PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16271437
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["296", "100150"]

Abstract:
A tonneau cover access panel assembly connectable to a vehicle that eliminates the need for side rails to both locate and tension a tonneau cover. The assembly also reduces weight and complexity. The assembly incorporates a readily accessible rear latching system that reduces or eliminates interference with the tonneau cover during operation. The assembly also incorporates a tonneau cover tensioning system. The tension seals out environmental elements and holds the tonneau cover and locating bows in place. The assembly holds the tonneau in the closed tension state keeping the tonneau cover secured and tight until the cover is opened by an operator. The assembly is movable between a closed position and a fully open/stowable position and any intermediate positions. The assembly is also movable between at least a first open position and the deployed position for more limiting access to the cargo bed of the vehicle when desired.

Claim (Index 20):
A tonneau cover assembly for a vehicle that has a cargo bed structure with a top opening and a tailgate, comprising:\n a cover moveable between at least a closed position to cover the top opening, a partially open position and a fully open position; at least one tensioning system that is a cable system operable to tension the cover; a front attachment assembly operably connected to a front of the cover; a plurality of mounting brackets connected to a plurality of apertures located toward the upper sidewalls of the vehicle by a plurality of fasteners; a first recess formed in the pair of mounting brackets; a second recess formed in the pair of mounting brackets; a pair of rear attachment portions operably connected at both ends of a cross member, said pair of rear attachment portions including an end feature operable to selectively fit within the first recess; a pair of cutouts formed in the cross member; at least one release lever including a pair of handles, each rotatable within the pair of cutouts, respectively, and, each operably connected to a connecting bar; a pair of release latches operably connected toward both ends of the connecting bar and rotatable with the connecting bar, wherein pulling either of the handles toward the tailgate causes rotation of the connecting bar to rotate both release latches from the second recess of the mounting brackets thereby unlatching the pair of rear attachment portions from the mounting brackets in order to allow the cover to be selectively moved to the fully open position when desired, and wherein pushing either of the handles away from the tailgate causes rotation of the connecting bar in the opposite direction to rotate both release latches into the second recess of the mounting brackets thereby latching the pair of rear attachment portions to the mounting brackets to allow the cover to be selectively moved between the partially open and closed positions when desired; and a pivotal portion operably coupled to a rear of the cover and to the pair of rear attachment portions, wherein pivoting the pivotal portion moves the cover between the closed position sealing against the tailgate and the partially open position to partially uncover the opening of the vehicle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97468
- Patent Class: 296.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15487037', '15342761', '15099187', '15865338', '15794549']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8223248299364685
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5842842752354716
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7985207744663688
- Mean Citation Score: 447.83299600000015
- Max Citation Score: 547.9224
- Similarity Product: 499.95588473739633

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

Dataset: test