D06C 3/00
Stretching, tentering or spreading textile fabrics
Official title: Stretching, tentering or spreading textile fabrics; Producing elasticity in textile fabrics (shaping or stretching tubular fabrics upon cores or internal frames D06C5/00)
D06C3/00 (Stretching, tentering or spreading textile fabrics) appears on 366 US grants and 196 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06C- Granted patents
- 366
- Published applications
- 196
- Assignees
- 198
- Inventors
- 627
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 4 | 14 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 | 12 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 5 | 2 |
| 2010 | 7 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 10 |
| 2014 | 3 | 10 |
| 2015 | 9 | 18 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11 |
| 2017 | 16 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11 |
| 2020 | 12 | 16 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 | 4 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- D06C 3/02Stretching, tentering or spreading textile fabrics: by endless chain or like apparatus116
- D06C 3/06Stretching, tentering or spreading textile fabrics: by rotary disc, roller, or like103
- D06C 3/08Stretching, tentering or spreading textile fabrics: by frames or like apparatus60
- D06C 3/10Hooks, pin-blocks, or like apparatus16
Recent patents
- Briefs for male wearers and method for manufacturing same25 Aug 2026US 12,714,155 B2Aswemove International, Inc.
- Coated fabric and air bag comprising the same4 Aug 2026US 12,698,587 B2Kolon Industries, Inc.
- Expansion joint mount7 Jul 2026US 12,674,262 B1
- Stretch layered sheet, disposable wearing article, and method and device for manufacturing stretch layered sheet14 Apr 2026US 12,599,513 B2Zuiko Corporation
- Process for manufacturing a polymer nonwoven, process for using a semifinished nonwoven product and process for using a polymer nonwoven6 Jan 2026US 12,516,459 B2Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Körpershaft des öffentlichen Rechts
- System and method for stretching fabric items24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283287 A1CreateMe Technologies LLC
- Spreading device, method for spreading a flat material web, spreading roller, and use of an individual spreading element on such a spreading roller20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242170 A1
- Non-woven fabric with elasticity in warp direction and manufacturing method thereof23 Oct 2025US 2025/0327238 A1Golden Phoenix Fiberwebs, Inc.
- Thrust reverser comprising means facilitating the mounting of a membrane for sealing off the secondary flow path31 Jul 2025US 2025/0243826 A1Safran Nacelles
- Artificial leather and production method therefor, and composite artificial leather10 Jul 2025US 2025/0223756 A1Toray Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Post-treatment of nonwoven webs153US 5,244,482 AThe University of Tennessee Research Corporation · 1993
- Process and product thereof for stretching a non-woven web of an orientable polymeric fiber145US 4,223,059 ABiax-Fiberfilm Corporation · 1980
- Fabric with reduced permeability to down and fiber fill and method of producing same83US 4,619,864 ASprings Industries, Inc. · 1986
- Stretchable meltblown fabric with barrier properties74US 5,492,753 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1996
- Apparatus for stretching a non-woven web or an orientable polymeric material73US 4,285,100 ABiax-Fiberfilm Corporation · 1981