PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15899040
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["280", "769000"]

Abstract:
A vehicle accessory hitch assembly for attaching an accessory to a vehicle. The vehicle may include a frame and a bed mounted to the frame. First and second base rails may be disposed on the bed and coupled to the frame of the vehicle, and the vehicle may include a vehicle trailer hitch with a receiver for accepting a shank. In one embodiment, the vehicle accessory hitch assembly may be mechanically connected to each of the first and second base rails and the vehicle trailer hitch such that the vehicle accessory hitch assembly is immovable or stationary relative to the first and second base rails and the vehicle trailer hitch. In another embodiment, the vehicle accessory hitch assembly may be adaptable to connect to differently-configured base rails and vehicle trailer hitch constructions, including different horizontal and vertical spacing between the base rails and the vehicle trailer hitch.

Claim (Index 25):
A method of attaching a vehicle accessory hitch to a vehicle, the vehicle having a frame and a bed mounted to the frame, the vehicle having a vehicle trailer hitch with a receiver for accepting a shank, the method comprising:\n coupling a first hitch member to the frame such that the first hitch member is substantially stationary relative to the frame; wherein the first hitch member includes a first bed section extending from a forward area of the bed to a rearward area of the bed and includes a first rear section disposed in proximity to a rear of the vehicle; coupling a second hitch member to the frame such that the second hitch member is substantially stationary relative to the frame, the second hitch member being in an opposing position relative to the first hitch member, wherein the second hitch member includes a second bed section extending from the forward area of the bed to the rearward area of the bed and includes a second rear section disposed in proximity to the rear of the vehicle; removably coupling an accessory support to the first and second hitch members such that the accessory support is substantially stationary relative to the first and second hitch members, the accessory support configured to enable mounting of a vehicle accessory to the vehicle accessory hitch; and inserting a shank member into the receiver of the vehicle trailer hitch to aid in mechanically stabilizing the first and second hitch members relative to the vehicle trailer hitch, the shank member being substantially stationary relative to the accessory support.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.64407
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15384751', '14753964', '10996910', '10219047', '12283629']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8422011319625446
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5737362724116425
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8153546460074544
- Mean Citation Score: 353.86357200000015
- Max Citation Score: 456.4232
- Similarity Product: 446.7891952553272

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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