PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16237470
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["220", "707000"]

Abstract:
Drink containers with mouthpiece assemblies having a dispensing configuration and a stowed configuration. A mouthpiece assembly defines a liquid passage through which drink liquid may be dispensed when the mouthpiece assembly is in the dispensing configuration and includes means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some examples, the means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid include a tube that at least partially defines the liquid passage and which includes a crimping region. The crimping region may be constructed of a resiliently and reversibly deformable material that is adapted to restrict the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some embodiments, the mouthpiece assembly includes a means for automatically releasing the mouthpiece assembly from its stowed configuration to a dispensing configuration.

Claim (Index 13):
A drink container, comprising:\n a liquid container having a neck with an opening and having an internal compartment sized to hold a volume of potable drink liquid; and a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container, the cap assembly comprising:\n a base removably coupled to the neck of the liquid container and including a through-passage extending through the base; \n a first catch structure coupled to the base; and \n a mouthpiece assembly extending at least partially through the through-passage of the base and defining a liquid passage through which drink liquid from the liquid container may selectively flow, and further defining an inlet through which drink liquid from the internal compartment may enter the liquid passage and an outlet through which drink liquid from the internal compartment of the liquid container is selectively dispensed from the liquid passage; wherein the mouthpiece assembly is configured to be selectively positioned between a dispensing configuration, in which the liquid passage permits drink liquid to flow from the internal compartment at least into the liquid passage, and a stowed configuration, in which drink liquid is restricted from being dispensed from the liquid container through the liquid passage; wherein the mouthpiece assembly is biased to the dispensing configuration; and wherein the mouthpiece assembly comprises:\n a mouthpiece portion that includes the outlet and is constructed of a resiliently deformable material; wherein the mouthpiece portion defines a seat; \n a tube portion that defines at least a portion of the liquid passage for drink liquid to flow from the internal compartment to the mouthpiece portion; wherein the tube portion includes a crimping region constructed of the resiliently deformable material and adapted to prevent the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration; wherein the crimping region includes opposing walls that are in contact with each other to seal the liquid passage within the crimping region when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration; and wherein the crimping region at least partially biases the mouthpiece assembly to the dispensing configuration; and \n \n a rigid collar member that is pivotally coupled to a portion of the cap assembly and includes a second catch structure adapted to be selectively engaged with the first catch structure to retain the mouthpiece assembly in the stowed configuration; wherein the rigid collar member extends around at least a portion of the mouthpiece portion; and wherein the rigid collar member includes at least one of a lip, a flange, or a protrusion that engages and mates with the seat to secure the mouthpiece portion to the rigid collar member and restrict relative movement between the mouthpiece portion and the rigid collar member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.6
- Patent Class: 220.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13479962', '15817013', '15398569', '12357114', '11313488']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.873619594924979
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5946352064267402
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8457211560751551
- Mean Citation Score: 475.564918
- Max Citation Score: 509.5372
- Similarity Product: 506.1253461472512

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