PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16045699
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["294", "082100"]

Abstract:
A guard defines an inner seat comprising an open channel shaped to receive a shackle and extend partially around the shackle. The guard further includes an outer seat positioned opposite the open channel and shaped to support a strap passing through the shackle. A tether is fastened to the guard and defines a fastener for securing to a closure pin passing through the shackle. In some embodiments, the fastener comprises a hole formed in the tether and a barb formed on the tether offset from the hole. In other embodiments, a barb on the tether inserts through a hole in the closure pin or a cup on the tether is positioned over an end of the closure pin. A hooked or straight tether may also be used to implement the fastener.

Claim (Index 5):
The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the outer seat has an arcuate shape that is concentric with the arcuate axis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17188
- Patent Class: 294.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15798306', '15565311', '13573119', '12775926', '14593175']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7342401005726338
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5308338508595929
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7138994756013297
- Mean Citation Score: 200.869976
- Max Citation Score: 374.17044
- Similarity Product: 281.4457444094324

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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