PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16360184
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["224", "153000"]

Abstract:
Bags or carriers are provided that can be transformed into protective vests and used as body armor and ballistic shields. The carriers can be assembled in a first arrangement that enables individuals to store and transport items. The carriers can quickly and easily be converted to or deployed in a second arrangement which enables the individuals to wear the carriers as protective vests. One or more shoulder straps can be detached from the carriers for use as tourniquets, doorway securing structures, and tools for dragging injured victims.

Claim (Index 11):
A carrier for providing protection, the carrier comprising:\n a housing that is configured to be assembled as a carrier in a first configuration and deploy a protective vest in a second configuration, wherein the housing comprises a plurality of compartments including at least a first compartment and second compartment when the housing is assembled as a carrier in the first configuration; a pull cord that assists with transitioning from the first configuration to the second configuration, wherein: (i) a structure of the housing arranged in the second configuration includes a front vest portion and a rear portion; (ii) the first compartment is located on the front vest portion or rear portion; and (iii) a structure of the carrier permits content included within the first compartment or second compartment to remain within the carrier when the housing is arranged in the second configuration; one or more connectors that enable the front vest portion to be coupled to the rear portion in the second configuration, wherein the one or more connectors at least include:\n a pair of mid-section connectors configured to connect the front vest portion to the rear portion near an individual's mid-section region in the second configuration, and \n a pair of shoulder straps that connect the front vest portion to the rear portion in the second configuration; and \n at least one armor component included in the front vest portion or the rear portion, wherein the at least one armor component is positioned to provide protection for a portion of an individual's torso or a portion of a back or posterior region when the housing is arranged in the second configuration as a protective vest.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63158
- Patent Class: 224.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15232548', '16117829', '15786243', '14093243', '15816344']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.840514339054048
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5518195005609235
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8116448552047356
- Mean Citation Score: 343.64768
- Max Citation Score: 432.68964000000005
- Similarity Product: 371.0099417717743

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

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