PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15898139
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["248", "124100"]

Abstract:
A portable, multi-configuration appliance stand capable of supporting one or more appliances, including but not limited to dryers, lights, and blowers. In embodiments, the appliance stand includes an appliance arm that supports the appliance, where the appliance arm is attached to an arm support via a multi-axial connector that functions as a multi-axial connector joint. In embodiments, the multi-axial connector is capable of translating along at least two axes, as well as rotating. In other embodiments, a locking mechanism secures the multi-axial connector at a fixed configuration between the appliance arm and the arm support.

Claim (Index 19):
An appliance stand apparatus, comprising:\n an arm support having an arm support slot that extends longitudinally on the arm support; an appliance arm configured to support at least one appliance, the appliance arm having an appliance arm slot extending longitudinally on the appliance arm; a multi-axial connector that connects the appliance arm to the arm support, the multi-axial connector having a pivot seated within the arm support slot and extending through the appliance arm slot; the pivot configured to slide within the arm support slot and within the appliance arm slot to translate the appliance arm relative to the arm support and wherein the appliance arm is configured to rotate around the pivot; and a locking mechanism configured to selectively secure the appliance arm, wherein the locking mechanism includes a mounting plate and a back plate connected to the pivot and positioned on opposite sides of the multi-axial connector, wherein the mounting plate and the back plate are drawn towards each other to clamp the appliance arm and the arm support.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.89474
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12901258', '13745473', '12162263', '15285514', '15294822']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.812743135400594
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4802709691988212
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7794959187804167
- Mean Citation Score: 166.83061600000005
- Max Citation Score: 175.13225
- Similarity Product: 114.28311028710009

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