PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957626
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["482", "079000"]

Abstract:
Described is an exercise tool. More particularly, it is a therapy and exercise tool specifically devised as a foot-therapy and toe-aligning device to align, separate, and stretch toes. The foot-therapy and toe-aligning device comprises a frame with a plurality of posts connected with the frame. The device is formed of an elastic material such that a user may place at least one of the plurality of posts between a user's toes and pull the post to stretch and elongate the post between the toes. Upon release, the elastic material of the post causes the post to attempt to return to its original shape, thereby causing it to expand out and conform its shape to fit snugly against the user's toes. Additionally, the elastic material allows the toe posts to be positioned and maintained at numerous locations between the user's toes for customizable positioning between the toes.

Claim (Index 3):
A method for forming a foot-therapy and toe-aligning device, the method comprising an act of:\n forming a frame having a top portion, a bottom portion, a front portion, and a back portion, the top and bottom portions being spaced apart and extending lengthwise along a frame length, and further forming four separators composed of a transparent elastic gel that are spaced apart along the frame length and extend integrally between the top and bottom portions of the frame for conforming to and separating toes of a human foot, the foot-therapy and toe aligning device further including at least three sealed toe holes defined by adjacent separators and corresponding top and bottom portions of the frame, the at least three toe holes being arranged side-by-side to accommodate toes of a human foot along the frame length, wherein each of the at least three toe holes includes an entrance into the back portion, an exit from the front portion, and an integrally formed, continuous and unbroken surrounding wall connecting the entrance with the exit, and wherein the toe holes extend between the front and back portions of the frame and are configured to receive one toe of a human foot in each of the toe holes.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11842
- Patent Class: 482.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14594760', '13196785', '11982390', '13830654', '14858828']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7706237486201634
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.578808829193495
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7514422566774965
- Mean Citation Score: 488.811064
- Max Citation Score: 520.38
- Similarity Product: 477.8594499349594

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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