PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15968247
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["114", "247000"]

Abstract:
A floating dock includes a frame, a float, and first and second dock posts. The frame has a first longitudinal section and a second longitudinal that define a slip there between. The dock posts are operatively secured to and project upward from the frame and are on opposite sides of the slip. The posts have self-adjusting line systems including a slide, an elongate member, an upper stop, a lower stop, and a line. The slide is slidable along the elongate member between the upper stop and the lower stop. The line is coupled to the slide. The line is adapted to tether the slide to a watercraft. The slides are capable of moving independently to allow vertical translation, pitch, and roll of the watercraft while the watercraft is secured within the slip.

Claim (Index 8):
A method in accordance with  claim 5  further comprising:\n attaching a third self-adjusting line system to a third dock post of the floating dock, the third dock post being operatively secured to the frame, the third dock post projecting upward from the frame, the third self-adjusting line system comprising a third slide, a third elongate member, a third upper stop, a third lower stop, a third line, and a third damper, the third slide being slidable along the third elongate member between the third upper stop and the third lower stop; \n attaching the third line to the third slide; and \n attaching the third damper to the third line such that the third line passes through the third damper, the third damper being configured to damp a varying tension force in the third line caused by movement of a watercraft resulting from wave action; \n attaching a fourth self-adjusting line system to a fourth dock post of the floating dock, the fourth dock post being operatively secured to the frame, the fourth dock post projecting upward from the frame, the fourth self-adjusting line system comprising a fourth slide, a fourth elongate member, a fourth upper stop, a fourth lower stop, a fourth line, and a fourth damper, the fourth slide being slidable along the fourth elongate member between the fourth upper stop and the fourth lower stop; \n attaching the fourth line to the fourth slide; and \n attaching the fourth damper to the fourth line such that the fourth line passes through the fourth damper, the fourth damper being configured to damp a varying tension force in the fourth line caused by movement of a watercraft resulting from wave action.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.3125
- Patent Class: 114.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11625118', '15231577', '12780473', '10697472', '11051418']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7473661363403735
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4832481420363583
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.720954336909972
- Mean Citation Score: 182.529518
- Max Citation Score: 195.537
- Similarity Product: 140.72720553588871

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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