B62B 2203/20
Grasping, holding, supporting the objects: using forks or tines
Official title: using forks or tines
B62B2203/20 (Grasping, holding, supporting the objects: using forks or tines) appears on 172 US grants and 176 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62B- Granted patents
- 172
- Published applications
- 176
- Assignees
- 91
- Inventors
- 349
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 7 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 7 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9 |
| 2018 | 4 | 10 |
| 2019 | 11 | 10 |
| 2020 | 13 | 13 |
| 2021 | 14 | 12 |
| 2022 | 8 | 13 |
| 2023 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 13 |
| 2025 | 7 | 16 |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B62B 2203/28Guiding the forks into the palletsIndexing code44
- B62B 2203/24Changing the position of the fork or supportsIndexing code37
- B62B 2203/22The fork comprising more than two tinesIndexing code19
- B62B 2203/21The objects being supported between the tinesIndexing code14
- B62B 2203/29Stops on the tines to arrest the pallets or other objectsIndexing code14
- B62B 2203/26The fork being independent from the supporting arms in which the wheelsIndexing code11
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By later US patents
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