E05B 73/0023
Containers, boxes, cases or the like
Official title: {Containers, boxes, cases or the like, e.g. for compact discs or video-cassettes, specially adapted therefor}
E05B73/0023 (Containers, boxes, cases or the like) appears on 214 US grants and 178 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 214
- Published applications
- 178
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 286
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Key retention system for product packaging with retaining ear closed relief slot10 Mar 2026US 12,571,236 B2SEE Forming L.L.C.
- Merchandise anti-theft apparatus with adjustable locking arms3 Jun 2025US 12,320,164 B1Vanguard Products Group, Inc.
- Method and system for locking and unlocking22 Oct 2024US 12,123,225 B2Carrier Corporation
- Anti-counterfeiting assembly and packing box having the same17 Sep 2024US 12,091,888 B2Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Anti-theft device with adjustable locking arms for securing an article of merchandise9 Apr 2024US 11,952,803 B1Vanguard Products Group, Inc.
- Anti-theft device for blister packages and the like1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296757 A1Industrial Security Solutions, Corp.
- Adjustable anti-theft device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193906 A1Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
- Stackable storage containers with stacking self-lock and springless lock cleats18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168290 A1
- Retail security assembly6 Nov 2025US 2025/0341120 A1Sekura Global IP LLP
- Key retention system for product packaging with retaining ear closed relief slot24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237087 A1SEE Forming L.L.C.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magnetic locking mechanism for a security package67US 5,782,350 AAlpha Enterprises, Inc. · 1998
- Security case62US 5,598,728 AAutronic Plastics, Inc. · 1997
- Compact disc security container60US 5,597,068 AAlpha Enterprises, Inc. · 1997
- Cassette storage container58US 4,363,403 AVillage Mold Co., Inc. · 1982
- Method to prevent unauthorized use of cassette tape recorders and a device according to the method57US 4,131,001 A1978