PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16117829
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["224", "153000"]

Abstract:
Bags or carriers are provided that can be transformed into protective vests and used as body armor and ballistic shields. The carriers can be assembled in a first arrangement that enables individuals to store and transport items. The carriers can quickly and easily be converted to or deployed in a second arrangement which enables the individuals to wear the carriers as protective vests. One or more shoulder straps can be detached from the carriers for use as tourniquets, doorway securing structures, and tools for dragging injured victims.

Claim (Index 1):
A carrier that is configured to be transformed into a protective vest, the carrier comprising:\n a housing that is configured to be assembled as a carrier in a first configuration and a protective vest in a second configuration, wherein the housing can be separated into two disconnected portions and, when assembled in the first configuration, defines an internal cavity which is segmented by one or more walls into a plurality of compartments including a first compartment and a second compartment, wherein the internal cavity defines a central compartment disposed between the first and second compartments when the housing is assembled as a carrier in the first configuration; a fastener that is configured to at least partially seal the central compartment when the housing is assembled in the first configuration, wherein full disengagement of the fastener enables a complete separation of the housing into the two disconnected portions including a front portion comprising the first compartment and a rear portion comprising the second compartment; one or more connectors configured to be connected around an individual's mid-section region when the housing is assembled as a protective vest in the second configuration; and at least one armor component integrated into the carrier in an area that provides protection for an individual's torso at least when the housing is assembled as a protective vest in the second configuration.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63158
- Patent Class: 224.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15786243', '15232548', '14093243', '11972528', '15816344']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8277661702133972
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5582066461689441
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8008102178089519
- Mean Citation Score: 311.466724
- Max Citation Score: 432.8667
- Similarity Product: 423.94891451513166

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