PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16034667
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["206", "522000"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for securing cargo on a pallet using a series of interconnected inflatable members. The system is secured to the pallet using securement straps connected to a fastener. The system prevents cargo from damage or loss as a result of falls from the pallet or collisions with other objects in the environment. Walls of the system can be gradually raised or lowered as cargo is added or removed to provide access to the highest cargo in a stack while protecting the cargo in a lower part of the stack. In some embodiments, the inflatable members can be filled with heated or cooled liquids to improve environmental storage conditions of cargo on the pallet.

Claim (Index 12):
A method for securing cargo on a pallet, comprising:\n inflating a plurality of inflatable members to extend vertically from a pallet to surround cargo on the pallet, the inflatable members arranged in a stack having a vertical configuration and being fluidically connected by inlet passages and outlet passages, at least one check valve located in each outlet passage to facilitate draining of fluid from the inflatable members; and securing the plurality of inflatable member to the pallet via a securement strap attached to a fastener and at least one of the inflatable members by inflating a lowest one of the plurality of inflatable member to create tension and selectively secure the fastener to the pallet, wherein inflating the plurality of inflatable members includes introducing fluid into the lowest one of the plurality of inflatable members through an inlet port, the lowest one of the plurality of inflatable members being fluidically isolated from a next higher one of the plurality of inflatable members in the stack by a pressure regulator located in a first one of the inlet passages configured to fluidically connect the lowest one of the plurality of inflatable members to the next higher one of the plurality of inflatable members until a threshold pressure is reached in the lower inflatable member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.75714
- Patent Class: 206.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10800765', '13471903', '13222223', '11380200', '10231348']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7210471736980429
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4785385126098
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6967963075892186
- Mean Citation Score: 109.7029252
- Max Citation Score: 112.982376
- Similarity Product: 72.2470398046603

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

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