PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16058586
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["052", "710000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a precursor for a clip and a clip formed by the precursor. The clip is configured for mounting a furring channel to a load-bearing member and is a generally U-shaped member having a pair of sidewalls, each of which includes a pair of tabs projecting therefrom. The clip is arranged to receive the load-bearing member between its sidewalls, such that the tabs can be snap-fit under inwardly directed flanges of the furring channel. Also disclosed is a method of forming the clip from the precursor, by bending portions of the precursor to form the sidewalls of the clip, and a method for mounting a furring channel onto a load-bearing member using the clip.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of mounting a furring channel to a load-bearing member having a top surface of a first width, the furring channel being a hollow member having a bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls spaced apart by a second width and projecting upward from the bottom wall, each of said sidewalls terminating at a inwardly directed flange having a upper surface and a free edge, the free edges of the inwardly directed flanges being spaced apart by a third width that is less than the second width, said method comprising:\n a) providing a clip, said clip being a generally U-shaped member comprising:\n (1) a top wall configured to be disposed on the top surface of the load-bearing member, said top wall comprising two bridging strips separated by an opening therebetween; and \n (2) a pair of sidewalls extending downward from said bridging strips, with each of said sidewalls being connected to said bridging strips, whereupon said opening is located between said sidewalls, each of said sidewalls having a side edge and an inwardly directed angled edge, each of said inwardly directed angled edges merging with a respective one of said bridging strips, each of said side edges extending downward from a respective one of said inwardly directed angled edges and including a tab projecting outward therefrom, each of said tabs including an inclined undersurface, a top surface, and a side edge surface, said side edge surfaces of said tabs of each of said sidewalls being spaced apart by slightly less than the second width, respective ones of said inclined undersurfaces of said tabs being configured to slide over respective ones of the inwardly directed flanges of the furring channel to cause the sidewalls of the furring channel to flex outward, whereupon said tabs snap-fit between the sidewalls of the furring channel, with respective flanges of the furring channel being disposed on said top surface of respective tabs of said clip and with an undersurface of said bridging strips engaging the top surface of the load-bearing member; \n b) disposing said clip on said load-bearing member with said top wall disposed over said top surface of said load bearing member; c) inserting the tabs of one of said side edges of said pair of sidewalls under one of said inwardly directed flanges of said furring channel; and d) orienting said clip with respect to said furring channel so that said inclined undersurface of the tabs of the other of said side edges of said pair of sidewalls is disposed and slides over said upper surface of the other of said inwardly directed flanges to cause the sidewall from which said other flange projects to flex outward, whereupon said tabs of said other of said side edges of said pair of sidewalls snap-fit under said other flange, thereby completing the connection of said furring channel to said load-bear member by said clip.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23636
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15641730', '15883282', '15305814', '13587732', '12224631']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8052845354655128
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6072922464469894
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7854853065636606
- Mean Citation Score: 293.10496
- Max Citation Score: 537.11865
- Similarity Product: 516.7859438412667

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

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