PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15983981
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["137", "384200"]

Abstract:
A high security flush plug assembly includes a flush plug body threaded into a flush plug bore in a curb box flange, with a security bolt extending down through a hole in the flush plug body. The security bolt is received in a locking mechanism mounted thereto and extending below the flush plug body which when operated acts to engage the inside of the stand pipe to prevent any rotation of the flush plug body, preventing its removal until the locking mechanism is operated to release the engagement with the stand pipe.

Claim (Index 6):
A flush plug assembly for blocking a threaded bore in a curb box flange said threaded bore receiving a threaded stand pipe extending down to a utility shut off valve comprising:\n a threaded flush plug body able to be threaded into a top of said flange threaded bore, flush plug body having an opening in a bottom wall thereof; a hollow cylindrical upper locking piece having an angled lower end, a hollow cylindrical lower locking piece having an angled upper end facing said angled lower end of said upper locking piece, said upper and lower locking pieces oriented so that said angled locking piece ends are a parallel to each other; a security bolt successively passing through said opening in said threaded plug bottom wall, an opening in an upper end wall of said upper locking piece and an opening in a bottom wall of said bottom locking piece; a cross slot recessed down into said upper end wall of said upper locking piece and pins extending down from said bottom wall of said threaded plug into said cross slot of said upper locking piece of said upper locking piece; and a cross slot recessed up into said bottom wall of said lower locking piece, with a drive nut threaded onto said security bolt disposed in said cross slot of said bottom locking piece so as to maintain said orientation of said lower locking piece relative said lower locking piece; a lock nut threaded onto said security bolt at a location normally spaced below said drive nut; a coil spring on said security bolt compressed between said top wall of said upper locking piece and said bottom wall of said bottom locking piece whereby continued rotation of said security bolt in one direction causes said drive nut to compress said upper and lower locking pieces together to engage said angled ends of said upper and lower cross pieces with each other and thereby force said locking pieces to move radially out in opposite directions, and engage an inner surface of said stand pipe to secure said flush plug assembly in said down pipe.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81132
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15913241', '13713472', '14869404', '14222642', '11069956']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.834192984326336
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4744897102967681
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7982226569233792
- Mean Citation Score: 212.67704
- Max Citation Score: 235.25507
- Similarity Product: 184.3029161461836

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

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