PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16384477
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["002", "413000"]

Abstract:
The invention includes a protective headpiece and components thereof and methods for their use. Preferred examples comprise a helmet component, a plurality of piers joining said helmet component to a shoulder pad component and an inner hat component permitting the wearer the ability to move the head from side to side and/or up and down within the helmet component without moving the helmet component. The helmet component may comprise a plurality of fluid-filled floating plates or floats on the inner surface thereof to cushion the head against impact during activities including, for example, football, race car driving, military activities and the like.

Claim (Index 32):
A method for protecting a player's head from experiencing the full impact of a blow thereto comprising:\n a) placing a shoulder pad component on said player's upper body, said shoulder pad component structured to cover the shoulder blades of the player and comprising a hard shell with foam padding underneath, b) placing a helmet component on said player's head, said helmet component having an interior surface comprising a padding component, an exterior surface comprising an impact-resistant material, and a plurality of piers being integrated into the helmet component as part of the helmet manufacturing process, each pier of said plurality of piers being affixed to said shoulder pad component, respectively, to form a unitary engineered network effective to selectively transfer impact forces from the helmet component through the plurality of piers, and the shoulder pad component to the player's shoulders and body in preference to the player's head, neck and spine, and wherein the interior surface of said helmet component is adapted to permit the player to turn his or her head from side to side within the helmet component without the helmet component itself moving.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66667
- Patent Class: 2.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15057938', '16031451', '15262946', '14194901', '14804871']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6670518516881725
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5958038108660899
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6599270476059643
- Mean Citation Score: 398.23242000000016
- Max Citation Score: 530.0225
- Similarity Product: 477.5630793114008

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test