PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15926396
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["119", "051010"]

Abstract:
A gravity feeder with a weighted ball includes a hopper having a conical configuration that may be hung from a tree branch. The hopper includes a funnel shaped configuration and defines an open top into which granular feed may be deposited into an interior area of the hopper. A plurality of tubular distribution sections extends from a mouth of the hopper to near the ground for depositing the feed thereon. The gravity feeder includes a heavy spherical ball situated atop the feed in the hopper that pushes the feed downward into the conduit and, in fact, can descend into the distribution sections to ensure the feed is completely deposited.

Claim (Index 9):
A gravity feeder apparatus for feeding granular feed to animals, comprising:\n a hopper having a continuous side wall having a funnel-shaped configuration, said continuous side wall having a rim at an upper end thereof and having a mouth at a lower end; wherein said continuous side wall defines an interior area for holding the granular feed; a plurality of distribution sections operably coupled to said mouth, each distribution section having a tubular configuration having an open top and an open bottom that allows the granular feed to pass therethrough; wherein said plurality of distribution sections are modular and coupled to one another so as to form a conduit through which the granular feed is passed; and a spherical weight initially positioned atop the granular feed in said hopper, said spherical weight configured and operable for pushing the granular feed downward from said hopper into said plurality of distribution sections; an uppermost section coupled to said mouth of said hopper; a lowermost section having an upper portion coupled to an upwardly adjacent distribution section and a lower portion having an internal diameter that is larger than an internal diameter of all other sections of said plurality of distribution sections; and a plurality of intermediate sections coupled between said uppermost section and said lowermost section.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.79688
- Patent Class: 119.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11233458', '13195996', '14931422', '11809770', '14401047']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7463510326616336
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4578734510601825
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7175032745014885
- Mean Citation Score: 145.827958
- Max Citation Score: 152.79208
- Similarity Product: 120.13157913901806

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

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