PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15924022
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["297", "256170"]

Abstract:
A supportive cushion and restraint for an infant or young child in a shopping cart seat which includes an upper cushioned body that provides torso and back support by including a rigid plastic sheet insert located posterior and parallel to compressed polyester padding; and is hinged at a horizontal seam to a lower cushioned body (the seat portion), which encloses compressed polyester padding; a wide belt that secures by hook and loop type fasteners and extends from the upper cushioned body, wrapping forward around the torso, securing the child in place and adjusting to most girths; the upper and lower cushioned bodies are enclosed in the same durable fabric as the wide belt; two pairs of heavy duty strap-and-buckle units extend from the upper cushioned body, providing the means to secure the upper cushioned body to the shopping cart basket, and ensuring proper support and comfortable restraint of the child.

Claim (Index 1):
A supportive cushion and restraint for an infant or young child in a shopping cart comprising a cushioned body including an upper cushioned body for torso and back support, and a lower cushioned body for the seat portion;\n the said upper and lower cushioned bodies separated by a horizontal seam that hinges the said upper and lower cushioned bodies; the said upper cushion body includes fabric enclosing padding; the said upper cushioned body includes a rectangular sheet of plastic inserted posterior and parallel to said padding; the said lower cushioned body includes fabric enclosing padding; a wide belt comprised of a left extension and a right extension, which extend from the left and right vertical seams of the said upper cushioned body; the said wide belt as left and right extensions from the said upper cushioned body include two portions of hook and loop type fastener strips sewn directly onto the length of each of the said extensions, the fasteners on each extension coordinating and attaching to its opposite extension, and when the said extensions are secured around the torso of the child, will assist in securing the child in place and allow for adjustment to most girths; upper and lower pairs of strap-and-buckle units, extending from the vertical seams of the said upper cushioned body, fastening posterior to the upper cushioned body and around the upright portion of the shopping cart seat, providing the means to secure the said upper cushioned body to the shopping cart seat, and the child using the device to remain secured to the device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76087
- Patent Class: 297.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13107731', '10658210', '14969334', '11467324', '12411846']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7402152614967077
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4686972159110208
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7130634569381391
- Mean Citation Score: 189.764724
- Max Citation Score: 208.443
- Similarity Product: 156.69730941563844

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