PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16049268
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["052", "003000"]

Abstract:
Methods and devices are provided for vehicle covers. For example, a method of covering a vehicle is provided including placing a pre-folded vehicle cover between front and rear wheels of the vehicle and then driving the vehicle forwards until the rear wheels of the vehicle are on top of the vehicle cover. The method includes extending a rear portion of the vehicle cover and driving the vehicle backwards until the front wheels of the vehicle are on top of the vehicle cover. The method further includes extending a front portion of the vehicle cover and covering at least a bottom and at least part of each side of the vehicle with the vehicle cover to form a barrier underneath and at least partially around the vehicle. The method can also include covering a top of the vehicle and entirely enclosing the vehicle.

Claim (Index 1):
A covering for a vehicle, comprising:\n an at least water resistant upper cover including a top panel dimensioned to cover at least a top of the vehicle and a plurality of upper side portions that extend from the top panel; and an at least water resistant lower cover including a bottom panel dimensioned to cover at least a bottom of the vehicle and a plurality of lower side portions that extend from the bottom panel, the lower cover being coupled to the upper cover on a side thereof; wherein:\n a plurality of upper fasteners are coupled to peripheral edges of the upper cover, \n a plurality of lower fasteners are coupled to peripheral edges of the lower cover and are complementary to the upper fasteners such that the upper and lower fasteners form an at least water resistant seal when the upper and lower fasteners engage each other, the upper cover and the lower cover being configured to fully envelop the vehicle and the upper and lower fasteners being configured to provide an at least water resistant barrier between the vehicle and external elements, and \n the lower cover is pre-folded such that the lower cover has a front portion that is folded and a back portion that is folded.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.64286
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15607233', '15447481', '11342332', '10311329', '11653413']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7926664148219636
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5208186046262779
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7654816338023951
- Mean Citation Score: 203.874642
- Max Citation Score: 334.0352
- Similarity Product: 256.85970708618163

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

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