PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16207775
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["052", "747100"]

Abstract:
A bushing includes an upper collar with a lower sheath and an annular shoulder intermediate the collar and sheath. The collar has a plurality of spaced apart notches and the sheath has a plurality of spaced apart slits that may be circumferentially aligned with the notches. The sheath has a plurality of spaced apart ribs projecting outward circumferentially offset from the slit for assisting in maintaining the sheath within a hole in a fastener with the annular shoulder against the fastener. A securing member with an elongate shank extending from a head with a distal portion is maintained in the longitudinal opening in an upright position aligned with the hole. As the fastener is driven longitudinally through the opening and hole, force from the fastener causes the bushing to break away and yields direct contact between the securing member head against the top surface of the fastener.

Claim (Index 11):
A break-away fastening unit for assembling a building structure comprising:\n a fastener having a top surface and a bottom surface, defining an attachment hole; a securing member having an elongate shank configured for driving into a building member; and a bushing including a lower sheath positioned within the attachment hole and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced slits, an annular shoulder positioned on the top surface side of the fastener and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced notches, the sheath and shoulder combining to define a longitudinal passage for receiving and maintaining at least a distal portion of the securing member shank with the securing member in a substantially upright position and the bushing pressed between the fastener and securing member, wherein the bushing is configured such that when the securing member shank is driven distally through the bushing, said slits, and notches cooperate to break away the bushing into a plurality of distinct sections by an outward force from said securing member, thereby yielding direct contact between the securing member against the fastener.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09589
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15646709', '13186630', '11013383', '12535727', '12573540']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7721458536915016
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5632526796213136
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7512565362844827
- Mean Citation Score: 242.379458
- Max Citation Score: 446.3607
- Similarity Product: 354.0913065756082

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