E04B 1/343
Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts
Official title: Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport (movable roof parts E04B7/16; floatable buildings B63B; small prefabricated buildings, transportable as a whole, E04H1/12; small garages E04H6/02; tents or canopies, in general E04H15/00)
E04B1/343 (Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts) appears on 1,844 US grants and 1,776 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04B- Granted patents
- 1,844
- Published applications
- 1,776
- Assignees
- 913
- Inventors
- 2,978
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 29 | 0 |
| 1977 | 24 | 0 |
| 1978 | 28 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 25 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 19 | 0 |
| 1985 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 35 | 0 |
| 1988 | 29 | 0 |
| 1989 | 30 | 0 |
| 1990 | 25 | 0 |
| 1991 | 25 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 30 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33 | 5 |
| 2002 | 19 | 16 |
| 2003 | 18 | 27 |
| 2004 | 16 | 27 |
| 2005 | 15 | 37 |
| 2006 | 18 | 43 |
| 2007 | 9 | 37 |
| 2008 | 9 | 44 |
| 2009 | 16 | 37 |
| 2010 | 30 | 52 |
| 2011 | 25 | 58 |
| 2012 | 27 | 55 |
| 2013 | 32 | 45 |
| 2014 | 50 | 79 |
| 2015 | 84 | 112 |
| 2016 | 70 | 84 |
| 2017 | 71 | 105 |
| 2018 | 80 | 91 |
| 2019 | 101 | 97 |
| 2020 | 84 | 119 |
| 2021 | 89 | 127 |
| 2022 | 78 | 108 |
| 2023 | 93 | 98 |
| 2024 | 80 | 118 |
| 2025 | 80 | 85 |
| 2026 | 61 | 70 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- E04B 1/34315Characterised by separable parts703
- E04B 1/344With hinged parts570
- E04B 1/34336Structures movable as a whole505
- E04B 1/34384Assembling details for foldable, separable, collapsible or retractable structures257
- E04B 1/34305Telescopic184
- E04B 1/346Rotary buildings75
- E04B 1/34363With provisions to raise or lower the whole structure52
- E04B 1/3455Wheeled arch-type structures24
Recent patents
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- Storage shed29 Sep 2026US 12,747,578 B2Suncast Technologies, LLC
- Optimized wall structure of a prefab modular shed29 Sep 2026US 12,747,579 B2Yixiang Blow Molding Furniture Co., Ltd.
- Storage shed29 Sep 2026US 12,747,598 B2Suncast Technologies, LLC
- Portable restroom22 Sep 2026US 12,740,676 B2Jag Mobile Solutions, Inc.
- Reconfigurable prefabricated building with steel structure8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308904 A1
- An expandable building24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286678 A1Arzyz UK Ltd.
- Tether system for collapsible structure24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286679 A1trac9, LLC
- Portable Restroom17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272238 A1Jag Mobile Solutions, Inc.
- Modular Workspace System17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275708 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Collapsible portable containerized shelter214US 5,761,854 AWeatherhaven Resources Ltd. · 1998
- System for modular building construction152US 7,827,738 B22010
- Digital flexural materials134US 9,566,758 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2017
- Portable refrigerated storage unit124US 5,966,956 AShelter Technologies, Inc. · 1999
- Shape-morphing space frame apparatus using unit cell bistable elements122US 9,783,977 B2University of South Florida · 2017