A42C MANUFACTURING OR TRIMMING HEAD COVERINGS, e.g. HATS
Introduced: September 1968
Description
A42C encompasses processes and machinery for manufacturing, assembling, and finishing head coverings including hats, caps, bonnets, and similar headwear. This subclass covers techniques such as blocking, shaping, stitching, binding, and application of trimmings or decorative elements to headwear. It includes both hand tools and automated equipment used in hat production, as well as methods for cutting, forming, and joining hat components from various materials such as felt, straw, fabric, or leather.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 5 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- A42C 2/00 Manufacturing helmets by processes not otherwise provided for since 1990 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A42C 3/00 Miscellaneous appliances for hat-making, e.g. for making wire forms for hat-frames (sewing-machines for straw hats D05B; sewing- machines for making hat-brims D05B); Apparatus for changing the form or size of finished hats IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A42C 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class A42,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 411
- BELL SPORTS US 256
- MIPS SE 221
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 148
- GENTEX CORPORATION US 129
- KASK IT 122
- PFANNER SCHUTZBEKLEIDUNG AT 114
- GUANGDONG POWER GRID CORPORATION 107
- GU ZHENGHUI 88
- MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION US 82
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class A42,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 277
- BELL SPORTS US 265
- MIPS SE 225
- GENTEX CORPORATION US 150
- KASK IT 125
- PFANNER SCHUTZBEKLEIDUNG AT 115
- NIKE US 107
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 102
- STRYKER CORPORATION US 95
- ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 92