PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16185836
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["040", "442000"]

Abstract:
A power transfer system to facilitate the transfer of electrical power between tree trunk sections of an artificial tree is disclosed. The power transfer system can advantageously enable neighboring tree trunk sections to be electrically connected without the need to rotationally align the tree trunk sections. Power distribution subsystems can be disposed within the trunk sections. The power distribution subsystems can comprise a male end, a female end, or both. The male ends can have prongs and the female ends can have voids. The prongs can be inserted into the voids to electrically connect the power distribution subsystems of neighboring tree trunk sections. In some embodiments, the prongs and voids are designed so that the prongs of one power distribution subsystem can engage the voids of another power distribution subsystem without the need to rotationally align the tree trunk sections.

Claim (Index 20):
An artificial tree, comprising:\n a first trunk section comprising a first electrical connector, the first electrical connector comprising:\n a central electrical contact located along a central axis of the first trunk section; and \n a first alignment mechanism comprising:\n a first plurality of distinct, axially extending projections, each axially extending projection of the first plurality of distinct, axially extending projections comprising first and second angled surfaces, wherein the proximal ends of the first and second angled surfaces are set apart by a first predetermined distance and the distal ends of the first and second angled surfaces are connected to form a point; and \n a first plurality of recesses, wherein each recess of the first plurality of recesses comprises an area separating adjacent projections of the first plurality of distinct, axially extending projections by a second predetermined distance; \n \n a second trunk section comprising a second electrical connector, the second electrical connector comprising:\n a central void located along a central axis of the second electrical connector and having an electrical contact disposed therein, the central void configured to engage the first electrical connector such that the central electrical contact of the first electrical connector engages the electrical contact disposed within the central void of the second electrical connector; and \n a second alignment mechanism comprising:\n a second plurality of distinct, axially extending projections, each axially extending projection of the second plurality of distinct, axially extending projections comprising first and second angled surfaces, wherein the proximal ends of the first and second angled surfaces are set apart by the first predetermined distance and the distal ends of the first and second angled surfaces are connected to form a point; and \n a second plurality of recesses, wherein each recess of the second plurality of recesses comprises an area separating adjacent projections of the second plurality of distinct, axially extending projections by the second predetermined distance, \n \n wherein the engagement of the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector results in an electrical connection capable of conducting electricity between the first trunk section and the second trunk section, and wherein engagement of the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector constrains rotation of the first trunk section with respect to the second trunk section.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.41935
- Patent Class: 40.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14090470', '13659737', '15297729', '14547505', '14621507']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7945175095070686
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5877149578912682
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7738372543454884
- Mean Citation Score: 439.16865
- Max Citation Score: 453.9739
- Similarity Product: 372.1920026694775

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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