PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16117829
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["224", "153000"]

Abstract:
Bags or carriers are provided that can be transformed into protective vests and used as body armor and ballistic shields. The carriers can be assembled in a first arrangement that enables individuals to store and transport items. The carriers can quickly and easily be converted to or deployed in a second arrangement which enables the individuals to wear the carriers as protective vests. One or more shoulder straps can be detached from the carriers for use as tourniquets, doorway securing structures, and tools for dragging injured victims.

Claim (Index 11):
A carrier that is configured to be transformed into a protective vest, the carrier comprising:\n a housing that is configured to be assembled as a carrier in a first configuration and a protective vest in a second configuration, wherein the housing can be separated into two disconnected portions and, when assembled in the first configuration, defines an internal cavity that comprises a plurality of compartments including at least a first compartment, a second compartment and a third compartment when the housing is assembled as a carrier in the first configuration; a fastener that is configured to at least partially seal the third compartment when the housing is assembled in the first configuration, wherein full disengagement of the fastener enables a complete separation of the housing into the two disconnected portions including a front vest portion and a rear vest portion, and a structure of the carrier permits content included within the first compartment or second compartment to remain within the carrier when the housing is arranged as a protective vest in the second configuration; one or more connectors that enable the front vest portion to be coupled to the rear vest portion in the second configuration; and\n at least one armor component integrated into at least one of the front vest portion or the rear vest portion in a position that provides protection for an individual's torso at least when the housing is assembled as a protective vest in the second configuration.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63158
- Patent Class: 224.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15786243', '15232548', '14093243', '11972528', '15816344']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8289497878215507
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5543443484230888
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8014892438817046
- Mean Citation Score: 311.466724
- Max Citation Score: 432.8667
- Similarity Product: 388.19152028099296

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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