0138349 A1Cartocor S.A
Most cited
By later US patents
- Carrier for containers48US 11,014,727 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc. · 2021
- Machine and method for forming reinforced polygonal containers from blanks38US 8,105,223 B2Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc. · 2012
- Carrier for containers36US 10,301,090 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc. · 2019
- Tray erector32US 6,186,931 B1Laminating Technologies, Inc. · 2001
- Carton, blank, and method of folding30US 10,106,290 B2WestRock Shared Services, LLC · 2018