PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15879290
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["220", "315000"]

Abstract:
A refuse container locking apparatus and method. In some embodiments, the refuse container has a container bin with a container lid rotatably mounted adjacent the open end of the container bin. Some instances of the locking apparatus have a locking hasp arm with a slotted end mounted to a base plate mounted to the container sidewall. The locking hasp is linearly slidable on the base plate between a first arm distal position spaced from container lid and a first arm interlocking position adjacent the container lid. Some instances include a locking bolt mounted on a bolt base mounted on the container lid. The locking bolt is linearly slidable on the bolt base between an unlocked position spaced from the locking hasp arm and an interlocked position adjacent the container lid and in interlocking communication with the locking hasp arm. Some methods can require two hands to operate the locking apparatus.

Claim (Index 11):
The sealable refuse container of  claim 9  wherein the bias of the first locking arm toward the first arm distal position is provided by a biasing spring mounted to the base plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.67797
- Patent Class: 220.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13945429', '14536965', '12580103', '12217536', '10556991']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8316961457432807
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4992971289282168
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7984562440617743
- Mean Citation Score: 229.43717200000003
- Max Citation Score: 243.06815
- Similarity Product: 168.36343360319137

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