PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16019187
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["002", "414000"]

Abstract:
A catcher's mask comprises a two-piece plastic shell composed of a rigid front shell and a rigid rear shell. The front and rear shells are connected by a strap harness attached to the front shell and have padding assemblies. The front shell has ventilation holes including ear holes positioned over the wearer's ears and a full jaw protector integrally formed as part of front shell. A wire faceguard is removably attached to the front shell extending over the ear holes. A top upper member of the faceguard comprises a center bar part, a left side bar part bent upwardly with respect to the center bar part to form a left eyebrow area, and a right side bar part bent upwardly with respect to the center bar part to form a right eyebrow area. The rear shell has a concave padding assembly comprised of a concave TPU shock absorbing layer, and a nested concave comfort layer.

Claim (Index 1):
A catcher's mask comprising:\n a two-piece plastic shell composed of a front shell and a rear shell, the front shell being rigid and composed of plastic, the rear shell being rigid, concave, and composed of plastic, the front shell and a rear shell joined by an elastic strap harness, the two-piece plastic shell being adapted to receive and protect the head of a wearer; the front shell having an inner surface, an outer surface, a front region, a crown region, a rear region, a left side region, and a right side region; the front shell having two ear holes in the left region and two ear holes in the right region; the front shell further having a face opening defined by a top front edge, a left front edge, and a right front edge; the front shell further having a rear opening partially defined by a rear edge; a full jaw protector integrally formed with the front shell and having an inner surface, a ventilation hole on the left side of the jaw protector, and a ventilation hole on the right side of the jaw protector; a face guard removably attached to the front shell, the face guard comprising: a plurality of wire members joined together to form a protective grid, adapted to cover at least the face opening; the plurality of wire members comprising a top horizontal upper member and a bottom horizontal upper member; the plurality of wire members further comprising a top horizontal lower member, a middle horizontal lower member, a bottom horizontal lower member, and a first vertical member connecting the top horizontal lower member, middle horizontal lower member, and bottom horizontal lower member; the plurality of wire members further comprising a second vertical member and a third vertical member connecting the bottom horizontal upper member and top horizontal lower member; wherein the bottom horizontal upper member and top horizontal lower member define a vision gap therebetween; and wherein the top upper member comprises a center bar part, a left side bar part bent upwardly with respect to the center bar part to form a left eyebrow area, and a right side bar part bent upwardly with respect to the center bar part to form a right eyebrow area.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21333
- Patent Class: 2.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15649258', '14878431', '14674484', '15801077', '15347898']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7457764282685883
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6118479555272544
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7323835809944548
- Mean Citation Score: 426.2271280000001
- Max Citation Score: 545.05896
- Similarity Product: 540.6555302868462

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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