PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15883488
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["473", "147000"]

Abstract:
Described is an apparatus for practicing a golf swing in either an indoor or outdoor environment. The apparatus includes a frame with a leg portion, a rebounding surface, an arm with a cord that is secured to golf ball, and a mat. A golfer can practice a golf swing by striking the ball secured to the cord, and receives instantaneous feedback based on the ball's trajectory, sound produced when the ball hits the rebounding surface, and divot markings imprinted on the mat.

Claim (Index 21):
A method for assembling and using a golf-training apparatus, comprising:\n erecting a frame having a leg portion including a first leg, a second leg, a third leg, and a fourth leg each of which includes an adjustable foot positioned for contact with a ground surface, wherein the first leg, second leg, third leg, and fourth leg form a rectangular shape; securing netting between the first leg and the second leg, between the second leg and the third leg, and between the third leg and the fourth leg; connecting a rebounding surface to the frame such that the first leg, second leg, third leg, and fourth leg each contact the outer edge of the rebounding surface, the rebounding surface is substantially parallel with the ground surface, and the rebounding surface is positioned between about four and eight feet above the ground surface, wherein the rebounding surface having an outer edge composed of a hard material and an inner area composed of a stretchable-resilient material; positioning an arm, having a first-end portion opposite a second-end portion, wherein the first-end portion is adjacent to the frame and the rebounding surface and the second-end portion extends horizontally between the first leg and the fourth leg away from the frame and rebounding surface, wherein the arm further comprises an eyelet positioned at a distal end of the arm opposite the rebounding surface and the eyelet is configured to connect to an end of a cord; suspending a cord vertically from the arm such that a first end of the cord is secured to the eyelet positioned at a distal end of the arm opposite the rebounding surface and a second end of the cord hangs free for connection to a golf ball, wherein the cord is configured to restrict movement of the golf ball in a circular-longitudinal path toward the rebounding surface after the golf ball is struck in the direction of the rebounding surface by a golfer; securing a golf ball to the second end of the cord; placing a mat under the golf ball for the golf ball to be struck from with markings to indicate where the golf ball should be placed and to judge the angle of motion of the golf ball; hitting the golf ball toward the rebounding surface with a golf club using a golf swing motion; listening for a sound produced by the rebounding surface when hit by the golf ball; and using the characteristics of the sound to judge whether the golf ball was hit using the correct golf swing motion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7037
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14507796', '13452806', '11076883', '10657326', '10347006']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6409690984056202
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.48933513696051
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6258057022611092
- Mean Citation Score: 220.835032
- Max Citation Score: 229.69688
- Similarity Product: 165.50577325818062

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

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