William L. King
97Patents
23h-index
67Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 30, 1977 → Feb 26, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4895230A | Collapsible softside luggage case with self-erecting feature | Human Necessities | 91 | Expired |
| US4759431A | Travel bag with combination pull handle and auxiliary bag strap | Human Necessities | 72 | Expired |
| US4802096A | Controlled direction non-contact detection system for automatic guided vehicles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 60 | Expired |
| USD317081S | Duffle bag | General | 59 | Expired |
| US5253739A | Wheeled flight bag with retractable pull handle | Human Necessities | 56 | Expired |
| US6076641A | Large-wheeled luggage case | Human Necessities | 51 | Expired |
| US4693368A | Combination garment bag and packing case luggage article | Human Necessities | 48 | Expired |
| US5943936A | Wheeled luggage case with extendable handle | Human Necessities | 44 | Expired |
| USD352395S | Wheeled luggage case | General | 42 | Expired |
| US5758752A | Automatically extendable and retractable wheel assembly for luggage | Human Necessities | 40 | Expired |
| US5630521A | Ergonomic upright wheeled luggage | Human Necessities | 38 | Expired |
| USD361662S | Satchel | General | 36 | Expired |
| USD308760S | Attache case | General | 32 | Expired |
| US9468277B2 | Retractable spinner wheels for a luggage case | Human Necessities | 31 | Active |
| USD360756S | Molded luggage case | General | 30 | Expired |
| USD362548S | Wheeled luggage case | General | 29 | Expired |
| US6533086B1 | Ergonomic upright wheeled luggage | Human Necessities | 28 | Expired |
| US5593009A | Retractable auxiliary luggage attachment mechanism and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US7900758B2 | Carry-on case for conforming to the curved shape of an overhead carry-on luggage compartment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| USD383604S | Multi-wheeled luggage case | General | 26 | Expired |
| USD389308S | Multi-wheeled luggage case | General | 25 | Expired |
| US5762169A | Retractable auxiliary luggage case attachment and security tether mechanism and method | Human Necessities | 23 | Expired |
| US5713083A | Thin-walled plastic hat structure | Human Necessities | 23 | Expired |
| US4707297A | Removable guidepath for automated guidance vehicles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US5501308A | Retractable incrementally adjusting auxiliary luggage attachment mechanism and method | Human Necessities | 20 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.