PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15756239
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["024", "306000"]

Abstract:
This invention relates to a protective buffer strap ( 10 ). More specifically, the invention relates to a protective buffer strap ( 10 ) capable of being strapped onto one or more articles ( 100, 200 ) to be closely restrained, thereby to prevent such articles ( 100, 200 ) from rubbing up against one another and causing damage, especially to surface finishes. The protective buffer strap ( 10 ) includes a strap ( 32 ) and an elongate body ( 12 ) from which the strap ( 32 ) extends, the elongate body ( 12 ) having a spine ( 26 ) and a plurality of projections ( 28 ) graduating lengths extending from the spine ( 26 ). The protective buffer strap ( 10 ) is configurable between an unwound condition and a wound condition. In the unwound condition, free ends ( 28 A) of the projections ( 28 ) are spaced from one another along the spine ( 26 ). In the wound condition, the elongate body ( 12 ) and/or strap ( 32 ) is deformed into a closed loop form with the free ends ( 28 A) of the protections ( 28 ) jointly defining at least a portion of a bore ( 36 ) for receiving a first article ( 100 ) therein, which bore ( 36 ) is eccentric relative to the closed loop form. Furthermore, in the wound condition, the strap ( 32 ) extends about the closed loop form and/or the closed loop form and a second article ( 200 ) receivable between the strap ( 32 ) and the spine ( 26 ) thereby to retain the protective buffer in the wound condition such that in use, the distance between the first article ( 100 ) received within the bore ( 36 ) and the second article ( 200 ) is variable by rotting the closed loop form about the first article ( 100 ).

Claim (Index 3):
A protective buffer strap according to  claim 2 , wherein the elongate body in the unwound condition comprises axially opposing first and second ends across which span: (i) opposing outer and inner contact surfaces; and (ii) opposing sides; and further wherein the outer contact surface is defined along the spine, with the inner contact surface being made up by the free ends of each of the projections which jointly define the eccentric bore in the wound condition of the elongate body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.11712
- Patent Class: 24.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15044127', '10917256', '12076515', '12165823', '15889448']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7175228068442927
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.440990728664547
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6898695990263182
- Mean Citation Score: 162.23932000000005
- Max Citation Score: 167.418
- Similarity Product: 128.0614757230282

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

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