D06F 95/008
Devices for keeping articles together during laundering
Official title: {Devices for keeping articles together during laundering, e.g. for keeping socks in pairs (D06F95/004 takes precedence); Devices for protecting or shielding certain parts of the articles during laundering, e.g. button protectors}
D06F95/008 (Devices for keeping articles together during laundering) appears on 128 US grants and 124 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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