PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15899040
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["280", "769000"]

Abstract:
A vehicle accessory hitch assembly for attaching an accessory to a vehicle. The vehicle may include a frame and a bed mounted to the frame. First and second base rails may be disposed on the bed and coupled to the frame of the vehicle, and the vehicle may include a vehicle trailer hitch with a receiver for accepting a shank. In one embodiment, the vehicle accessory hitch assembly may be mechanically connected to each of the first and second base rails and the vehicle trailer hitch such that the vehicle accessory hitch assembly is immovable or stationary relative to the first and second base rails and the vehicle trailer hitch. In another embodiment, the vehicle accessory hitch assembly may be adaptable to connect to differently-configured base rails and vehicle trailer hitch constructions, including different horizontal and vertical spacing between the base rails and the vehicle trailer hitch.

Claim (Index 1):
A vehicle accessory hitch for attaching an accessory to a vehicle, the vehicle having a frame and a bed mounted to the frame, the vehicle having a vehicle trailer hitch with a receiver for accepting a shank, said vehicle accessory hitch comprising:\n a first member opposing a second member, each of the first and second members including a bed section and a rear section, the bed section configured to extend from a forward area of the bed to a rearward area of the bed, the rear section configured to be in proximity to a rear of the vehicle, each said bed section of the first and second members configured to couple to the frame of the vehicle; a hitch support coupled to said rear section of said first member and said rear section of said second member, said hitch support having a shank member configured to interface with the receiver of the vehicle trailer hitch, wherein the vehicle accessory hitch is configured to couple to the frame of the vehicle via the first and second members and the vehicle trailer hitch of the vehicle; and an accessory support configured to removably couple to said first member, said second member and said hitch support, said accessory support configured to remain substantially stationary while coupled to said first member, said second member, and said hitch support, said accessory support configured to connect to and support a vehicle accessory near the rear of the vehicle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.64407
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15384751', '14753964', '10996910', '10219047', '12283629']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8421415226417399
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5739676983216605
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.815324140209732
- Mean Citation Score: 353.86357200000015
- Max Citation Score: 456.4232
- Similarity Product: 448.4338700664521

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