PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16222410
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["297", "378120"]

Abstract:
An adequate mechanical stiffness and strength are afforded to a tumble seat or a vehicle seat having a latch mechanism provided in a rear end of the seat cushion. A cushion frame (F 1 ) of the seat includes a side frame ( 5 ) extending in a fore and aft direction, and the side frame includes a first member ( 10 ) comprising a channel member having an open side facing sideways and a second member ( 11 ) attached to the first member so as to form a closed cross section jointly with the first member, and extending downward further than the first member. A latch mechanism is positioned under the first member and attached to the second member.

Claim (Index 11):
A vehicle seat including a seat cushion frame having a front part pivotally supported by a floor and a rear part fitted with a latch mechanism adapted to be detachably engaged by a striker attached to the floor,\n wherein the seat cushion frame includes a pair of side frames extending in a fore and aft direction on either side of the seat cushion frame, a front frame connecting front ends of the side frames to each other, and a rear frame connecting rear ends of the side frames to each other, at least one of the side frames includes a closed cross section, the latch mechanism is positioned under the closed cross section and has a slot for receiving the striker, and the closed cross section is disposed on an extension line of the slot.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95385
- Patent Class: 297.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15595275', '15474160', '15935192', '11695991', '15474134']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8005315905432531
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4738317103112104
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7678616025200488
- Mean Citation Score: 210.432444
- Max Citation Score: 273.39444
- Similarity Product: 241.5444059497261

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