PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15899161
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["221", "099000"]

Abstract:
Armoring for a light weight sheet metal enclosure of a vending machine is provided utilizing base plates on mounting bolts passing through the floor in combination, optionally, with L shaped internal wall and floor reinforcements which can mate with external reinforcing plates, sub-flooring reinforcements and vending tray armor, all of which can be combined in different manners to meet the needs of a specific machine.

Claim (Index 1):
In a vending machine having a sheet metal floor, walls and top and secured to an underlying surface by a plurality of bolts passing through said sheet metal floor proximal each intersection of said walls and a delivery tray supported on one of said walls, the improvement comprising: a plurality of reinforcing members equal in number to said plurality of bolts, each of said plurality of reinforcing members having an aperture there through tor receiving one of said plurality of bolts such that one or more of said plurality of reinforcing members is secured between said sheet metal floor and a nut threadedly engaged on a respective one of said plurality of bolts, each of said plurality of reinforcing members extending outwardly from said respective nut in abutting, relationship with said sheet metal floor; and, wherein said aperture in each of said plurality of reinforcing members are off center to allow said reinforcing member to be place proximate one of said walls and extend over a portion of said sheet metal floor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.34615
- Patent Class: 221.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15222187', '11066775', '11981478', '11981506', '11981494']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7400195698612884
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5114489868435365
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7171625115595133
- Mean Citation Score: 171.795592
- Max Citation Score: 308.18924
- Similarity Product: 276.84835739011766

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

Dataset: test