E05B 65/5292
Gravity - or orientation sensitive mechanisms
Official title: {Gravity - or orientation sensitive mechanisms, e.g. to prevent opening when wrongside-up}
E05B65/5292 (Gravity - or orientation sensitive mechanisms) appears on 33 US grants and 22 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 33
- Published applications
- 22
- Assignees
- 13
- Inventors
- 39
- Latest grant
- 16 Sep 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Lock, in particular rubbish bin lock16 Sep 2025US 12,415,675 B2S. Franzen Sohne (GmbH & Co.)
- Locking device and method1 Jul 2025US 12,344,467 B2Serio-Us Industries, Inc.
- Tamper resistant gravity latch8 Apr 2025US 12,270,232 B2
- Lock device for a waste receiving device and waste receiving device with such a lock device6 Dec 2022US 11,518,611 B2Sudhaus GmbH
- Gravity-actuated latch mechanism26 Jul 2022US 11,396,763 B2
- Locking device for residential dumpster and methods9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193026 A1Serio-Us Industries, Inc.
- Work machine25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176893 A1Kubota Corporation
- Locking device and method23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326574 A1Serio-Us Industries, Inc.
- Lock, in particular rubbish bin lock9 Jan 2025US 2025/0011077 A1S. Franzen Sohne (GmbH & Co.)
- Tamper resistant gravity latch25 Jan 2024US 2024/0026711 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gravity locking mechanism employing first and second pendulums for securing the lid of a refuse container57US 5,415,314 A1995
- Luggage latch mechanism49US 4,094,392 ASamsonite Corporation · 1978
- Safe locking mechanism41US 6,318,134 B1Mossberg Safe Systems, Inc. · 2001
- Slide latch gravity lock26US 4,865,368 ASmith Corona Corporation · 1989
- Closure device for suitcases, briefcases or the like15US 5,106,132 AS. Franzen Sohne (GmbH & Co.) · 1992