PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15937839
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["414", "222010"]

Abstract:
A self-unloading pipe trailer carries a rack of pipe and automatically unloads segments as it moves along a pipeline location. A single operator can maneuver the trailer and operate the unload controls. In unload mode, the operator drives along the pipeline and the trailer unloads the segments automatically. The trailer employs a power pipe rolling assembly that engages with weight-bearing tires in order to translate the distance traveled across the ground to directly power a pipe unloading system such that each foot of ground travel equates to a foot of pipe unloading. If the operator needs to change speed and/or stop, it can be done without modifying the unload mode as the dispensing process automatically responds to the change in speed. There is no complex externally powered unloading system to break-down, lose timing, or otherwise complicate matters. Pipe is simply unloaded automatically as the trailer moves down the pipeline.

Claim (Index 1):
A self-unloading pipe trailer that automatically unloads segments of pipe in a line while being pulled along a location of a pipeline, the self-unloading pipe trailer comprising:\n a trailer frame extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end; the proximal end having a trailer hitch device for attaching the trailer to a pulling vehicle so that the trailer can be moved over a surface; the trailer frame having a first side and a second side; a plurality of weight bearing wheel assemblies each attached perpendicularly to the trailer frame and having a first wheel arrangement in proximity to the first side of the trailer frame and a second wheel arrangement in proximity to the second side of the trailer frame; at least one of the plurality of weight bearing wheel assemblies carrying a portion of a weight of the pipe trailer and transferring that weight through the first and second wheel arrangements to the surface over which the pipe trailer is pulled; a plurality of power pipe rolling wheel assemblies each movably attached to the trailer frame; at least one of the plurality of power pipe rolling wheel assemblies comprising a drive wheel; at least one of the plurality of power pipe rolling wheel assemblies being movable between a pipe unload position and a transport position; when actuated into the pipe unload position, the drive wheel contacts at least one of the first and second wheel arrangements such that as the trailer moves over the surface, at least one of the first and second wheel arrangements rotate, causing the first drive wheel to rotate in an opposite direction thereto; a plurality of pipe cradle assemblies attached to the trailer frame, the plurality of pipe cradle assemblies each comprising a first side cradle upright and a second side cradle upright; the plurality of pipe cradle assemblies each further comprising a pipe retention assembly; the cradle uprights and pipe retention assemblies acting in concert to hold a plurality of pipe segments within the plurality of pipe cradle assemblies and to roll a first pipe segment into a discharge chamber when a demand for a pipe drop is made; when the first pipe segment enters the discharge chamber, the first pipe segment is guided into contact with at least the first drive wheel of the first power pipe rolling wheel assembly; and moving the trailer across the surface causes at least one of the first and second wheel arrangements to rotate, causing the first drive wheel to rotate, and rotation of the first drive wheel causes the segment of pipe contacting the first drive wheel to be fed backwards off of the self-unloading pipe trailer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83908
- Patent Class: 414.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15275113', '15603169', '13197087', '15799967', '11297494']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8325262746632333
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5865165954408983
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8079253067409997
- Mean Citation Score: 250.272216
- Max Citation Score: 497.5067
- Similarity Product: 490.5231326502801

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

Dataset: test