PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961024
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["296", "026100"]

Abstract:
A truck bed extension apparatus can include a hinge assembly having a hinge plate configured to be coupled to a primary tailgate of a pickup. An auxiliary tailgate includes a lower edge pivotally coupled to a front edge of the hinge plate, the auxiliary tailgate being pivotally movable between a stowed configuration co-planar with and adjacent to the hinge plate and a deployed configuration extending upwardly from the hinge plate. A pair of side panels is pivotally coupled to opposed side edges of the auxiliary tailgate and selectively movable between retracted and extended configurations. The hinge assembly can include a limiter configured to limit movement of the hinge assembly to prevent sagging of the auxiliary tailgate when in a stowed configuration.

Claim (Index 1):
A truck bed extension comprising:\n a hinge assembly comprising first, second, and third hinge plates and first and second hinges, the hinge assembly configured to be mounted to a tailgate of a pickup truck with a front edge of the first hinge plate adjacent to and spaced inwardly from a free edge of the tailgate; an auxiliary tailgate having a lower edge coupled to said third hinge plate, said auxiliary tailgate being pivotally movable between a stowed configuration generally co-planar with and adjacent to the first hinge plate in which an entirety of said hinge assembly is spaced inwardly from said free edge of said tailgate, and a deployed configuration extending upwardly from and perpendicular to the first hinge plate in which said second hinge is spaced outwardly from said free edge of said tailgate; and a pair of side panels pivotally coupled to side edges of said auxiliary tailgate, respectively, each side panel being selectively movable between a retracted configuration generally co-planar with and bearing against an inside surface of said auxiliary tailgate and an extended configuration generally perpendicular to said inside surface of said auxiliary tailgate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.06557
- Patent Class: 296.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15277273', '14956692', '12210341', '15247262', '12310878']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8011912651803662
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5602541734827421
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7770975560106037
- Mean Citation Score: 346.25527
- Max Citation Score: 494.424
- Similarity Product: 436.8867187671661

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