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 13):
The apparatus of  claim 12 , further comprising a joining member defining a joining aperture, the closure pin being inserted through the joining aperture having the first elastomeric member on a first side of the joining member and a second elastomeric member positioned on a second side of the joining member, the first elastomeric member and the second elastomeric member being positioned between arms of the shackle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.3662
- Patent Class: 294.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16045699', '15798306', '13573119', '12775926', '14593175']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7385847644288709
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5370674631243098
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7184330342984148
- Mean Citation Score: 252.90524
- Max Citation Score: 406.2028
- Similarity Product: 305.6253084124565

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