F16B 12/44
Leg joints
Official title: Leg joints; Corner joints
F16B12/44 (Leg joints) appears on 707 US grants and 651 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
- 707
- Published applications
- 651
- Assignees
- 401
- Inventors
- 1,106
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 18 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11 | 13 |
| 2003 | 8 | 10 |
| 2004 | 4 | 15 |
| 2005 | 8 | 9 |
| 2006 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 11 |
| 2008 | 2 | 12 |
| 2009 | 7 | 19 |
| 2010 | 5 | 14 |
| 2011 | 4 | 13 |
| 2012 | 13 | 15 |
| 2013 | 9 | 27 |
| 2014 | 16 | 21 |
| 2015 | 14 | 31 |
| 2016 | 20 | 35 |
| 2017 | 34 | 55 |
| 2018 | 31 | 52 |
| 2019 | 42 | 50 |
| 2020 | 54 | 53 |
| 2021 | 39 | 48 |
| 2022 | 32 | 33 |
| 2023 | 38 | 31 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 |
| 2025 | 28 | 31 |
| 2026 | 10 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16B 12/46Non-metal corner connections300
- F16B 12/50Metal corner connections145
- F16B 12/52Metal leg connections83
- F16B 2012/446With three-dimensional corner element, the legs thereof being inserted in hollow frameIndexing code75
- F16B 12/48Non-metal leg connections33
- F16B 2012/443With two-dimensional corner element, the legs thereof being inserted in hollow frameIndexing code26
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Attaching means for members at an angle to one another181US 3,950,915 AEmpire Sheet Metal Mfg. Co. Ltd. · 1976
- Stackable interlocking modular storage system161US 5,466,058 AOne Two One Systems, Inc. · 1995
- Adjustable L-shaped mounting bracket138US 4,949,929 A1990
- Combined display case134US 5,470,139 A1995
- Interaction-high density stacking chair114US 5,123,702 AShelby Williams Industries, Inc. · 1992