D04B 1/246
Upper torso garments
Official title: {Upper torso garments, e.g. sweaters, shirts, leotards}
D04B1/246 (Upper torso garments) appears on 249 US grants and 263 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 249
- Published applications
- 263
- Assignees
- 119
- Inventors
- 381
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 9 | 12 |
| 2004 | 13 | 17 |
| 2005 | 8 | 10 |
| 2006 | 7 | 12 |
| 2007 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 7 | 9 |
| 2009 | 7 | 6 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 9 |
| 2016 | 4 | 11 |
| 2017 | 11 | 12 |
| 2018 | 4 | 22 |
| 2019 | 17 | 20 |
| 2020 | 10 | 16 |
| 2021 | 15 | 12 |
| 2022 | 12 | 15 |
| 2023 | 14 | 16 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 | 13 |
| 2026 | 5 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Knitted garment collar comprising a first curved flexible portion and a second structured stitch curved rigid portion, method for manufacturing such a collar and garment comprising such a collar15 Sep 2026US 12,733,703 B2Lacoste Operations
- Clothing articles having ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene8 Sep 2026US 12,729,463 B2Sheertex Inc.
- Knitted fabric article2 Jun 2026US 12,642,318 B2Medi GmbH & Co. KG
- Biomimetic thermal regulating fabric and method for constructing the same10 Mar 2026US 12,571,139 B2City University of Hong Kong
- Upper torso garment with varied tuck binder knit structure17 Feb 2026US 12,553,160 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Textile configured to promote cooling hem and seam construction1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297817 A1
- Moisture wicking and perspiration concealing textile9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192544 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Plush mattress protector25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176803 A1Suzhou Renrui Network Technology Co., Ltd
- Turned welt with moisture management11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159999 A1Drymax Technologies, Inc.
- Multi-zone thermoformed seamless knitted textile panel28 May 2026US 2026/0146375 A1Amer Sports Canada Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Garment for the medical monitoring of a patient99US 7,319,895 B2Tam-Telesante · 2008
- Substantially seamless brassiere, and blank and method for making same89US 6,287,168 B1Alba-Waldensian, Inc. · 2001
- Seamless upper body garment83US 7,395,557 B1Cass and Crew, L.L.C. · 2008
- Methods for stabilizing physical dimensions and positioning of knitted electrodes of a knitted garment82US 9,598,799 B2Healthwatch Ltd. · 2017
- Preseamed and preformed knitted garments and method of making same79US 3,985,003 AJ. P. Stevens & Co., Inc. · 1976