D04B 9/22
Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles: with provision for changing the fabric
Official title: with provision for changing the fabric construction, e.g. from plain to rib-loop fabric
D04B9/22 (Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles: with provision for changing the fabric) appears on 12 US grants and 6 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 12
- Published applications
- 6
- Assignees
- 9
- Inventors
- 27
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Circular sock machine and a method for its use1 Sep 2026US 12,723,335 B2
- Process for realizing an upper for shoes and an upper for a shoe4 Mar 2025US 12,241,188 B2Jvc Holding Srl
- Circular knit shoe upper4 Feb 2025US 12,213,556 B2adidas AG
- Wool knitting machine23 Jul 2024US 12,043,930 B1
- Knitted article3 Jan 2023US 11,542,641 B2Medi GmbH & Co. KG
- Circular knit shoe upper5 Jun 2025US 2025/0176656 A1adidas AG
- Circular sock machine and a method for its use25 Apr 2024US 2024/0133088 A1
- Process for realizing an upper for shoes and an upper for a shoe20 May 2021US 2021/0148018 A1Jvc Holding Srl
- Circular knit shoe upper11 Jul 2019US 2019/0208862 A1adidas AG
- Knitted article20 Sep 2018US 2018/0266023 A1Medi GmbH & Co. KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Convertible circular knitting machine11US 5,613,375 ASara Lee Corporation · 1997
- Knitting machine for and method of knitting high density fabrics5US 6,199,409 B1Precision Fukuhara Works, Ltd. · 2001
- Knitted article3US 11,542,641 B2Medi GmbH & Co. KG · 2023
- Wool knitting machine2US 12,043,930 B12024
- Circular knit shoe upper2US 12,213,556 B2adidas AG · 2025