PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15899161
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["221", "099000"]

Abstract:
Armoring for a light weight sheet metal enclosure of a vending machine is provided utilizing base plates on mounting bolts passing through the floor in combination, optionally, with L shaped internal wall and floor reinforcements which can mate with external reinforcing plates, sub-flooring reinforcements and vending tray armor, all of which can be combined in different manners to meet the needs of a specific machine.

Claim (Index 72):
A kit as described in  claim 11  further comprising\n a. wall armor to be mounted to at least one of said walls and said floor and reinforcing a portion of the wall a pre-determined width and height less than 50% of said sheet metal walls, and \n b. tray armor to be mounted proximate said, opening and including an armored vending tray extending through said opening, \n c. wherein said floor armor comprises a plurality of reinforcing members equal in number for engagement with bolts used to secure said floor to an underlying surface, each of said plurality of reinforcing members having an aperture there through for receiving one of said bolts such that one or more of said plurality of reinforcing members is secured between said sheet metal floor and a nut threadedly engaged on a respective one, of said bolts, each of said plurality of reinforcing members extending outwardly from said respective nut in abutting, relationship with said sheet metal floor; and, wherein said aperture in each of said plurality of reinforcing members are off center to allow said reinforcing member to be place proximate one of said walls and extend over a portion of said sheet metal floor and wherein said wall armor comprises an integration with said floor armor wherein a plurality of L-shaped reinforcing members having a bottom leg that receives one of said bolts through an aperture formed therein to secure said bottom leg against id floor and an upright leg that abuts an inside surface of one of said walls and is secured thereto and further comprising at least one secondary reinforcing member, positioned against an outside of surface of said one of said walls in cooperative relationship with said L shaped member and secured thereto by a connector passing through said one of said walls and wherein said tray armor comprises inside mounting frame supporting a replacement vending tray inserted through said opening in said one of said walls to replace said delivery tray, said inside mounting frame and a reinforced panel secured on opposite sides of said walls surrounding said opening therein.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.34615
- Patent Class: 221.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15222187', '11066775', '11981478', '11981506', '11981494']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7395870129829326
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5159016217787211
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7172184738625115
- Mean Citation Score: 171.795592
- Max Citation Score: 308.18924
- Similarity Product: 249.10863355470656

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