PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16185836
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["040", "442000"]

Abstract:
A power transfer system to facilitate the transfer of electrical power between tree trunk sections of an artificial tree is disclosed. The power transfer system can advantageously enable neighboring tree trunk sections to be electrically connected without the need to rotationally align the tree trunk sections. Power distribution subsystems can be disposed within the trunk sections. The power distribution subsystems can comprise a male end, a female end, or both. The male ends can have prongs and the female ends can have voids. The prongs can be inserted into the voids to electrically connect the power distribution subsystems of neighboring tree trunk sections. In some embodiments, the prongs and voids are designed so that the prongs of one power distribution subsystem can engage the voids of another power distribution subsystem without the need to rotationally align the tree trunk sections.

Claim (Index 1):
A lighted artificial tree, comprising:\n a first tree portion, including:\n a first trunk portion, \n a first power distribution subsection, and \n a first electrical connector, the first power distribution subsection and first electrical connector housed at least in part within the first trunk portion, the first electrical connector including:\n a first body portion; and \n a first electrical contact set, the first electrical contact set in electrical connection with the first power distribution subsection, \n the first body portion including a plurality of ridges; \n \n a second tree portion, including:\n a second trunk portion; \n a second power distribution subsection; and \n a second electrical connector, the second power distribution subsection and second electrical connector housed at least in part within the second trunk portion, the second electrical connector including:\n a second body portion; and \n a second electrical contact set, the second electrical contact set in electrical connection with the second power distribution subsection, \n the second body portion including a plurality of grooves, \n \n wherein the first tree portion is configured to couple to the second tree portion such that the first electrical contact set and the second electrical contact set form an electrical connection and the plurality of grooves of the second body portion receive the plurality of ridges of the first body portion, thereby electrically connecting the first power distribution subsection to the second power distribution subsection and mechanically coupling the first tree portion to the second tree portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.41935
- Patent Class: 40.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14090470', '13659737', '15297729', '14547505', '14621507']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7952515849089715
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5854340031198453
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.774269826730059
- Mean Citation Score: 439.16865
- Max Citation Score: 453.9739
- Similarity Product: 355.44794958307153

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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