PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16175631
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["294", "082100"]

Abstract:
A guard defines an inner seat comprising an open channel shaped to receive a shackle and extend partially around the shackle. The guard further includes an outer seat positioned opposite the open channel and shaped to support a strap passing through the shackle. A tether is fastened to the guard and defines a fastener for securing to a closure pin passing through the shackle. In some embodiments, the fastener comprises a hole formed in the tether and a barb formed on the tether offset from the hole. In other embodiments, a barb on the tether inserts through a hole in the closure pin or a cup on the tether is positioned over an end of the closure pin. A hooked or straight tether may also be used to implement the fastener. The tether and fastener may be secured to a spacer through which the closure pin is inserted. A closure pin may insert through a pair of spacers.

Claim (Index 6):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the tether and fastener are co-molded with the elastomeric member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.3662
- Patent Class: 294.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16045699', '15798306', '13573119', '12775926', '14593175']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7608588538752146
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.539393109252383
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7387122794129314
- Mean Citation Score: 252.90524
- Max Citation Score: 406.2028
- Similarity Product: 306.2565525593758

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