PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15949373
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["224", "519000"]

Abstract:
A ratchet mechanism with a pawl slidably mounted on a ratchet bar. Two fingers in the pawl on opposite sides of ratchet bar pinch the bar between them when the pawl is pivoted to a pinch angle relative to the bar. A lever on the pawl pivots the pawl to release the fingers from the ratchet bar. An over-rotation stop on the pawl contacts the ratchet bar in the release position, and prevents the pawl from pivoting past the release position to a position that drags a finger against the ratchet bar. The over-rotation stop may extend from the pawl lever, contact and slide along the ratchet bar in the release position, and maintain an ideal release position of the pawl relative to the ratchet bar during sliding of the pawl on the ratchet bar. The ratchet bar may be toothless, providing smooth selection of stopping points on the bar.

Claim (Index 9):
The ratchet mechanism of  claim 3 , wherein the pawl further comprises a pivotal connection to an end of a stay, wherein tension in the stay urges the pawl to pivot toward the given pivot position, and a distance from an axis of the pivotal connection to a center point between respective surfaces the two fingers is 2.2 to 2.8 times greater than a separation distance between the surfaces of the two fingers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53968
- Patent Class: 224.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15924233', '15872065', '15942811', '15396710', '15817718']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9121436003361936
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5557868643854348
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8765079267411177
- Mean Citation Score: 523.83277
- Max Citation Score: 585.8647
- Similarity Product: 330.4123320327401

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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