D04B 23/00
Flat warp knitting machines
D04B23/00 (Flat warp knitting machines) appears on 204 US grants and 74 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 204
- Published applications
- 74
- Assignees
- 105
- Inventors
- 309
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- D04B 23/12Flat warp knitting machines: with provision for incorporating unlooped wefts extending from64
- D04B 23/10Flat warp knitting machines: for knitting through thread, fleece, or fabric layers57
- D04B 23/22Flat warp knitting machines: with special thread-guiding means34
- D04B 23/08Flat warp knitting machines: with provision for incorporating pile threads24
- D04B 23/02Flat warp knitting machines: with two sets of needles13
- D04B 23/16Flat warp knitting machines: specially adapted for producing fabrics, or article blanks12
- D04B 23/14Flat warp knitting machines: with provision for incorporating small auxiliary elements6
- D04B 23/06Flat warp knitting machines: for producing fabrics consisting of, or incorporating, elastic4
Recent patents
- Method of knitting warp knitted fabric and warp knitting machine7 Apr 2026US 12,595,600 B2Karl Mayer Stoll R&D GmbH
- Spacer fabric3 Mar 2026US 12,565,722 B2Mueller Textil GmbH
- Seamless elastic strap with forked structures and manufacturing method thereof31 Dec 2024US 12,180,626 B2Elastique Seamless Pte. Ltd.
- Garment multilayered-lining sewing process19 Mar 2024US 11,932,002 B2Ec Brand Com Imp Exp De Vest Em Geral Ltda
- Plush pile knitted product and knitting machine for the production thereof23 Jan 2024US 11,879,190 B2“Aglika Trade” Ood
- Warp-knitted integrated plush fabric and preparation method thereof12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071360 A1Sumec Textile Company Limited
- Yarn Holder with Movable yarn nozzle, Texture Structure, Fabric, Flyknit Fabric, and Weaving Process1 May 2025US 2025/0137177 A1Sincetech (Fujian) Technology Co., Ltd.
- Seamless elastic strap with forked structures and manufacturing method thereof31 Oct 2024US 2024/0360603 A1Elastique Seamless Pte. Ltd.
- Method of knitting warp knitted fabric and warp knitting machine24 Oct 2024US 2024/0352634 A1Karl Mayer Stoll R&D GmbH
- Warp knitting transverse moving device and warp knitting machine9 May 2024US 2024/0150942 A1Sumec Textile Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sheet material used to form portions of fasteners88US 4,770,917 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1988
- Sheet material used to form portions of fasteners83US 4,931,343 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1990
- Knitted wire carrier having bonded warp threads and method for forming same72US 5,416,961 ASchlegel Corporation · 1995
- Method and machine for producing multiaxial fibrous webs70US 6,585,842 B1Hexcel Fabrics · 2003
- Warp/knit reinforced structural fabric64US 5,809,805 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1998