PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16018719
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["285", "242000"]

Abstract:
A garden hose with an outer flexible sheath of spirally wound and linked turns of sheet material, an inner tube of flexible polymer inside the sheath and end couplers with nipples press fit into ends of the tube and connector mechanisms connecting the couplers to the outer sheath. Each connector mechanism has inner and outer press fit shells at the end of the sheath, with flared ends separated by a washer.

Claim (Index 10):
The garden hose of  claim 1  wherein the first connector or the second connector comprises:\n an inner metal shell ( 22 ) having an inner hollow cylindrical body ( 22 a ) engaged over one end of the inner tube ( 16 ), the inner cylindrical body ( 22 a ) having a flared end ( 22 b ) press fit over the one end of the inner tube ( 16 ) into which the nipple ( 18 a,  20 a ) of one of the couplers is inserted, the inner cylindrical body ( 22 a ) also having an opposite unflared end ( 22 c ), the inner cylindrical body ( 22 a ) including an annular enlargement ( 22 d ) between the ends thereof, with at least a portion of the inner cylindrical body ( 22 a ) including the opposite unflared end ( 22 c ), being inside one end of the outer sheath ( 14 ); \n an outer metal shell ( 24 ) having an outer hollow cylindrical body ( 24 a ) engaged over the inner cylindrical body ( 22 a ), the outer hollow cylindrical body ( 24 a ) having a flared end ( 24 b ) adjacent to but spaced outwardly of the flared end ( 22 b ) of the inner cylindrical body ( 22 b ), the outer hollow cylindrical body ( 24 a ) having a large diameter portion ( 24 d ) and an opposite unflared end ( 24 c ) at the large diameter portion ( 24 d ), the large diameter portion ( 24 d ) being over the annular enlargement ( 22 d ) of the inner hollow cylindrical body ( 22 a ) and the portion of the inner cylindrical body that is inside the one end of the outer sheath ( 14 ); \n a fixing washer ( 26 ) in the space between the flared ends ( 22 b,  24 b ) of the inner and outer cylindrical bodies ( 22 a,  24 a ); \n the large diameter portion ( 24 d ) and unflared end ( 24 c ) of the outer hollow cylindrical body ( 24 a ) being press fit radially to the annular enlargement ( 22 d ) and unflared end ( 22 c ) of the inner hollow cylindrical body ( 22 a ) with the one end of the outer sheath ( 14 ) between portions of the inner and outer shells ( 22 ,  24 ), for positively fixing the shells to the outer sheath ( 14 ); and \n a hollow sleeve ( 28 ) having a body ( 28 a ) extending around the outer metal shell ( 24 ) and one end ( 28 b ) fixed to one of the couplers, the body ( 28 a ) of the a hollow sleeve ( 28 ) having an inner small diameter ring portion ( 28 c ) engaged behind the fixing washer ( 26 ) for positively securing the shells.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.70455
- Patent Class: 285.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15638057', '13289447', '15794662', '13690670', '13859511']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7947885084109806
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4603868469041248
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.761348342260295
- Mean Citation Score: 242.816004
- Max Citation Score: 441.2315
- Similarity Product: 411.05959113159776

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

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