PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16042442
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["248", "284100"]

Abstract:
The present application discloses an articulating support arm with one or more improved friction joint designs that use a non-annular bushing. In particular, the bushing is designed to interact with another portion of the friction joint to prevent rotational movement of the bushing, thereby minimizing the risk of joint malfunction. A bushing that interacts with a larger percentage of the width of a friction cylinder as compared to prior art devices, thereby improving the performance of the joint, is also disclosed. The improved friction joint according to the present invention may comprise an arm joint and/or tilter joint.

Claim (Index 21):
A support arm comprising:\n at least one channel having an axis of rotation; and a friction joint comprising a cylinder, a bushing, a threaded member, and an opening through which the threaded member may be routed such that it contacts at least a portion of the bushing, the cylinder extending along the axis of rotation, the cylinder having an exterior surface and at least one portion that is fixedly engaged with the at least one channel, the bushing having a main portion, a first tab, a second tab, and a split located between the first and second tabs, the main portion having an exterior surface, an interior surface that engages the exterior surface of the cylinder, and an outer circumference that corresponds with the exterior surface thereof, at least one of the first tab and the second tab extending at least partially exterior to the outer circumference of the main portion of the bushing, the threaded member being extendable through the opening such that the threaded member contacts one of the first tab and second tab.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7377
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15092173', '15658626', '13319723', '12901199', '11360710']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8066273253804148
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5314246797823721
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7791070608206105
- Mean Citation Score: 266.687432
- Max Citation Score: 368.7412
- Similarity Product: 276.771335102129

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

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