Company patents

IKEA Supply AG

IKEA Supply AG's patent strategy reveals a surprising shift, with significant patenting activity in 2024 across multiple categories, including a remarkable +333.3% YoY growth in "Tables & Desks" (27.7% of portfolio) and +60.0% in "Fasteners" (20.0% of portfolio). However, the complete absence of new patents in 2025 across all listed categories, including a -100.0% YoY decline in "Furniture (Chairs, Beds)" and "Fasteners," suggests a dramatic re-evaluation or pause in its patenting efforts following the surge in 2024.

Patent Trend by Technology Area

Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

65 US filings (since 2023) · 8 categories · 13 themes

Modular Furniture Assembly

Design principles and connection methods that facilitate the easy assembly, disassembly, reconfiguration, or integration of functional modules and components in furniture systems.

FastenersTables & DesksFurniture (Chairs, Beds)
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20since 2023
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Secure & Organized Storagefiltered

Furniture designs that incorporate specialized compartments, locking mechanisms, or automated retrieval systems to secure, organize, or control access to stored items within cabinets, desks, or appliances.

Tables & Desks
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10since 2023
-71.4%YoY
Collapsible & Space-Saving Designs

Household articles engineered with mechanisms for folding, retracting, or collapsing to reduce their footprint, facilitate storage, or enable portability.

Furniture (Chairs, Beds)
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7since 2023
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Enhanced Comfort Bedding

Innovations in mattresses, pillows, and other soft furnishings designed to improve user comfort, support, temperature regulation, or provide therapeutic benefits.

Furniture (Chairs, Beds)
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6since 2023
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Sustainable Polymer Materials

Development and application of polymer compositions designed for reprocessability, recyclability, or incorporating sustainable additives, often featuring reversible bonds or bio-based components.

Polymer Working & Compounding
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6since 2023
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Multi-material Product Integration & Finishing

Techniques for combining multiple materials or layers, often with specialized surface treatments, coatings, or assembly methods, to create functional or aesthetically enhanced plastic articles, including consumer goods and encapsulated electronics.

Plastics Shaping & Molding
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6since 2023
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Automated Drawer & Rail Systems

Guide rails and associated drive mechanisms, often electric, designed for smooth, controlled, and sometimes automated movement of drawers, shelves, or other movable furniture parts within cabinets or assemblies.

Tables & Desks
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4since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Fluid & Air Bearing Systems

Bearings that utilize a pressurized gas or liquid film to create a non-contact support surface, reducing friction and wear, often incorporating specific flow restriction or airfoil designs.

Bearings & Shafts
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4since 2023
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Fiber Composite Layup & Curing

Methods and tooling for forming structural components from fibrous materials impregnated with resin, involving processes like prepreg handling, resin infusion, and co-bonding during curing.

Plastics Shaping & Molding
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3since 2023
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Hinge & Articulation Mechanisms

Mechanical assemblies designed to enable controlled rotational movement between components, often incorporating locking features, speed reduction, or eccentric adjustments for precise positioning.

Bearings & Shafts
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2since 2023
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Polymer Composites with Functional Fillers

Polymer compositions incorporating inorganic or organic filler materials to impart specific functional properties such as thermal conductivity, flame retardancy, electrical conductivity, or enhanced mechanical strength and dimensional stability.

Polymer Working & Compounding
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2since 2023
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Ergonomic & Actuated Comfort Features

Integration of mechanisms, sensors, and actuators to provide dynamic adjustments for user comfort, such as lumbar support, reclining positions, massage functions, or controlled movement.

Furniture (Chairs, Beds)
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1since 2023
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Advanced Functional Textiles

Development and application of textile materials with engineered properties such as waterproofing, thermal regulation, anti-cling, structural coloration, or enhanced filtration capabilities for specific performance needs.

Layered Products (Laminates, Films)
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1since 2023
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Patents

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Secure & Organized Storage
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US 20240090663 A1APPLICATION
A47B88/919

STORAGE SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONNECTABLE PLATE-SHAPED MEMBERS

Filed:2021-12-14Pub:2024-03-21
Applicant:IKEA Supply AG

The invention relates to a storage system ( 2 ) for storing items, wherein the storage system comprises a plurality of plate-shaped members ( 4, 6, 8 ), wherein each one of the plate-shaped members comprises an upper support surface for supporting said items. Each one of two of the plate-shaped members ( 4, 6, 8 ) comprises an engagement structure provided at an edge of the plate-shaped member, wherein the engagement structures are of complimentary shape and dimension for engagement, and wherein the plate-shaped members ( 4, 6, 8 ) are arrangeable side by side with the engagement structures in engagement so that the plate-shaped members jointly form a continuous sheet, wherein a first one ( 4 ) of the plate-shaped members comprises a first engagement structure ( 34 ) provided at an edge of the first plate-shaped member, wherein a second one ( 6 ) of the plate-shaped members comprises a second engagement structure ( 36 ) provided at an edge of the second plate-shaped member, and wherein the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure are of complimentary shape and dimension for allowing engagement, characterized in that each one of the first plate-shaped member ( 4 ) and the second plate-shaped member ( 6 ) is defined by an edge ( 42, 44 ) extending along a straight line at an opposite side of the respective plate-shaped member in relation to the engagement structure ( 34, 36 ), and wherein a third one ( 8 ) of the plate-shaped members comprises a third engagement structure ( 38 ) provided at an edge of the third plate-shaped member and a fourth engagement structure ( 40 ) provided at an edge of the third plate-shaped member, wherein the third engagement structure ( 38 ) and the fourth engagement structure ( 40 ) face in opposite directions, wherein the third engagement structure ( 38 ) and the first engagement structure ( 34 ) are of complimentary shape and dimension for allowing engagement, and wherein the fourth engagement structure ( 40 ) and the second engagement structure ( 36 ) are of complimentary shape and dimension for allowing engagement.