B63B 7/00
Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels
Official title: Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels (collapsible, foldable or inflatable water sports boards B63B32/53; collapsible, foldable or inflatable canoes, kayaks or the like B63B34/23; foldable pontoons B63B35/36)
B63B7/00 (Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels) appears on 759 US grants and 534 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 759
- Published applications
- 534
- Assignees
- 301
- Inventors
- 1,103
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 1 |
| 2002 | 14 | 15 |
| 2003 | 25 | 14 |
| 2004 | 11 | 12 |
| 2005 | 14 | 19 |
| 2006 | 16 | 15 |
| 2007 | 11 | 25 |
| 2008 | 15 | 10 |
| 2009 | 10 | 13 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 11 | 17 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17 |
| 2013 | 13 | 21 |
| 2014 | 20 | 28 |
| 2015 | 22 | 19 |
| 2016 | 18 | 21 |
| 2017 | 21 | 15 |
| 2018 | 13 | 15 |
| 2019 | 15 | 27 |
| 2020 | 20 | 32 |
| 2021 | 24 | 35 |
| 2022 | 35 | 43 |
| 2023 | 24 | 36 |
| 2024 | 42 | 46 |
| 2025 | 19 | 13 |
| 2026 | 24 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Air couch bed6 Oct 2026US 12,752,882 B2Team Worldwide Corporation
- Portable and inflatable boat with self-secure and storage arrangement6 Oct 2026US 12,752,883 B2
- Unmanned trans-surface vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,747,002 B2Carillon Technologies Management Corporation
- Photography float29 Sep 2026US 12,748,344 B2
- Inflatable craft, in particular of the canoe type, and method for manufacturing said craft1 Sep 2026US 12,722,744 B2Safe Boat Equipment
- Deck Extension System17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274378 A1
- Floating wind turbine systems and methods13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235105 A1Aikido Technologies, Inc.
- Multi-passenger inflatable floating sundeck6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225688 A1Sunnyside Corporation
- Support surface for inflatable device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208825 A1
- Electric motorized watercraft23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208829 A1Ride Awake ApS
Most cited
By later US patents
- Inflatable article with reforming and reinforcing structure210US 4,547,919 A1985
- Inflatable boat valve and mounting therefor102US 4,478,587 A1984
- Container for sealingly containing a fluid70US 4,850,912 A1989
- Collapsible flotation device65US 6,485,344 B2Gray Matter Holdings, LLC · 2002
- Marine personnel rescue system and apparatus63US 5,597,335 A1997