PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16220373
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["248", "342000"]

Abstract:
A support bracket for use in installing a sprinkler fitting for a fire protection sprinkler in a building. The support bracket includes a support beam and a center bracket. The center bracket has a body that defines an opening to receive a sprinkler fitting, and a closure assembly, including a closure member having a first end rotatably connected to the body, and a second end having a handle. The closure assembly is movable between an open position and a closed position. When in the closed position, the closure assembly presses the sprinkler fitting against one of the body and the support beam, thereby urging the center bracket against the support beam to maintain the center bracket stationary relative to the support beam. In addition, the closure assembly includes a lock that engages with the closure assembly when the closure member moves from the open position to the closed position, and that prevents the closure member from returning from the closed position to the open position.

Claim (Index 1):
A support bracket for use in installing a sprinkler fitting for a fire protection sprinkler in a building having a ceiling that includes a structure, the support bracket comprising:\n (A) a support beam configured to extend over a space within the structure of the ceiling; (B) at least one end bracket provided at a first end of the support beam, and configured to attach the support bracket to the structure of the ceiling, the at least one end bracket comprising:\n (a) an upper body; \n (b) a lower grip including:\n (i) a first leg; \n (ii) a second leg that is adjacent to the first leg; and \n (iii) a third leg that is adjacent to the second leg, the second leg being provided between the first leg and the second leg, wherein a width of the second leg is roughly equal to or greater than a combined width of the first leg and the third leg; and \n \n (c) a connecting portion that joins the upper body and the lower grip; and \n (C) a center bracket supported by the support beam, and configured to receive at least a portion of the sprinkler fitting, the center bracket including:\n (a) a body that defines an opening to receive the portion of the sprinkler fitting; \n (b) a closure assembly including:\n (i) a first pin mounted in the body and having a first pin axis; \n (ii) a closure member having a first end rotatably connected to the body by the first pin, and a second end that includes a handle, the closure member being rotatable about the first pin axis relative to the body, and being movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein, when the closure member is in the closed position and the portion of the sprinkler fitting is received in the opening of the body, the closure assembly presses the portion of the sprinkler fitting against at least one of the body and the support beam and urges the center bracket against the support beam to maintain the center bracket stationary relative to the support beam; \n (iii) a second pin mounted in the body at a distance from the first pin, the second pin having a second pin axis; and \n (iv) a lever rotatably connected to the body by the second pin, and positioned relative to the closure member such that, when the closure member moves from the open position to the closed position, the closure member contacts and rotates the lever to cause the lever to press the portion of the sprinkler fitting against the at least one of the body and the support beam; and \n \n (c) a lock inserted into the body, spaced from the first pin and the second pin, and configured to engage the closure member when the closure member moves in a direction from the open position toward the closed position, and to engage the closure member to prevent the closure member from returning from the closed position to the open position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.69697
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15313843', '13287200', '11877415', '12646460', '13318405']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8554454883995136
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6237481946151131
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8322757590210736
- Mean Citation Score: 282.84608000000014
- Max Citation Score: 561.6163
- Similarity Product: 517.8942790863038

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

Dataset: test