A45B WALKING STICKS (walking aids, e.g. sticks, for blind persons A61H3/06); UMBRELLAS; LADIES' OR LIKE FANS (cane or umbrella stands or holders A47G25/12)
Description
A45B encompasses portable hand-held articles designed for personal use during travel or daily activities, including walking sticks (canes and staffs), umbrellas, and decorative fans. The classification covers the structural design, materials, mechanisms, and functional features of these articles, such as handles, shafts, canopy structures, hinges, and deployment systems. Inventions relating to improvements in comfort, durability, portability, or novel functionality of such articles fall within this scope. Related functional accessories and components integral to these devices are also included.
15 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A45B 1/00 Sticks with supporting, hanging or carrying means
- A45B 11/00 Umbrellas characterised by their shape or attachment
- A45B 13/00 Umbrellas made of paper
- A45B 15/00 Umbrellas with detachable covers
- A45B 17/00 Tiltable umbrellas
- A45B 19/00 Special folding or telescoping of umbrellas
- A45B 21/00 Umbrellas convertible into walking sticks
- A45B 2200/00 Details not otherwise provided for in A45B
- A45B 23/00 Other umbrellas
- A45B 25/00 Details of umbrellas (sticks for umbrellas A45B1/00 - A45B9/00; illuminating devices for umbrellas A45B3/02; )
- A45B 27/00 Ladies' or like fans
- A45B 3/00 Sticks combined with other objects
- A45B 5/00 Walking sticks or umbrellas convertible into seats; Hunting sticks
- A45B 7/00 Other sticks, e.g. of cranked shape
- A45B 9/00 Details
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A45, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- L'OREAL FR 3,874
- DYSON GB 1,223
- AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION KR 877
- SEB FR 842
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 741
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 613
- L'OREAL 555
- ELC MANAGEMENT US 554
- YONWOO COMPANY KR 535
- ALBEA SERVICES FR 523