PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16163419
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["312", "136000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides shelf adjustment systems and methods that may be used in merchandiser display cases and other applications to accommodate changes in product offering, giving the user increased flexibility in the use of merchandiser display cases. The shelf adjustment systems of embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for coordinating shelf adjustment, such that adjusting the display angle of one shelf of the invention causes the display angle of another shelf or shelves to also be adjusted by the same amount as the adjusted shelf.

Claim (Index 10):
A merchandising display case, comprising:\n a. a plurality of adjustable shelves; b. a pivoting mechanism provided on each shelf of said plurality of shelves for pivotally mounting each shelf to a support structure; c. an angle adjustment mechanism for changing the display angle of a first shelf of said plurality of shelves; and d. an angle coordination mechanism positioned between said first shelf and at least one other shelf of said plurality of shelves for changing the display angle of said at least one other shelf when the display angle of said first shelf is changed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78846
- Patent Class: 312.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13443424', '10947959', '10462350', '14701497', '16107415']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7973034302223154
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4755236862419493
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7651254558242788
- Mean Citation Score: 157.97457200000005
- Max Citation Score: 164.46722
- Similarity Product: 118.47915217389702

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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