PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872260
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["248", "551000"]

Abstract:
Anti-sweep devices which are operable to contain a plurality of packages disposed on a base within a cover or housing, and dispense packages one at a time. A door for accessing a product such as a package is disposed at a front portion of the device. The base includes a pusher axially aligned with the long axis of the base. A sled, lift plate, product retention tab, a sled biasing element and a means for retarding a biasing force imparted by the sled biasing element are positioned below the base. The sled is slidably oriented along the longitudinal axis of the base and has a door contacting end and sled biasing element couple to the opposite end. The sled is engageable to the means for retarding a biasing force imparted by the sled biasing element. In use, opening the door to remove a product or package pushes the sled against the resistance of the sled biasing element, compressing it, and the lift plate and product retention tab are urged upward via the lift plate and through an aperture formed in the base to stop the next product or package from advancing toward the door.

Claim (Index 1):
An anti-sweep device for dispensing products one at a time comprising:\n a door operable to have an open position and a closed position, the door restricting access to at least one product which may be housed within the dispensing device; a base comprising a product bearing side and a pusher assembly operable to urge product along the product bearing side in the direction of the door; a sled assembly coupled to the base comprising a chassis, a sled slidably coupled to a floor of the chassis and axially aligned with the base, the sled comprising a door-contacting end, an opposite end coupled to a sled biasing element and at least one ramp extending from the sled in a direction opposite the floor of the chassis, the sled assembly further comprising a means for retarding a biasing force imparted by the sled biasing element, the sled assembly further comprising a lift plate coupled at a first end to the chassis and positioned between a top surface of the sled and the base, the lift plate further comprising a ramp-contacting end opposite the first end; and a housing configured to contain at least one product to be dispensed, the housing comprising an end sized and configured to accommodate the door; wherein when the door is opened, a bottom portion of the door is operable to contact and urge the sled against resistance of the sled biasing element, causing the ramp to urge the lift plate ramp-contacting end upward and a product retention tab to rise through a product retention tab aperture to prevent product advancement along the product bearing side, and wherein closing the door releases pressure on the sled, wherein the sled biasing element is operable to urge the sled toward the door against a retarding force imparted by the means for retarding a biasing force, causing the lift plate to be lowered.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26087
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15428851', '11676544', '15354994', '14800413', '15132651']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8212749265320984
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6061555898113977
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7997629928600284
- Mean Citation Score: 264.065756
- Max Citation Score: 547.8186
- Similarity Product: 512.8637041874529

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