F16B 47/00
Suction cups for attaching purposes
Official title: Suction cups for attaching purposes; Equivalent means using adhesives {(devices using adhesives, suction or magnetism for hanging or supporting pictures or the like A47G1/17; vacuum work holders B25B11/005; anchoring of ships using suction B63B21/27; suction cups for handling glass B65G49/061; load-engaging elements for cranes using suction means B66C1/02)}
F16B47/00 (Suction cups for attaching purposes) appears on 801 US grants and 934 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Deployable robotic arm mount29 Sep 2026US 12,746,659 B2Verifi Technologies, LLC
- Suction cup article for a urinal screen29 Sep 2026US 12,747,571 B2
- Relating to shower rods15 Sep 2026US 12,733,765 B2Norcros Group (Holdings) Limited
- Fast-detaching structure25 Aug 2026US 12,716,546 B2Shanghai Maodouya Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd.
- High reliability, high precision, releasable mounting systems and methods18 Aug 2026US 12,709,236 B2Heath Consultants Incorporated
- Directionally peelable suction sealing apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298282 A1
- Case and mount system for handheld electronic device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299649 A1Rokform IP LLC
- Maintenance support and maintenance support assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276140 A1
- Retention device and method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233416 A1
- Slab cutting system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233431 A1Raimondi S.P.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adjustable device for mounting an electronic imaging camera to a surface by vacuum151US 4,863,130 A1989
- Stable vacuum mounting plate adapter124US 7,296,979 B2Faro Technologies, Inc. · 2007
- Harness retainer stud118US 4,822,224 AChrysler Motors Corporation · 1989
- Multi-position articulating mounting apparatus for an electronic device106US 6,663,064 B1Garmin Ltd. · 2003
- Article support using stretch releasing adhesives104US 5,507,464 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1996