PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16185836
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["040", "442000"]

Abstract:
A power transfer system to facilitate the transfer of electrical power between tree trunk sections of an artificial tree is disclosed. The power transfer system can advantageously enable neighboring tree trunk sections to be electrically connected without the need to rotationally align the tree trunk sections. Power distribution subsystems can be disposed within the trunk sections. The power distribution subsystems can comprise a male end, a female end, or both. The male ends can have prongs and the female ends can have voids. The prongs can be inserted into the voids to electrically connect the power distribution subsystems of neighboring tree trunk sections. In some embodiments, the prongs and voids are designed so that the prongs of one power distribution subsystem can engage the voids of another power distribution subsystem without the need to rotationally align the tree trunk sections.

Claim (Index 27):
A method of electrically and mechanically coupling a first tree portion of a lighted artificial tree to a second tree portion, the method comprising:\n positioning a first tree portion, the first tree portion having (i) a first generally hollow trunk portion having a first trunk wall and (ii) a first electrical connector having a first alignment mechanism with a sloped engagement portion, upright along a vertical axis; aligning a second tree portion, the second tree portion having (i) a second generally hollow trunk portion having a second trunk wall and (ii) a second electrical connector having a second alignment mechanism with a sloped engagement portion, with the first tree portion and along the vertical axis; causing the second tree portion to move axially such that the first tree portion receives an end of the second tree portion and the first trunk wall is engaged with the second trunk wall; causing the second alignment mechanism's sloped engagement portion to initially contact the first alignment mechanism's sloped engagement portion at a first rotational alignment; and allowing the second electrical connector to rotate relative the first electrical connector, thereby rotating the second tree portion into a second rotational alignment and a final engagement position such that the first tree portion and second tree portion are mechanically coupled and electrically connected.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.41935
- Patent Class: 40.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14090470', '13659737', '15297729', '14547505', '14621507']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7958321470477574
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5836232329914067
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7746112556421224
- Mean Citation Score: 439.16865
- Max Citation Score: 453.9739
- Similarity Product: 342.1747213450253

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

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