PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15913241
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["137", "382000"]

Abstract:
A valve box lock for preventing unauthorized access to a shut off valve including a security bolt extending through a hole in a valve box cover and received into a threaded hole in a cam piece mounted to the undersurface of the cover, the cam piece is moved up and down by rotation of the security bolt in either direction. The cam piece engages a pair of locking plates which are moved radially out into engagement with an inner surface of the valve box to prevent removal of the cover when the security bolt is rotated in one direction, or are retracted radially to release the cover so as to be able to be removed. A automatic lubricating arrangement is associated with the security bolt to insure that it is able to be turned by excluding any.

Claim (Index 1):
A lockable cover for covering an open topped valve box so as to prevent access to a utility shut off valve located below said cover, said shut off valve accessible through said open top of said valve box only after said cover is removed therefrom;\n a locking arrangement mounted to an underside of said cover acting to prevent moving said cover off said open top of said valve box in a locked condition, and allowing said cover to be moved off said open top of said valve box in an unlocked condition; said locking arrangement including a pair of locking plates extending radially away from each other, said locking plates mounted to an underside of said cover so as to allow a limited radial back and forth movement of said locking plates to be able to engage and disengage outer ends thereof with an inner surface of said valve box; said locking arrangement further including a cam mechanism comprising a security bolt having a head located atop said cover and a threaded shank extending down through an opening in said cover and extending down into a threaded bore in a cam piece, said cam piece interengaged with said locking plates so as to move both of said locking plates radially out upon rotation of said security bolt in one direction and to move said locking plates radially inward upon rotation of said security bolt in an opposite direction to thereby alternatively allow locking or unlocking of said cover to alternatively allow or prevent movement of said cover off of said open top of said valve box.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84416
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15474035', '14757000', '13681322', '11560214', '12233775']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8277375789255896
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4635140812162048
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7913152291546512
- Mean Citation Score: 184.86837
- Max Citation Score: 219.32489
- Similarity Product: 180.7038127947188

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

Dataset: test