PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15976688
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["052", "126600"]

Abstract:
An uplift-resisting assembly, connected to a top of a tubular member of a height adjustable structural column, acts to transfer load, particularly uplift loads imposed on the structure to which the column supports, therethrough and into the tubular member. The housing of the assembly is connected to the tubular member, which is connected to a base such as a footing. A threaded rod extends through the housing and into the tubular member. A top plate, connectable to a structure above is attached to the top of the threaded rod. An adjustment nut, threaded onto the threaded rod for adjusting the height of the column is sandwiched between the top of the housing and the top of the tubular member. The adjustment nut bears on the tubular member in compression and bears on the top of the housing during uplift, the uplift being transferred via the housing into the tubular member.

Claim (Index 1):
A structural column resistant to compression and uplift load by a structure thereabove comprising:\n an elongate, tubular member having a bore formed therethrough, an open bottom end and a closed top end, the closed top end having an opening therethrough; a housing, having a top with an opening formed therein and at least one side wall extending therefrom for connection to the tubular member for spacing the top of the housing above the top of the tubular and at least one open side; a threaded rod, extending through the opening in the top of the housing and the opening in the closed top end of the tubular member and into the bore thereof and retained therein; an adjustment nut threaded to the threaded rod and rotatably positioned between the top of the housing and the closed top end of the tubular member for adjusting an effective height of the column; a top plate connected to a top of the threaded rod adapted for attachment to the structure thereabove for transferring load from the structure to the threaded rod; and a bottom plate connected to a lower end of the tubular member, the bottom plate adapted for connecting to a base structure, wherein the adjustment nut bears against the top of the housing in uplift and against the closed top of the tubular member in compression.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 63.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.68852
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13844546', '15384042', '12473301', '12156155', '14410366']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8038779634790236
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4785298987056753
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7713431570016888
- Mean Citation Score: 187.29648200000003
- Max Citation Score: 213.67285
- Similarity Product: 166.43246323075294

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

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