PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872226
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["029", "525010"]

Abstract:
A roof rack system for a vehicle that has roll bars that are selectively covered with a removable or retractable roof. A first mounting bar attaches to a first roll bar of the vehicle. The second mounting bar attaches to the second roll bar. An optional third mounting bar may be used. Both the first mounting bar and the second mounting bar are held within a gap space between the roll bars and the soft top roof. When the soft top roof is retracted, a plurality of mounting accessories can be selectively attached to both the first mounting bar and the second mounting bar. The mounting accessories can have different shapes.

Claim (Index 1):
In a vehicle having a first roll bar and a second roll bar, wherein bolt holes are formed in said first roll bar and said second roll bar, a method of connecting a roof rack to said first roll bar and said second roll bar, said method comprising the steps of:\n providing a first mounting bar, wherein said first mounting bar supports a first plurality of receptacles; providing a second mounting bar, wherein said second mounting bar supports a second plurality of receptacles; providing mounting accessories, wherein each of said mounting accessories is configured to selectively engage any one of said first plurality of receptacles and said second plurality of receptacles; providing mechanical fasteners; attaching said first mounting bar to said first roll bar with said mechanical fasteners, wherein said mechanical fasteners extend through said bolt holes in said first roll bar; attaching said second mounting bar to said second roll bar, wherein said second roll bar is oriented parallel to said first roll bar; connecting at least one of said mounting accessories to at least one of said first plurality of receptacles, and connecting at least one of said mounting accessories to at least one of said second plurality of receptacles.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16364
- Patent Class: 29.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14531742', '14849377', '14055685', '14927238', '14949300']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8679071371664704
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4822013076401835
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8293365542138417
- Mean Citation Score: 207.96759
- Max Citation Score: 215.73193
- Similarity Product: 164.22501000625607

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test