PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15756239
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["024", "306000"]

Abstract:
This invention relates to a protective buffer strap ( 10 ). More specifically, the invention relates to a protective buffer strap ( 10 ) capable of being strapped onto one or more articles ( 100, 200 ) to be closely restrained, thereby to prevent such articles ( 100, 200 ) from rubbing up against one another and causing damage, especially to surface finishes. The protective buffer strap ( 10 ) includes a strap ( 32 ) and an elongate body ( 12 ) from which the strap ( 32 ) extends, the elongate body ( 12 ) having a spine ( 26 ) and a plurality of projections ( 28 ) graduating lengths extending from the spine ( 26 ). The protective buffer strap ( 10 ) is configurable between an unwound condition and a wound condition. In the unwound condition, free ends ( 28 A) of the projections ( 28 ) are spaced from one another along the spine ( 26 ). In the wound condition, the elongate body ( 12 ) and/or strap ( 32 ) is deformed into a closed loop form with the free ends ( 28 A) of the protections ( 28 ) jointly defining at least a portion of a bore ( 36 ) for receiving a first article ( 100 ) therein, which bore ( 36 ) is eccentric relative to the closed loop form. Furthermore, in the wound condition, the strap ( 32 ) extends about the closed loop form and/or the closed loop form and a second article ( 200 ) receivable between the strap ( 32 ) and the spine ( 26 ) thereby to retain the protective buffer in the wound condition such that in use, the distance between the first article ( 100 ) received within the bore ( 36 ) and the second article ( 200 ) is variable by rotting the closed loop form about the first article ( 100 ).

Claim (Index 1):
A protective buffer strap including:\n a strap; and an elongate body from which the strap extends, the elongate body having:\n a spine; and \n a plurality of projections of graduating lengths extending from the spine such that:\n in an unwound condition, the free ends of the projections are spaced from one another along the spine; and \n in a wound condition, at least one of the elongate body and the strap is deformed into a closed loop form with the free ends of the projections jointly defining at least a portion of a bore for receiving a first article therein, which bore is eccentric relative to the closed loop form; \n \n wherein the free ends of the projections are operably movable towards one another as the elongate body is deformed from the unwound condition into the wound condition; and \n and further wherein in the wound condition, the strap extends about at least one of the closed loop form, and a second article receivable between the strap and the spine, thereby to retain the protective buffer in the wound condition; such that in use, the distance between the first article received within the bore and the second article is variable by rotating the closed loop form about the first article.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.11712
- Patent Class: 24.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15044127', '10917256', '12076515', '12165823', '15889448']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.715491293226247
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4503957487071275
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6889817387743351
- Mean Citation Score: 162.23932000000005
- Max Citation Score: 167.418
- Similarity Product: 118.03189254069328

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

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