PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16232557
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["312", "262000"]

Abstract:
A kit is provided that, when assembled, forms a unit of furniture. The kit includes side panels that can rotate about the z axis along the hinge and which have one or more support surfaces to support a base panel. A top panel is connected to the side panels and back panel by a plurality of position members. The kit comprises a plurality of flexible fasteners to reverse-ably lock the side panels to the base panel and to lock the side panels to the top panel and restrict the side panels from z-axis rotation and restrict the base panel and top panel from y-axis rotation. Also provided are methods of assembling and manufacturing the unit of furniture.

Claim (Index 14):
A method of manufacturing a kit that is designed, when assembled, to form a unit of furniture, the method comprising:\n providing a back panel, a top panel, a base panel, and two side panels that, when assembled, form a case, the case defining a storage volume having a height along an y-axis, a width along an x-axis, and a thickness along a z-axis, wherein the back panel is configured to extend along an x-y plane, the back panel having a top, a bottom, and two sides, and wherein each of the two side panels has a top, a bottom, and two sides; attaching the side panels to opposite ends of the back panel along a y-axis by a plurality of folding hinges along the sides of the side panels, wherein the side panels may be in a closed position substantially parallel to the back panel, and wherein the side panels may be rotated on the y axis and configured so as to unfold to an open position such that the side panels may extend along a y-z plane, substantially parallel to each other, and at right angles to the back panel, the tops of the side panels and back panel forming a contiguous top surface in an x-z plane; providing at least one rigid support plate, the lower portions of the side panels facing the back panel when in a closed position and the at least one rigid support plate extending along an x-z plane when affixed to the lower portion of the side panel and the side panels are in the open position; providing a plurality of position members, wherein the top surface of the side panels and back panel are configured to define position member receptacles, the position members configured along the y-axis when installed into the position member receptacles; providing a plurality of flexible fasteners; wherein the base panel is configured on assembly to be placed on top of at least one rigid support plate so as to extend along the x-z plane; providing a top panel configured on assembly to be placed over a top portion of the side panels and back panel, wherein the top panel defines position member receptacles and is configured to be connected to the side panels by the plurality of position members when installed into the top of the side panels; wherein the side panels are configured to define toggle receptacles at a point proximate an outer surface of the base panel when installed and configured to interact in an x-z plane, and at a point proximate to an inner surface of the top panel when installed, and wherein the base panel is configured to define at least one hook receptacle on a lower portion of the base panel, and the top panel is configured to define at least one hook receptacle on a lower portion of the top panel; and wherein when hook and toggle fasteners are configured such that when the base panel is placed over the tops of the rigid support plates and the top panel is placed over the tops of the side panels and back panel, the hook and toggle fasteners are capable of alignment so as to lock the base panel to the side panels and to lock the top panel to the side panels.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10169
- Patent Class: 312.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12815778', '13546360', '10730617', '13228723', '11442652']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7991595899279803
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4821957605746226
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7674632069926446
- Mean Citation Score: 168.83033600000005
- Max Citation Score: 177.00443
- Similarity Product: 117.97735130555157

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