Company Analysis

La-Z-Boy Incorporated (LZB)

NYSE: LZB · Household Furniture · Monroe, MI · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.7
◀ Past 7.4● Present 6.9▶ Future 5.9

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

228 patents granted to the 3 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to La-Z-Boy Incorporated’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
228
174 utility, 54 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against none in 2024 and 4 in 2023
Applications published
83
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Furniture, games11
Audio-visual technology1
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy1
Other consumer goods1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
La-Z-Boy Incorporated its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
163 granted
74 published
La-Z-Boy Chair Co. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
65 granted
0 published
La-Z-Boy Incorporated its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
9 published
Names not counted (1)
England, Inc.
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 25, 202512,478,185Reclining chaise mechanismFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Dec 19, 202311,844,432Furniture motion control systemFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Nov 14, 202311,814,253Furniture handling strapOther consumer goodsLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Jun 13, 202311,672,348Furniture member having lumbar adjustment mechanismFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Apr 11, 202311,622,629Wall-proximity furniture member having sync mechanismFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
May 10, 202211,324,324Furniture member having lumbar adjustment mechanismFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Mar 29, 202211,284,724Furniture member having lumbar adjustment mechanismFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Dec 14, 202111,197,549Wall-proximity furniture member having sync mechanismFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Oct 5, 202111,137,810USB charger with automatic sleep modeElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Oct 5, 202111,134,778Reclining chaiseFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Feb 20, 20252025/0057312MODULAR FURNITURE ASSEMBLYFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Nov 7, 20242024/0365982ROCKING FURNITURE MEMBER WITH POWER SYNCHRONOUS MECHANISMFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Aug 1, 20242024/0251955FURNITURE ITEM WITH CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLYMechanical elementsLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Aug 1, 20242024/0251950ROCKING FURNITURE MEMBERFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Jul 25, 20242024/0250558Furniture Item With Wireless ChargerFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Jul 18, 20242024/0239584PACKAGING FOR FURNITURE CONSOLEHandlingLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Jun 6, 20242024/0180332Rocking And Reclining Wall Proximity Furniture MemberFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Feb 1, 20242024/0032707SMART FURNITURE NETWORK AND MOTION CONTROL SYSTEMControlLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
Sep 21, 20232023/0292922RECLINING CHAISE MECHANISMFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated · patent 12,478,185 granted from it
Aug 18, 20222022/0257021Furniture Member Having Lumbar Adjustment MechanismFurniture, gamesLa-Z-Boy Incorporated · patent 11,672,348 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Furniture, games 5 · Control 1 · Handling 1 · Mechanical elements 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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