PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15960898
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["280", "618000"]

Abstract:
A convertible binding comprising a base plate, a heel plate and a toe plate. The toe plate is rotatable from one end of a frame to either lie underneath the base plate or extend outward from the base plate to form a front portion of a snowshoe configuration. The heel plate is rotatable from a second end of the frame to either extend upward from the base plate to provide a heel back support for a snow board binding configuration to or extend outward from the base plate, in an opposing direction from said toe plate, to form a back portion of a snowshoe configuration. A mounting bracket with a forward and rear lip is attached to a snowboard and holds the convertible binding. A locking mechanism will hold the base plate down.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of attaching a convertible binding to a mounting bracket, wherein said mounting bracket comprises a front mounting bracket lip, a rear mounting bracket lip and at least one sash lever, said convertible binding comprises a rotatable toe plate, a rotatable base plate and a rotatable heel plate, said method comprising:\n attaching said mounting bracket to a snowboard; rotating said toe plate to an underside of said base plate; rotating said heel plate to an upright position; placing a toe plate lip fitting and a rear frame strut in said rear mounting bracket lip; rotating said base plate upward to allow a base plate lip fitting to engage said front mounting bracket lip; rotating said base plate downward to substantially parallel with said snow board; engaging said at least one sash lever to hold said base plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.35
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11247893', '15330494', '13922161', '11409860', '12716136']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8013687652593058
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4935794518526924
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7705898339186444
- Mean Citation Score: 231.780618
- Max Citation Score: 246.93613
- Similarity Product: 200.6697820756018

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

Dataset: test