PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15911524
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["248", "168000"]

Abstract:
An improved leg for an apparatus for supporting an object. The improved leg may be provided as at least one leg of a tripod for supporting an object, the tripod having a plurality of legs each having upper and lower leg assemblies that are arranged in moving relation with each other, wherein the at least one leg is configured to prevent that leg of the apparatus from collapsing.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for supporting an object comprising: a plurality of legs, wherein at least one of the plurality of legs comprises:\n an upper leg assembly comprising an elongate first upper leg member and an elongate second upper leg member each having a length and each having first and second ends, the first and second end of each of the first upper leg member and the second upper leg member being secured so as to define a space having a fixed width between the first upper leg member and the second upper leg member; and \n a lower leg assembly comprising a lower leg having a first section defining an outer fixed first width and a second section longitudinally spaced from the first section and defining an outer fixed second width greater than the first width, the fixed first width being equal to or less than the fixed width of the space, and the fixed second width being greater than the fixed width of the space, the lower leg being located between the first upper leg member and second upper leg member, movement of the lower leg being impeded by interference between the first upper leg member and the second upper leg member, and the second section of the lower leg.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.6
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11670871', '10345891', '12686936', '10685927', '14035043']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8063261803526096
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4686511229013762
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7725586746074864
- Mean Citation Score: 163.720136
- Max Citation Score: 165.11792
- Similarity Product: 120.74803764579772

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

Dataset: test