Company patents
LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.
LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP. exhibits a surprisingly diversified patent strategy beyond its core hardware, with significant activity in consumer goods like Tables & Desks (18.3% of portfolio) and Containers & Packaging (16.7%), the latter showing an emerging focus with a +200.0% YoY growth in 2026 so far. While traditional areas like Locks & Keys and Fasteners remain relevant, the company also shows a notable, albeit smaller, presence in Electrical Power and Electronics Hardware, suggesting a broader technological ambition.
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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.
60 US filings (since 2023) · 10 categories · 14 themes
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.
Design principles and connection methods that facilitate the easy assembly, disassembly, reconfiguration, or integration of functional modules and components in furniture systems.
Display systems and digital tags specifically designed for retail environments, including mounting structures for shelves, product information display, and integration with inventory or item data management.
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.
Methods and materials used to construct robust and protective enclosures for electronic devices, focusing on structural integrity, impact resistance, thermal dissipation, and specialized material properties for enhanced durability.
Methods and structures for integrating and enclosing electronic components into compact, multi-functional modules, often involving embedded components, multi-layer substrates, and electromagnetic shielding for performance and miniaturization.
Development of polymer compositions and material structures for electrical insulation and protective sheathing of cables, focusing on properties like flame retardancy, flexibility, and semiconductivity.
Household articles engineered with mechanisms for folding, retracting, or collapsing to reduce their footprint, facilitate storage, or enable portability.
Systems designed for rapid and secure attachment and detachment of devices or components to a main support structure, often employing snap-fit, clamping, or magnetic mechanisms for convenience and flexibility.
Techniques and structural designs for fabricating the physical layers of an OLED display, including material deposition, patterning, and methods to protect the active organic layers from environmental degradation like moisture and oxygen.
Techniques and structural designs for assembling multiple display modules or panels to create a larger, continuous display with minimized visible seams, uniform light emission, and robust mechanical integrity.
Structural elements within a container designed to secure, separate, cushion, or otherwise protect individual items or groups of contents from movement, shock, or damage.
Fastening solutions tailored for demanding conditions such as high pressure, corrosion, specific loads, or requiring watertight sealing, often involving specialized materials or coatings.
Fasteners designed to release or change state under specific triggers, such as a predefined force, pressure differential, or through active mechanical control.
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