PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16258365
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["052", "655100"]

Abstract:
A hinged connector is used to attach two generally coplanar first and second structural members while allowing for pivotal movement of the structural members in the plane of the structural members about an axis that is transverse or perpendicular to the plane in which the structural members rotate.

Claim (Index 1):
A connection for attaching a first structural member to a second structural member using a hinged connector, the connection comprising:\n a. the first structural member having a planar attachment surface and an adjoining edge surface; b. the second structural member having a planar attachment surface and an adjoining edge surface, the attachment surface of the second structural member lying in the same plane as the attachment surface of the first structural member; c. the hinged connector attached to the first structural member and the second structural member, the hinged connector including:\n 1. a substantially planar base member attached to the first structural member; \n 2. a substantially planar top member attached to the second structural member and extending in the same plane as the base member; \n 3. each of the base member and the top member having an extension, the extension of the base member overlapping with the extension of the top member, with one of the extensions extending in the same plane as the top member and the base member, and the other extension being offset from the top member and the base member, each of the extensions having a circular opening formed with an edge, one of the openings being formed with one or more flanges at the edge of the opening, the one or more flanges being received by the other of the openings with the one or more annular flanges extending over the edge of the opening and away from the edge of the opening, connecting the base member and the top member for pivoting movement; and \n d. one or more fasteners connecting the base member to the first structural member and the top member to the second structural member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.44118
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10912260', '15805977', '13073997', '15411829', '10000106']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8055592188564269
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4651239675400322
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7715156937247875
- Mean Citation Score: 165.17052199999995
- Max Citation Score: 184.29286
- Similarity Product: 147.87208583212376

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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