PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16138832
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["182", "018000"]

Abstract:
Systems, methods and apparatus to increase the frequency and/or probability of use of a personal safety device or restraint, and to reduce the probability that a person is exposed to a dangerous situation unless and until a safety device has been engaged. One apparatus includes an alarm that is activated by the use of a mechanized instrument to remind a worker using the instrument to engage a safety device before proceeding to use the instrument, and an actuator for a switch that can be used by the worker to deactivate the alarm. Another apparatus includes a switch to prevent operation of a mechanized instrument unless a safety device is engaged by a worker using the device, and an actuator for a switch that can be used by the worker to permit operation of the instrument. In a mechanized instrument, another apparatus includes a plurality of sensors that measure distances between themselves, and a microprocessor to activate an alarm concerning engagement of a safety device before operation of the instrument and/or to prevent use of the instrument until a safety device is engaged.

Claim (Index 14):
An apparatus for personal protection from dangers potentially associated with using a mechanized instrument in situations in which bodily restraint is needed, comprising (a) a dangerous instrument that comprises a movable component, wherein the instrument comprises a first sensor and the movable component comprises a second sensor; (b) an alarm activatable in relation to movement of the movable component; (c) a restraint that is engageable with a structure and that, when engaged, reduces danger presented by movement of the component, wherein the restraint comprises a third sensor and the structure comprises a fourth sensor; (d) a switch to deactivate the alarm; and (e) a microprocessor (i) to calculate the distance of the third sensor from the fourth sensor, (ii) to calculate a change in the distance of the first sensor from the second sensor to detect movement in the movable part, and (iii) to instruct the switch to deactivate the alarm upon detecting movement of the movable part when the distance of the third sensor from the fourth sensor does not exceed a preselected value.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.78261
- Patent Class: 182.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15155784', '13369749', '11290727', '14338289', '15301945']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6728270693523783
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5024603132584359
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6557903937429841
- Mean Citation Score: 149.700094
- Max Citation Score: 297.8368
- Similarity Product: 264.96656426849364

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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