PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16058586
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["052", "710000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a precursor for a clip and a clip formed by the precursor. The clip is configured for mounting a furring channel to a load-bearing member and is a generally U-shaped member having a pair of sidewalls, each of which includes a pair of tabs projecting therefrom. The clip is arranged to receive the load-bearing member between its sidewalls, such that the tabs can be snap-fit under inwardly directed flanges of the furring channel. Also disclosed is a method of forming the clip from the precursor, by bending portions of the precursor to form the sidewalls of the clip, and a method for mounting a furring channel onto a load-bearing member using the clip.

Claim (Index 8):
A precursor for a clip for mounting a furring channel to a load-bearing member, the load-bearing member having a top surface of a first width, the furring channel being a hollow member having a bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls spaced apart by a second width and projecting upward from the bottom wall, each of said sidewalls terminating at an inwardly directed flange having a free edge, the free edges of the inwardly directed flanges being spaced apart by a third width that is less than the second width, said precursor being a generally planar sheet comprising:\n a) a first panel having an end edge, a pair of inwardly directed angled edges, a pair of side edges located below said inwardly directed angled edges, and a fold line, said fold line extending parallel to said end edge of said first panel, each of said side edges of said first panel including a tab projecting outward therefrom, each of said tabs of said first panel including an inclined undersurface and a top surface; b) a second panel having an end edge, a pair of inwardly directed angled edges, a pair of side edges located below said inwardly directed angled edges, and a fold line, said fold line extending parallel to said end edge of said second panel, each of said side edges of said second panel including a tab projecting outward therefrom, each of said tabs of said second panel including an inclined undersurface and a top surface; and c) two spaced apart bridging strips interposed side by side between said fold lines of said first and second panels, said first and second panels being configured to be folded along said fold lines into a generally U-shaped load-bearing clip to enable an undersurface of said bridging strips to be disposed on the top surface of the load-bearing member, with the tabs of said first and second panels configured to be snap-fit under respective portions of the flanges of the furring channel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23636
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15641730', '15883282', '15305814', '13587732', '12224631']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8045135416957192
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6102074136448511
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7850829288906324
- Mean Citation Score: 293.10496
- Max Citation Score: 537.11865
- Similarity Product: 529.5911140358361

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

Dataset: test