PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15915469
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["002", "236000"]

Abstract:
A waistband for an article of apparel comprising at least one embroidery tunnel is provided. The waistband comprises at least one cord comprising a first and second end affixed to the waistband, and an intervening portion movably coupled to the waistband with stitches that form the embroidery tunnel, the embroidery tunnel configured to distribute a tensioning force applied to the cord across at least a portion of the waistband. The embroidery tunnel forms a series of parallel courses across the waistband, with the cord able to move freely within the embroidery tunnel.

Claim (Index 11):
A method of forming a waistband for an article of apparel, the method comprising:\n movably coupling a first continuous cord comprising a first end, a second end, and an intervening portion to an outer surface of a textile using stitching,\n the stitching forming a first embroidery tunnel on the outer surface of the textile, \n the first embroidery tunnel formed to provide a plurality of substantially parallel courses on the outer surface of the textile, and \n the first embroidery tunnel formed to provide a plurality of turns that interconnect the plurality of substantially parallel courses, and \n wherein at least a portion of the first continuous cord is movable through the first embroidery tunnel in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the first embroidery tunnel, such that the first continuous cord is moveable through both the plurality of substantially parallel courses and the plurality of turns of the first embroidery tunnel; and \n movably coupling a second continuous cord comprising a first end, a second end, and an intervening portion to the outer surface of the textile using stitching,\n the stitching forming a second embroidery tunnel on the outer surface of the textile, \n the second embroidery tunnel formed to provide a plurality of substantially parallel courses on the outer surface of the textile, and \n the second embroidery tunnel formed to provide a plurality of turns that interconnect the plurality of substantially parallel courses, \n wherein at least a portion of the second continuous cord is movable through the second embroidery tunnel in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the second embroidery tunnel, such that the second continuous cord is moveable through both the plurality of substantially parallel courses and the plurality of turns of the second embroidery tunnel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96
- Patent Class: 2.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14657549', '15454254', '11079577', '14469039', '13184715']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6353490935609609
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6474764656930355
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6365618307741684
- Mean Citation Score: 308.585368
- Max Citation Score: 672.8963
- Similarity Product: 602.5250956982733

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

Dataset: test