PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15878695
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["016", "225000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides an encapsulated flexible hinge that is particularly suited for use as an original part or as a replacement hinge on a cooler. The encapsulated flexible hinge is comprised of a flexible woven central reinforcement member having a rubber or polymer coating that has been forced through the reinforcement member to create an outer and an inner rubber coating that encapsulates the reinforcement member. In another embodiment, the inner and outer coating is comprised of the same or two different materials that are vulcanized together after being extruded on either side of the reinforcement member. The encapsulated flexible hinge may take on various shapes, and can be cut into a specific shape if need be.

Claim (Index 1):
An encapsulated flexible hinge comprising:\n a fibrous reinforcement member having a front side and back side, said fibrous reinforcement member formed from a plurality of threads interlaced with respect to each other, said fibrous reinforcement member cut into a polygonal shape having a plurality of edges, a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of apertures extending through said woven reinforcement member, said front surface and said back surface; a polymer coating encapsulating said plurality of threads, forming said reinforcement member, said polymer coating covering said front surface and said back surface, forming said encapsulated flexible hinge; said plurality of apertures positioned to allow said encapsulated flexible hinge to be attached to a fixed member and a moveable member with fasteners, said encapsulated flexible hinge spanning a gap between said fixed member and said moveable member to allow said moveable member to pivot a limited amount about an axis created by said encapsulated flexible hinge.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72222
- Patent Class: 16.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15166649', '11420858', '09844058', '13120979', '10661044']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6476571235782672
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4722771401602952
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6301191252364701
- Mean Citation Score: 126.23628
- Max Citation Score: 132.82532
- Similarity Product: 90.76173659877064

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