PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15887517
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["224", "401000"]

Abstract:
A retaining device for securing one or more accessory racks to a base rack on a vehicle is provided herein. The device comprises a housing member that extends through the one or more accessory racks and into the base rack, a head, secured to the housing member that engages one or other of the racks, a detent that engages the other of the racks, and an engagement mechanism that extends the detent and pulls it toward the head. The device may further comprise a lock that secures the detent in a clamping position. The lock may comprise a ratchet and pawl arrangement defined by first and second levered tabs disposed on the head, the first tab being operably connected to the engagement mechanism. An ATV comprising one or more accessory racks secured to a base rack by a retaining device as described herein is also provided.

Claim (Index 4):
A retaining device for reversibly securing an accessory and a rack, comprising:\n a housing member having a longitude; a head secured to the housing member, wherein the head extends transverse to the longitude of the housing; a first tab connected to the head; and a detent connected to the first tab, the detent including two retaining arms positioned on opposing sides of an interior structure, the arms having an outwardly expanded position proximal to the head and a retracted position distal to the head, wherein the retaining arms have a portion that has concave curvature relative to the structure and another portion that has a convex curvature relative to the structure, wherein the convex curvature portions of the retaining arms contact the interior structure in the expanded position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19718
- Patent Class: 224.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11590176', '10738242', '11590177', '13987017', '13998477']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8380534127841773
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4888823010913204
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8031363016148916
- Mean Citation Score: 205.457648
- Max Citation Score: 214.8766
- Similarity Product: 135.0369016402483

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

Dataset: test