PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15888311
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["296", "057100"]

Abstract:
A shroud for a truck bed tailgate may comprise a set of platens adapted for engagement with a pick-up truck having a truck bed, and a tailgate pivotable about a tailgate pivot axis. The set of platens may comprise multiple platens pivotably engaged to one another by multiple pivot shafts in order to form a four-bar linkage when assemble with a truck bed, and a tailgate.

Claim (Index 20):
A shrouded truck bed tailgate comprising\n a truck bed; a tailgate operationally engaged with the truck bed to be pivotable about a tailgate pivot axis between\n an open position, and \n a closed position, wherein closed position is a 90 degree rotation about the tailgate pivot axis from the open position; and \n a non-Grashof four bar linkage having\n a ground link defined by\n the tailgate pivot axis, and \n a first pivot axis,\n fixedly engaged to the truck bed, \n extending parallel to the tailgate pivot axis, and \n offset from the tailgate pivot axis by a distance L1, \n \n \n an input link\n defined by a second platen having a second pivot axis and a third pivot axis parallel to the second pivot axis and offset from the second pivot axis by a distance L2, \n pivotably connected to the ground link by a first pivot shaft to pivot about the first pivot axis such that the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis coincide, and \n wherein the second platen defines a second surface, \n \n a coupler link\n defined by a third platen having a fourth pivot axis and a fifth pivot axis parallel to the fourth pivot axis and offset from the fourth pivot axis by a distance L3, \n pivotably connected to the input link by a second pivot shaft to pivot about the third pivot axis such that the third pivot axis and the fourth pivot axis coincide, and \n wherein the third platen defines a third surface, and \n \n an output link\n defined by a fourth platen having a sixth pivot axis parallel to the tailgate pivot axis and offset from the tailgate pivot axis by a distance L4, \n pivotably connected to the coupler link by a third pivot shaft to pivot about the fifth pivot axis such that the sixth pivot axis and the fifth pivot axis coincide, \n fixedly engaged to the tailgate to be pivotable with the tailgate about the tailgate pivot axis between the open position, and the closed position, and wherein the fourth platen defines a fourth surface; and \n \n wherein the relationship of the lengths of the link lengths, L1, L2, L3, and L4 is such that\n L1+L3\u2212L2\u2212L4 is positive, \n L1+L4\u2212L2\u2212L3 is positive, and \n L3+L4\u2212L2\u2212L1 is negative; \n wherein\n L2/L1 is between 0.68 and 0.72 inclusive, \n L3/L1 is between 0.68 and 0.72 inclusive, and \n L4/L1 is between 0.68 and 0.72 inclusive; and \n wherein each platen is elongated to extend at least a width of 0.9 W in a direction parallel to the tailgate pivot axis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.75
- Patent Class: 296.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15268767', '14451955', '13835226', '12018478', '15681690']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7736979425480476
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4639981758563153
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7427279658788744
- Mean Citation Score: 206.49221
- Max Citation Score: 220.20972000000003
- Similarity Product: 166.06988130311967

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test