PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961024
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["296", "026100"]

Abstract:
A truck bed extension apparatus can include a hinge assembly having a hinge plate configured to be coupled to a primary tailgate of a pickup. An auxiliary tailgate includes a lower edge pivotally coupled to a front edge of the hinge plate, the auxiliary tailgate being pivotally movable between a stowed configuration co-planar with and adjacent to the hinge plate and a deployed configuration extending upwardly from the hinge plate. A pair of side panels is pivotally coupled to opposed side edges of the auxiliary tailgate and selectively movable between retracted and extended configurations. The hinge assembly can include a limiter configured to limit movement of the hinge assembly to prevent sagging of the auxiliary tailgate when in a stowed configuration.

Claim (Index 16):
The truck bed extension apparatus as in  claim 15 , wherein:\n said hinge assembly includes: a second hinge plate intermediate said first hinge and said second hinge; a third hinge plate extending rearwardly from said second hinge; said second hinge plate is positioned adjacent the free edge of the primary tailgate and is perpendicular to said auxiliary tailgate when said auxiliary tailgate is at said deployed configuration; and said second hinge plate is displaced from the free edge of the primary tailgate and is situated vertically and perpendicular to said first hinge plate at said stowed configuration.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.06557
- Patent Class: 296.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15277273', '14956692', '12210341', '15247262', '12310878']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8173166589266894
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5707642792509049
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.792661420959111
- Mean Citation Score: 346.25527
- Max Citation Score: 494.424
- Similarity Product: 480.5016508927345

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