PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15942546
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["220", "828000"]

Abstract:
Weight attached to distal side of trash container lid with fastener without protruding outside outer edge of the lid prevents opening by wind or small animals, eliminating interference with automated systems for container emptying and for manual lid disengagement before the container is turned bottom up for emptying.

Claim (Index 11):
A method of retaining a lid on a trash container, the steps comprising:\n providing a trash container comprising a lid, the lid comprising\n a top; \n an outer edge; \n a proximate side and a distal side, the proximate side connected to the trash container with a hinge; \n providing a weight attached to the lid adjacent the distal side with a fastener; providing a lid weight comprising a weight and a fastener adapted for attaching the lid weight to the lid, wherein the geometrical dimensions of the weight do not project outside the outer edge of the lid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.25
- Patent Class: 220.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10436985', '13239579', '14470845', '11972881', '10628636']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8150450948471789
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.450116693824669
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.778552254744928
- Mean Citation Score: 130.92460359999998
- Max Citation Score: 147.33182
- Similarity Product: 115.69511419909954

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test