PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15986561
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["239", "169000"]

Abstract:
According to one embodiment, there is provided a breakaway hinge for an expandable boom on an agricultural vehicle. The boom includes a first and a second section combined in a manner to allow the second section to move with respect to the first section when the second section encounters an obstruction. A breakaway hinge is provided between the first and the second section, and includes a first pivot member attached to the first section at an angle α with respect to a vertical line and a second pivot member attached to the second section at an angle θ with respect to the vertical line. A connecting member holds the first pivot member with respect to the second pivot member.

Claim (Index 1):
An agricultural sprayer comprising:\n a first boom coupled to a vehicle; a second boom coupled to said first boom; a third boom coupled to said second boom; and a first breakaway hinge disposed between and coupled to said first boom and said second boom to allow movement of said second boom away from an obstruction, the first breakaway hinge comprising:\n a first member attached to the first boom at a first angle with respect to a first upwardly oriented line; \n a second member attached to the second boom at a second angle with respect to the first upwardly oriented line; and \n a first connecting member to hold the first member with respect to the second member so that the second boom moves on one of the first and the second members, wherein as the second boom encounters an object as a hinge is moving in a forward motion, the second boom is moved upward and away from the object, as the second boom encounters the object as the hinge is moving in a reverse motion, the second boom is moved upward and away from the obstruction at a first reverse angle; \n a second breakaway hinge disposed between and coupled to said second boom and said third boom to allow movement of said second boom away from an obstruction, the second breakaway hinge comprising:\n a third member attached to the second boom at a third angle with respect to a second upwardly oriented line; \n a fourth member attached to the third boom at a fourth angle with respect to the second upwardly oriented line; and \n a second connecting member to hold the third member with respect to the fourth member so that the third boom moves on one of the third and fourth members, wherein as the third boom encounters an object as a hinge is moving in a forward motion, the third boom is moved upward and away from the object, as the third boom encounters the object as the hinge is moving in a reverse motion the third boom is moved upward and away from the obstruction at second reverse angle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.55102
- Patent Class: 239.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13362504', '14488563', '15131512', '11411435', '15533437']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8292864320232586
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.540062186540499
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8003640074749826
- Mean Citation Score: 286.524756
- Max Citation Score: 414.7936
- Similarity Product: 378.1656976329804

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