PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16024813
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["297", "313000"]

Abstract:
A sitting device that encourages the active engagement of the user to remain upright. A seat ( 14 ) supported by a central column ( 12 ) passes through a pivot joint ( 16 ) supported by a base ( 10 ). The central column ( 12 ) pivots angularly providing the user mobility in his or her hips and lumbar, thoracic, and cervical spine. The central column ( 12 ) and seat ( 14 ) are brought back to vertical when the sitting device is not in use by means of a counterweight ( 18 ) affixed to the bottom of the central column ( 12 ). The length of the central column ( 12 ) may be adjustable to allow the user to select the desired height of the seat ( 14 ). The pivot joint ( 16 ) may be a spherical plain bearing, spherical ball bearing, gimbal bearing, spherical thrust bearing, or other device that allows the central column ( 12 ) to pivot angularly. The base ( 10 ) supporting the pivot joint ( 16 ) and central column ( 12 ) may contain as few as one leg and as many legs as needed to support the user. The movement of the pivot joint ( 16 ) may be inhibited by affixing a collar lock ( 40 ). The frictional resistance of the pivot joint ( 16 ) may be adjusted with a set screw ( 50 ).

Claim (Index 1):
A sitting device, comprising:\n a base, a central column supported by said base, a seat attached to said central column, means for permitting pivotal movement of said central column, and means for returning said central column to upright when said sitting device is not being used.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.61616
- Patent Class: 297.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14768261', '13727541', '13209409', '15550566', '10748917']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7606633040214783
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4602205284324375
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7306190264625743
- Mean Citation Score: 146.67865799999996
- Max Citation Score: 153.81223
- Similarity Product: 101.9925969848752

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