PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15945745
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["473", "472000"]

Abstract:
A vertical jump drive basketball gauntlet for use on a ground surface in the vicinity of a basketball hoop, simulating a defensive basketball opponent to help offensive basketball players improve and maintain proficiency dribbling, driving, jumping, and shooting a basketball at a basketball hoop. Consisting of a weighted T-shaped base, a vertical central support structure, and coupled elongate arms simulating outstretched arms of defensive basketball players. The elongate arms are coupled in a manner allowing pivoting and orbiting movement. The elongate arms and upper portion of the vertical central support structure are padded to protect practicing basketball player from contact with basketball gauntlet.

Claim (Index 9):
A basketball gauntlet for use by a practicing offensive basketball player on a ground surface in the vicinity of a basketball hoop comprising movable support which a practicing basketball player can make contact while maneuvering to attempt to shoot a basketball toward the basketball hoop, said movable support means including a weighted T-shaped base and a vertical central support structure comprising a lower portion mast and upper portion mast mounted to weighted T-shaped base adapted to rest on ground surface, first coupled quartet of elongated arms with proximal and distal extremities and second coupled quartet of elongated arms with proximal and distal extremities and yieldable means coupled to upper portion of said upper mast horizontally spaced, as to simulate outstretched arms of defensive basketball players, the mounting means including the lower portion of the lower mast coupled to said weighted T-shaped base at an obtuse angle for positioning the vertical central support structure forward of the weighted T-shaped base so each time the practicing basketball player engages the basketball gauntlet, the practicing basketball player's feet will be free from obstruction

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82258
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14708222', '12069629', '15367440', '10384131', '13217394']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5643814414554722
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4784093773581745
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5557842350457425
- Mean Citation Score: 164.672062
- Max Citation Score: 174.14496
- Similarity Product: 129.09324136219024

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