PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16003925
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["182", "107000"]

Abstract:
A ladder stabilizer comprises a pair of stabilizer brackets attached to the ladder side rails at the bottom on either side. Each bracket has a C-shaped clamping mechanism that utilizes a toothed gear rack which engages/disengages with mating teeth of a corresponding gear rack on the ladder rail. The gear-like engagement of the teeth provides a positive locking of the attachment member to the ladder. A spring and locking screw allow ease of adjustment and a positive lock at the desired location along the ladder side rail. The rack is attached longitudinally along the length of each rail to provide a range of length adjustment to the feet. This permits one side to be longer than the other to accommodate a laterally sloping terrain. The brackets have rotatable, laterally extending A-frames with ground-engaging feet which self-adjust to a terrain which is sloping from front-to-back or vice versa.

Claim (Index 1):
A ladder stabilizer, comprising:\n a clamping bracket adapted for affixation to one side rail of a ladder, said bracket having two opposed longitudinally extending runners, a first front runner and a second rear runner, and an outwardly facing mounting plate joining them; a first longitudinally extending mechanical engagement feature having a plurality of engagement elements affixed to the second runner and adapted for engagement with second compatible engagement elements on the rear of the ladder side rail; and a clamping screw threadably affixed to the first runner and adapted for operation against the front of the ladder side rail whereby rotation of the screw forces the first runner away from the front of the side rail thus forcing the second runner toward the rear of the rail to hold the first and second mechanical engagement features engaged.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84524
- Patent Class: 182.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14536876', '10923902', '14542788', '12321056', '14581400']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7000900060204535
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4674118896802008
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6768221943864282
- Mean Citation Score: 172.17303
- Max Citation Score: 182.3343
- Similarity Product: 144.70156969708802

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

Dataset: test