PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16012125
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["224", "521000"]

Abstract:
A carrier system and method for assisting in handling cargo of a vehicle. A carrier container includes an interior storage space surrounded by a front side facing the rear of the vehicle, rear, left, right, and bottom sides, and an open top that allows access to the interior storage space with a lid that closes and opens the top. A carrier support structure mounted to the carrier container is inserted into the hitch of the vehicle and holds the top surface of the container flush with the cargo bed of the vehicle. The lid is opened to deploy a ramp stored inside which is anchored to the container so that it is flush with the top surface of the container and reaches the ground. The lid is closed and a bridge plate commonly hinged with the lid is deployed over any gap between the cargo bed and the container top, providing a continuous surface between the cargo bed and the ground for use by pets for ingress and egress of the vehicle and for handling cargo.

Claim (Index 22):
A carrier system for use with a vehicle to assist with handling cargo of the vehicle, the vehicle having a cargo bed at a rear of the vehicle and an opening through which the cargo may be removed from and loaded into the vehicle, the carrier system comprising:\n a carrier container including an interior storage space surround by a front side facing the rear of the vehicle, a rear side, a left side, a right side, a top side, and a bottom side, at least one of the rear, the left, the right and the top sides being an open side and allowing access to the interior storage space; a carrier support structure having a first end configured to connect to the vehicle and a second end connected to the carrier container, the carrier support structure includes a height adjustment mechanism positioned between the first and second ends of the carrier support structure, the height adjustment mechanism operable to move the carrier container relative to the first end and selectively position the top side of the carrier container relative to the cargo bed of the vehicle; a bridge device disposed adjacent the top side of the carrier container, the bridge device having a deployed configuration in which the bridge device forms a bridge over a gap between the cargo bed of the vehicle and the top side of the carrier container; and a ramp having a first end configured to engage the carrier container and a second end configured to provide a sloped surface from the carrier container.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30864
- Patent Class: 224.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15391503', '13182373', '16004320', '11433558', '11622353']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8499026514687887
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5910709710564293
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8240194834275527
- Mean Citation Score: 281.319996
- Max Citation Score: 506.91632
- Similarity Product: 481.1468595105933

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

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