PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15882530
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["182", "231000"]

Abstract:
A retracting lifeline system, includes: a housing, a first connector attached to the housing, a lifeline, and a hub to which the lifeline is attached at a first end of the lifeline and around which the lifeline is coiled within the housing. The housing includes an opening through which the lifeline exits the housing. The hub is tensioned to rotate in a first direction to cause retracting of the lifeline and coiling of the lifeline around the hub. The retracting lifeline system further includes a second connector attached to a second end of the lifeline. At least a section of the lifeline has an initial ultimate tensile load of at least 8000 pounds and is abrasion resistant (that is, satisfying the abrasion test requirement set forth in the ANSI/ASSE Z359.13 2009 standard) such that the section of the lifeline is available for tie-back anchoring using the second connector. The section of the lifeline is at least partially retractable within the housing.

Claim (Index 1):
A retracting lifeline system, comprising:\n a housing; a first connector attached to the housing, a lifeline; a hub to which the lifeline is attached at a first end of the lifeline and around which the lifeline is coiled within the housing, the housing comprising an opening through which the lifeline exits the housing, the hub being tensioned to rotate in a first direction to cause retracting of the lifeline and coiling of the lifeline around the hub; and a second connector attached to a second end of the lifeline; wherein at least a section of the lifeline has an initial ultimate tensile load of at least 8000 pounds and is abrasion resistant such that the section of the lifeline is available for tie-back anchoring using the second connector, the section of the lifeline being at least partially retractable within the housing; a stop connected to the lifeline to abut the opening upon retraction of the lifeline, the stop comprising a first member extending from a first surface of the lifeline, and a second member extending from a second surface of the lifeline, wherein\n the first member has a perimeter having a lower thickness than a radially inward portion of the first member, \n the second member has a perimeter having a lower thickness than a radially inward portion of the second member, \n the first member is connected to the second member by a rivet passing through the lifeline, and \n the first member and the second member have a frusto-conical shape to enable easy sliding of the stop over an anchorage structure during tie-back applications; and \n an energy absorbing system at least partially within the housing, the energy absorbing system comprising a first retaining member and a second retaining member, the first retaining member being connected to a connector extending from the housing so that the connector extending from the housing is rotatable relative to the first retaining member, the connector extending from the housing being connected to the first connector, the second retaining member being operatively connected to the hub, the first retaining member being connected to the second retaining member by at least one energy absorbing member that increases in effective length upon activation thereof so that the distance between the first retaining member and the second retaining member increases upon activation of the energy absorbing system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5
- Patent Class: 182.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13080731', '12392085', '12391721', '12392061', '11619014']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.692198186982204
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6297839204181522
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6859567603257989
- Mean Citation Score: 350.396364
- Max Citation Score: 568.7177
- Similarity Product: 553.0437748647809

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

Dataset: test