PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16152689
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["224", "218000"]

Abstract:
A holster and methods of use are provided for storing a smartphone or other electronic device of a user in motion. The holster includes a protection pocket with an open top end configured to receive the device. The holster also includes a closure flap disposed adjacent to the open top end and configured to move between an open position in which the device is exposed and a closed position in which the device is fully enveloped within the protection pocket and the closure flap. The holster may further include an adjustable flap fastener configured to secure the closure flap against the front surface of the protection pocket at a variety of heights to accommodate different device footprints, and an adaptable attachment mechanism configured to selectively secure the holster in an attached configuration upon the user's appendage or an article of the user's clothing. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 18):
The method of  claim 17 , wherein the securing the holster about the appendage or the clothing article comprises:\n positioning the back surface of the protection pocket adjacent to the appendage or the clothing article; extending an adjustable attachment strap of the adaptable attachment mechanism over the appendage or the clothing article such that the appendage or the clothing article is disposed between the back surface of the protection pocket and the adjustable attachment strap; extending a free end of the adjustable attachment strap through a strap-reversing loop of the adaptable attachment mechanism; reversing the free end of the adjustable attachment strap about the strap-reversing loop; leveraging the free end of the adjustable attachment strap against the strap-reversing loop until the adjustable attachment strap achieves a desired tightness; and using an adjustable strap fastener of the adaptable attachment mechanism, securing the free end of the adjustable attachment to maintain the desired tightness.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 224.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10648112', '15061185', '12023553', '11529563', '15873144']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8581919998460404
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4720106919916141
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8195738690605978
- Mean Citation Score: 217.897766
- Max Citation Score: 232.14522
- Similarity Product: 194.6771567007852

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