PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934580
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["297", "08500R"]

Abstract:
A high-load recline mechanism may include a first pair of linkage mechanisms positioned proximate a right side of a base and may also include a second pair of linkage mechanisms positioned proximate the left side of the base. The first pair of linkage mechanisms may be coupled together such that they both move between a closed position and a fully reclined position in unison. The second pair of linkage mechanisms may also be coupled together such that they both move between a closed position and a fully reclined position in unison. A motor drive tube may be coupled to the each of the inside linkage mechanisms of each pair of mechanisms in order to drive all of the linkage mechanisms between the closed position and the fully reclined position in unison. A linear actuator may be coupled between the motor drive tube and the base to actuate the recline mechanism.

Claim (Index 1):
A linkage mechanism for a seating unit comprising:\n a base having a forward portion associated with a front portion of a seating unit, a rearward portion associated with a rear portion of the seating unit, a right side portion associated with a right side of the seating unit, and a left side portion associated with a left side of the seating unit; and a pivot link having a first end pivotally connected to the base proximate the right side portion; the pivot link comprising:\n (A) a substantially planar, oblong body; \n (B) an inner surface that faces the left side portion when the linkage mechanism is installed in the seating unit; \n (C) an outer surface that faces away from the left side portion when the linkage mechanism is installed in the seating unit; and \n (D) a flange projecting transversely from the substantially planar, oblong body towards the right side portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.1
- Patent Class: 297.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15657425', '13295223', '13903645', '15660560', '14064700']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8192007211710752
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5059264077768083
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7878732898316485
- Mean Citation Score: 336.012208
- Max Citation Score: 359.9366
- Similarity Product: 294.6213378017425

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

Dataset: test