PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16041234
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["052", "111000"]

Abstract:
An extendable and retractable column which is formed from at least three linked sections or chains. The linked sections include a plurality of individual segments linked end to end. As the linked segments are extended, each of the individual segments of the linked chains engage individual segments of adjacent linked sections to form a column. As the linked sections are retracted, each of the individual segments of the linked sections disengage from the individual segment of the adjacent linked sections and the individual linked sections may be rolled up into a multi-sided form for compact storage.

Claim (Index 1):
An extendable and retractable support column comprising:\n a plurality of segments, each segment having top and bottom ends, first and second sidewalls, a plurality of drive openings to assist in extending and retracting the segment when forming the column, and first and second spaced apart and substantially parallel longitudinally aligned apertures; a said longitudinally aligned aperture located adjacent each side wall and extending between the top and bottom ends of the segment, each longitudinally aligned aperture having a cross sectional wall of predetermined shape; a transverse aperture extending through the wall of each longitudinally aligned aperture; first and second pivot support blocks, the first pivot support block positioned within the first longitudinally aligned aperture and the second pivot support block positioned within the second longitudinally aligned aperture; each pivot support block comprising: a rigid body having first and second ends and slidably mounted within a longitudinally aligned aperture; the rigid body including a pivot aperture adjacent the first end of the rigid body, the pivot aperture being positioned outside the longitudinally aligned aperture and having a central pivot axis; the rigid body further including an attachment aperture spaced apart from the pivot aperture, the attachment aperture positioned on the rigid body to be coaxial with the transverse aperture of the longitudinally aligned aperture when the rigid body is inserted within the longitudinally aligned aperture; a fastening element installed within the transverse aperture of the longitudinally aligned aperture and passing through the attachment aperture of the pivot support block to retain the pivot support block within the longitudinally aligned aperture.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17021
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15662618', '14551607', '13282994', '15064731', '15650065']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8340779484984399
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6117412201336087
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8118442756619568
- Mean Citation Score: 432.16572400000007
- Max Citation Score: 534.575
- Similarity Product: 522.3715398609638

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