PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15972160
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["002", "413000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is a helmet apparatus configured to accommodate multiple impact hits thereafter retaining usability, with the helmet including an outer shell that is divided into a posterior and an anterior portion, further the outer shell is divided into a left and a right portion, the shell is rigid except for a first relatively less rigid portion that is disposed within the posterior portion straddling the left and right portions, and a second relatively less rigid portion disposed within the anterior portion straddling the left and right portions. Further a flexible channel is disposed along a shell major and minor axes, also a series of fluid bladder layers slidably engaged to one another are disposed on the inside of the shell, wherein the first, second, and channel less rigid portions along with the slidable bladders absorb kinetic energy impacts to the shell reducing energy transfer to the user's head.

Claim (Index 1):
A helmet apparatus configured to accommodate multiple impact hits thereafter retaining usability, said helmet comprising:\n (a) an outer shell having a major axis and a substantially perpendicularly oriented minor axis, wherein said outer shell forms a substantially elliptically shaped concave structure having an exterior surface and an oppositely disposed interior surface, said outer shell is divided into a posterior portion and an opposing anterior portion that are about said minor axis, said anterior portion partially terminates in a first lower cantilever terminating extension and an opposing second lower cantilever terminating extension, further said outer shell is divided into a left portion and an opposing right portion that are about said major axis, said outer shell is constructed of a substantially rigid material except for a first relatively less rigid portion that is disposed within said posterior portion straddling said left and right portions, and a second relatively less rigid portion disposed within said anterior portion straddling said left and right portions, further a flexible channel is disposed along said major axis and along said minor axis, wherein operationally said outer shell substantially mimics a human skull rigid and soft construction to help reduce skull stress from impact hits to the outer shell; (b) a first low fiction liner sheet having a first convex affixment surface and an opposing first concave low friction surface, wherein said first convex affixment surface is affixed to said interior surface; (c) a flexible primary bladder constructed of a primary sidewall having a primary sidewall outside surface and an opposing primary sidewall inside surface that defines a primary bladder interior, wherein said primary sidewall is substantially parallel to itself with said primary bladder interior formed from said parallel primary sidewall primary parallel relationship wherein said primary sidewall inside surface is a primary default state distance apart from said primary parallel relationship, said primary sidewall is sized and configured to conform to and be disposed adjacent to said first low friction surface specifically having a portion of said primary outside surface in contact with said first low friction surface, said primary bladder interior further including a plurality of primary elastomeric elements that each span across said primary bladder interior being attached to opposing portions of said primary inside surface, wherein said primary elastomeric elements urge said primary bladder interior to said primary default state distance apart to have a substantially constant opposing primary distance as between said primary inside surfaces that are opposite of one another, said primary bladder interior is filled with a low viscosity primary fluid such that said primary default state distance is maintained, wherein said primary bladder primary sidewall outside surface and said first concave low friction liner have an outer primary slidable engagement to one another, wherein operationally if said primary bladder sustains a local compression pushing said primary sidewalls toward one another thus locally reducing said primary default state distance, the primary fluid is moved to temporarily increase said primary default state distance everywhere else to a primary extended state distance within said primary bladder interior to help absorb kinetic energy from the local compression, wherein said plurality of primary elastomeric elements are operational to urge said primary extended state distance back to said default state distance; (d) a second low friction liner sheet having a second convex low friction surface and an opposing second concave low friction surface, wherein said second convex low friction surface is in contact with said flexible primary bladder sidewall outside surface oppositely positioned from said first low friction liner sheet in relation to said flexible primary bladder; and (e) a flexible secondary bladder constructed of a secondary sidewall having a secondary sidewall outside surface and an opposing secondary sidewall inside surface that defines a secondary bladder interior, wherein said secondary sidewall is substantially parallel to itself with said secondary bladder interior formed from said parallel secondary sidewall parallel relationship wherein said secondary sidewall inside surface is a secondary default state distance apart from said secondary parallel relationship, said secondary sidewall is sized and configured to conform to and be disposed adjacent to said second concave low friction surface specifically having a portion of said secondary outside surface in contact with said second concave low friction surface, said secondary bladder interior further including a plurality of secondary elastomeric elements that each span across said secondary bladder interior being attached to opposing portions of said secondary inside surface, wherein said secondary elastomeric elements urge said secondary bladder interior to said secondary default state distance apart to have a substantially constant opposing secondary distance as between said secondary inside surfaces that are opposite of one another, said secondary bladder interior is filled with a high viscosity secondary fluid such that said secondary default state distance is maintained, wherein said secondary bladder and said second low friction liner sheet have a secondary slidable engagement to one another, thus said primary and secondary bladders have a slidable engagement to one another, wherein operationally if said secondary bladder sustains a local compression pushing said secondary sidewalls toward one another thus locally reducing said secondary default state distance, the secondary fluid is moved to temporarily increase said secondary default state distance everywhere else to a secondary extended state distance within said secondary bladder interior to help absorb kinetic energy from the local compression, wherein said plurality of secondary elastomeric elements are operational to urge said secondary extended state distance to said secondary default state distance.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09091
- Patent Class: 2.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14686345', '14809561', '14809439', '13471962', '14921582']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6835550375449294
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4970431179197575
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6649038455824122
- Mean Citation Score: 288.115744
- Max Citation Score: 291.70883
- Similarity Product: 225.9575464647263

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

Dataset: test