PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15962595
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["137", "614050"]

Abstract:
Wildfire water-supply hose having a QD nozzle with an outer sleeve adapted to engage a firefighter's backpack water bladder's QD connector. The combination male QD nozzle/female QD system permits rapid and easier bottom-up filling of the bladders without dismounting the tank from the firefighter's back, by inserting the QD nozzle into the female QD fitting on the bottom of the backpack bladder. The QD nozzle tip is long enough to open the internal spring-biased shut-off valve in the female QD connector when inserted. Upon opening the supply line valve, water flows into the backpack bladder until full. The supply valve is closed and the QD nozzle is withdrawn from the bladder female QD connector. Rotation of the QD nozzle outer sleeve controls water flow from stream, to spray to mist. The QD nozzle is also used with other types of nozzles on dual fittings having 3-way valves, e.g., fog nozzles.

Claim (Index 2):
A wildfire fighting nozzle assembly comprising in operative combination:\n a) a dual nozzle fitting having a water supply input end including an internally threaded female connector to threadedly couple with a supply hose male threaded end, and dual output ends, A and B, each of the output ends including an externally threaded male connector, and a medially disposed 3-way valve assembly selectably switchable between a first closed position, C, and each of said output ends A or B; b) a male quick-disconnect nozzle assembly comprising an outer tubular sleeve configured with angled shoulders disposed medially of a forward spray tip, said shoulders being adapted to releasably engage a female quick disconnect connector assembly when inserted therein, and an inner stem terminating at a forward end in a spray tip and an opposed end including a female threaded union; c) said male quick-disconnect nozzle assembly outer sleeve and inner stem being to permit selection of the size of opening of said spray tip to provide control of fluid ranging from stream, to spray, to mist by rotation of said outer sleeve with respect to said inner stem; d) said male quick-disconnect nozzle assembly is threadedly engaged on said dual nozzle assembly via said female threaded union, and is selectably suppliable with water from said water supply by rotation of said valve to said position A or B; and e) a forester-type fog nozzle threadedly engaged on said dual nozzle assembly via a female threaded union, and is selectably suppliable with water from said water supply by rotation of said valve to said position A or B.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9186
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12381922', '11981119', '10931555', '13924430', '13924455']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8369390162056379
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4798222886406114
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8012273434491353
- Mean Citation Score: 210.373092
- Max Citation Score: 228.44572
- Similarity Product: 159.96691632273672

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

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