PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15918632
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["294", "074000"]

Abstract:
Several embodiments of an end cap are provided for use with a spreader bar system for distributing the lift force of a load across multiple points. The end cap includes a receptacle shaped to receive the spreader bar. The receptacle comprises an outer end and a pinch bolt located on an outer surface of the receptacle. A load plate abuts the outer end of the receptacle, and is reinforced by a brace. A lifting lug extends from the load plate and has at least a first aperture. The aperture is shaped to receive a corresponding shackle that is configured to connect to a sling for lifting the spreader bar. A visual indicator on a surface of the lifting lug and positioned between the first aperture and the load plate defines a predetermined minimum angle between the spreader bar and the sling when the spreader bar is lifted via the sling.

Claim (Index 20):
An end cap for use with a spreader bar, the end cap comprising:\n a receptacle shaped to receive the spreader bar, the receptacle comprising an outer end; a lifting lug extending from the receptacle and including a front portion, a back portion abutting the receptacle, two opposing side surfaces extending between the front portion and the back portion, and a top surface connecting the two opposing side surfaces, the two opposing side surfaces comprising an aperture for receiving a corresponding shackle, wherein the shackle is configured to connect to a sling for lifting the spreader bar; and a visual indicator on the top surface of the lifting lug and positioned between the aperture and the receptacle, wherein the visual indicator indicates that: (i) an angle between the spreader bar and the sling is too small to maintain a compressive force on the spreader bar within a predetermined tolerance, when the spreader bar is lifted via the shackle and the sling and the shackle hides the visual indicator as viewed from one of the two opposing side surfaces of the lifting lug; and (ii) the angle between the spreader bar and the sling is large enough to maintain the compressive force on the spreader bar within the predetermined tolerance, when the spreader bar is lifted via the shackle and the sling and the shackle does not hide the visual indicator as viewed from one of the two opposing side surfaces of the lifting lug.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 34.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19444
- Patent Class: 294.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15249001', '15053856', '12055826', '15684316', '14351009']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7269407307710565
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5157973893591153
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7058263966298624
- Mean Citation Score: 241.803114
- Max Citation Score: 342.63235
- Similarity Product: 288.4756920748949

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

Dataset: test