PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16189953
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["248", "099000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for the collection of debris such as leaves and other yard debris having a flat-pack configuration and a hoop-like configuration. In a hoop-like configuration, the apparatus allows the fixation of a bag such that the bag is held open and allows the user to dispose debris through the apparatus and into the bag.

Claim (Index 13):
An apparatus for debris collection comprising:\n a scoop located between a first extension and a second extension;\n the scoop comprises a substantially rectangular form, a first end, and a second end; \n the first end of the scoop is coincident with a first end of the first extension, and the second end of the scoop is coincident with a first end of the second extension; \n the scoop further comprises a trailing edge coincident with a trailing edge of the first extension and a trailing edge of the second extension; \n the first extension further comprises a leading edge aligned with a leading edge of the second extension; \n the scoop further comprises a leading edge parallel to the leading edge of the first extension and the leading edge of the second extension, the leading edge of the scoop comprises a bevel, and the leading edge of the scoop is offset from the leading edge of the first extension and the leading edge of the second extension; \n a first gusset bridging between the leading edge of the scoop and the leading edge of the first extension; \n a second gusset bridging between the leading edge of the scoop and the leading edge of the second extension; \n a first tab and a second tab affixed to a second end of the first extension, and the first tab offset from the second tab by a first distance; \n a first slot and a second slot through the second extension, and the first slot offset by the first distance from the second slot; \n a first retention mechanism affixed to the first extension and a second retention mechanism affixed to the second extension; \n a first aperture through the first extension consistent with a first axis and offset from the second end of the first extension toward the first end of the first extension; and \n a second aperture through the second extension consistent with the first axis, \n wherein the mating of the tabs with the slots results in the fixation of first extension to the second extension such that the apertures align, and resulting in the apparatus is configured from a flat configuration to a hoop configuration, and \n wherein the scoop remains flat when the apparatus is in a hoop configuration.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.75758
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13030664', '13692563', '11173509', '15093733', '15947556']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7961481643989136
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4630241715628739
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7628357651153096
- Mean Citation Score: 122.61867920000002
- Max Citation Score: 131.24721
- Similarity Product: 91.32939781164944

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

Dataset: test