F41J 9/20
With spring-operated throwing arm
Official title: with spring-operated throwing arm
F41J9/20 (With spring-operated throwing arm) appears on 49 US grants and 39 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41J- Granted patents
- 49
- Published applications
- 39
- Assignees
- 15
- Inventors
- 59
- Latest grant
- 23 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Clay target throwers and related methods23 Dec 2025US 12,504,260 B2Ferus Outdoors LLC
- Adjustable launchers25 Nov 2025US 12,480,748 B2Laporte Holding
- Target throwing machine25 Nov 2025US 12,480,749 B2Laporte Holding
- Throwing arm18 Nov 2025US 12,474,144 B2Laporte Holding
- Three target thrower system7 Oct 2025US 12,435,959 B2Laporte Holding
- Electronic shooting target throwing system26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085915 A1AOB Products Company
- Shooting target thrower29 May 2025US 2025/0172372 A1AOB Products Company
- Handheld shooting target thrower17 Apr 2025US 2025/0123086 A1AOB Products Company
- Shooting target thrower17 Oct 2024US 2024/0344813 A1AOB Products Company
- Throwing arm12 Sep 2024US 2024/0302142 A1Laporte Holding
Most cited
By later US patents
- Disk launcher38US 5,050,575 A1991
- Automatic single stack trap machine24US 7,263,986 B2Leader Components, Inc. · 2007
- Automatic throwing apparatus23US 6,159,112 ACreative Technology Applications, Inc. · 2000
- Doubles target trap20US 4,481,932 A1984
- Target launching device18US 9,086,257 B2Laporte Holding · 2015