PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16137177
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["052", "702000"]

Abstract:
A support assembly supports external veneer such as face-brick. A bracket mounts to a load bearing wall support structure. A shelf angle includes a horizontal leg that defines a surface upon which to mount the veneer. The mounting bracket may be a channel having a seat that includes an outwardly protruding toe, an accommodation for the shelf angle, and an overhanging finger. The back of the shelf angle may have apertures to admit the toes of the mounting bracket. The seat includes an oversized slot having a relief angle to permit the shelf angle web to be rotated angularly during assembly. The mounting bracket has an overhanging arm for engaging the part of a cross-wise running beam, such as an I-beam upper flange. The mounting bracket has an abutment for contacting a lower part of the beam, such as a lower flange of an I-beam. There is a fitting to secure the bracket to the beam.

Claim (Index 16):
An external masonry facing support assembly mountable to supporting wall structure, said assembly comprising:\n a shelf angle, a first support bracket and a second support bracket; as installed, said first and second support brackets being spaced apart from each other and being mounted to the supporting wall structure, said shelf angle being mounted to span said first and second support brackets; said shelf angle having a horizontal leg and a vertical leg, said horizontal leg and said vertical leg being joined at a right angle; said first and second support brackets including a respective channel having a back, a first leg, and a second leg; said back extends in a vertical plane and said first and second legs extending forwardly away therefrom said first and second legs having respective seats in which said shelf angle is removably engaged, said seats being distant from said respective backs; said respective backs of said first and second support brackets having a wall mounting fitting; when said shelf angle is mounted in said respective seats, said vertical leg of said shelf angle terminates upwardly at a first height; and said wall mounting fitting is located above said first height.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 71.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16667
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14688477', '15075682', '14556947', '14556824', '12977834']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8363035547748643
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6489770034661654
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8175708996439944
- Mean Citation Score: 375.853966
- Max Citation Score: 450.9936
- Similarity Product: 407.8778013576508

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