D04B 15/36
For flat-bed knitting machines
Official title: for flat-bed knitting machines
D04B15/36 (For flat-bed knitting machines) appears on 105 US grants and 33 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 105
- Published applications
- 33
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 99
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Needle bed and needle combination for flat knitting machine and needle selection mechanism19 May 2026US 12,630,952 B2
- Knit lower-body garment23 Jan 2024US 11,877,605 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Method for knitting three-dimensional fabric with variable thickness through a flat knitting machine2 May 2023US 11,639,566 B2Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co., Ltd.
- System and method for manufacturing custom-sized garments6 Dec 2022US 11,519,109 B2Bolt Threads, Inc.
- Flat knitting machine structure with adjustable gap between two knock-over bits26 Apr 2022US 11,313,058 B2Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co., Ltd.
- Knit lower-body garment4 Apr 2024US 2024/0108084 A1
- Blanket weaving device and a method thereof7 Sep 2023US 2023/0279587 A1
- Needle bed and needle combination for flat knitting machine and needle selection mechanism11 May 2023US 2023/0146969 A1
- Knit lower-body garment19 May 2022US 2022/0151313 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Method of whole garment knitting in horizontal direction along the back center22 Apr 2021US 2021/0115602 A1Jiangnan University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flat-bed knitting machine and method of knitting123US 6,158,250 ANovacept · 2000
- Flat knitting machine having four opposed needle beds17US 4,100,766 AUniversal Maschinenfabrik Dr. Rudolf Schieber GmbH & Co. KG · 1978
- Knitting-transfer cam unit for V-bed flat knitting machines with slider needles16US 4,474,037 AUniversal Maschinenfabrik · 1984
- Modified jersey knit fabric and methods of making the same15US 9,551,095 B22017
- Flat knitting machine having needle selector device14US 4,490,994 AH. Stoll GmbH & Co. · 1985