PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944442
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["004", "300000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating the installation of a toilet over a closet collar for a drain pipe. According to various embodiments, a toilet seal assembly is positioned between the toilet and the closet collar, providing a seal between the toilet and the flange of the closet collar. The toilet seal assembly may include a flexible rubber seal and a compressible foam seal ring. The flexible rubber seal may include an annular wall, an upper ring that extends radially inward from the annular wall, and a lower ring that extends radially outward from the annular wall. The compressible foam seal ring may be disposed on the lower ring of the flexible rubber seal.

Claim (Index 30):
A method, comprising:\n positioning a toilet seal assembly on a closet collar coupled to a drain pipe, the toilet seal assembly comprising a flexible rubber seal and a compressible foam seal ring, the flexible rubber seal comprising a collapsible annular wall, a flexible upper ring that extends radially inward from the collapsible annular wall, a flexible lower ring that extends radially outward from the collapsible annular wall, and a flexible funnel portion that extends from the collapsible annular wall, the compressible foam seal ring being disposed directly on the flexible lower ring of the flexible rubber seal and circumscribing the collapsible annular wall of the flexible rubber seal, the toilet seal assembly being positioned on the closet collar such that the flexible lower ring of the flexible rubber seal directly contacts a flange of the closet collar and the flexible funnel portion of the flexible rubber seal extends into the closet collar; positioning a toilet on the toilet seal assembly such that a horn on an underside of the toilet makes direct contact with the flexible upper ring of the flexible rubber seal and causes the flexible upper ring to be flexed downward towards the flexible lower ring; and fastening a plurality of bolts that extend through the flange of the closet collar, the toilet seal assembly and the toilet.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.46
- Patent Class: 4.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14693584', '14488804', '13771773', '15407620', '15791950']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8175945083875849
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5315792781161472
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7889929853604412
- Mean Citation Score: 322.37448
- Max Citation Score: 361.77682
- Similarity Product: 321.96062046189314

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

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