PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16116081
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["052", "562000"]

Abstract:
A bridge to construct a multi-stage wall is provided with a clip at each end. One of the clips is sized and shaped to fit snugly onto the wall of a standard concrete masonry unit (CMU), while the other is sized and shaped to fit onto a segmental wall system (SWS) unit. A retaining or stand-alone wall is constructed by laying a row of SWS units and a row of CMUs roughly parallel to each other, with bridges extending between them to fix the units. The hollow spaces in each unit and the space between the rows is filled with gravel, rock or other fill material as each course is laid. Additional courses of SWS units and CMUs are placed on top of the prior courses, with bridges added to each course. This process is repeated until the desired wall height is reached. Various sized and shaped clips and connector brackets are provided to allow spacing of the walls at different distances, with varying blocks. Multiple walls can be constructed in parallel and connected with bridges to provide sufficient retention mass for taller walls.

Claim (Index 12):
A bridge assembly for use in a multi-stage wall, the wall having:\n i. a plurality of first blocks arranged to form a first wall, each first block having a side wall defining a surface thereof and comprising a groove formed in the side wall of each first block; ii. a plurality of second blocks arranged to form a second wall, each second block having a side wall defining a side surface thereof, a second side wall on a side thereof opposite its first side wall, iii. wherein the first blocks are taller than the second blocks, and iv. fill between the first and second walls; and the bridge assembly comprising:\n a. a first clip formed to fit snugly onto the side of one of the first blocks, a second clip formed to fit snugly onto the side wall of an adjacent one of the second blocks, and a bridge body connecting the clips and fixing the distance between them, wherein the bridge body and at least one of the clips, which includes a bridge connector, are formed separately from each other, and wherein the bridge connector is spaced outward from the side surface when that at least one of the clips is fit onto the block side wall, wherein the height of the bridge is such that when said bridge is positioned with its first clip in the groove of said first block and its second clip on a second block, the top of the bridge vertically aligns with the top of the first block; and \n b. a stand-alone clip formed to fit snugly onto the second side wall of one of the second blocks, said stand-alone clip height being such that when a stand-alone clip is positioned on the second side wall of one of the second blocks, the top of said stand-alone clip vertically aligns with the top of said first block.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95146
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15034928', '10442748', '12893308', '10393689', '11072985']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7793146146066247
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.562949702397404
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7576781233857026
- Mean Citation Score: 219.975106
- Max Citation Score: 454.39355
- Similarity Product: 378.8810419399053

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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