PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15879705
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["248", "110000"]

Abstract:
A device and method for holding or securing an article against a surface using a suction cup connected to a bi-stable snap action ribbon spring. The device and method utilize the bi-stable characteristics of a snap action ribbon spring together with the adhesion characteristics of a suction cup to create a self-latching, spring-loaded mechanism for securing an article to a surface. The device and method for holding or securing an article against a surface using a suction cup connected to a bi-stable snap action ribbon spring can be used to greatly simplify the ease in draining liquid from a hollow container in an effortless manner by the use of gravity by allowing the liquid within the hollow container to accumulate or settle towards the vicinity approximate to the opening where the liquid is dispensed from.

Claim (Index 1):
A suction cup snap-spring securing device ( 100 ) for selectively securing an article ( 140 ), comprising:\n a bi-stable snap action ribbon spring ( 30 ) having a first end (FE) and a second end (SE), and selectively occupies either a stable linear state ( 80 ) or a stable coiled state ( 40 ); a suction cup ( 10 ); and a connector ( 20 ) connecting the bi-stable snap action ribbon spring ( 30 ) to the suction cup ( 10 ), the connector ( 20 ) being positioned along the bi-stable snap action ribbon spring ( 30 ) between the between the first end (FE) and a second end (SE); wherein: in the stable coiled state ( 40 ), the bi-stable snap action ribbon spring ( 30 ) secures an article ( 140 ) with the first end (FE) and/or the second end (SE) in contact with said article ( 140 ); and in the stable linear state ( 80 ), the bi-stable snap action ribbon spring ( 30 ) no longer secures the article ( 140 ) and the first end (FE) and second end (SE) are free of said article ( 140 ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13846
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14528811', '10962786', '10311402', '14023779', '13908106']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8009607743653364
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6450987907388991
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7853745760026928
- Mean Citation Score: 274.16610000000003
- Max Citation Score: 632.01495
- Similarity Product: 605.9059525637716

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

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