PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15960898
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["280", "618000"]

Abstract:
A convertible binding comprising a base plate, a heel plate and a toe plate. The toe plate is rotatable from one end of a frame to either lie underneath the base plate or extend outward from the base plate to form a front portion of a snowshoe configuration. The heel plate is rotatable from a second end of the frame to either extend upward from the base plate to provide a heel back support for a snow board binding configuration to or extend outward from the base plate, in an opposing direction from said toe plate, to form a back portion of a snowshoe configuration. A mounting bracket with a forward and rear lip is attached to a snowboard and holds the convertible binding. A locking mechanism will hold the base plate down.

Claim (Index 8):
The convertible binding of  claim 1 , said convertible binding further comprising a heel plate release, wherein said heel plate release is connected in a four bar over the center locking arrangement wherein a frame strut connecting said first side of said frame to said second side of said frame is connected to said heel plate release, said heel plate release is connected to a rear link bar, said rear link bar is connected to said heel plate, and said heel plate is connected to said first side and said second side of said frame.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.35
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11247893', '15330494', '13922161', '11409860', '12716136']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7997297771794218
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5050681854389677
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7702636180053763
- Mean Citation Score: 231.780618
- Max Citation Score: 246.93613
- Similarity Product: 171.44938780433893

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

Dataset: test