PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16108700
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["224", "519000"]

Abstract:
A hitch-mounted cargo carrier designed to remove provide transport of cargo outside a vehicle. The hitch-mounted cargo carrier has a container designed to store cargo, having a base with a perimeter and a plurality of sidewalls extending therefrom. One or more lid members are attached to an upper edge of a sidewall and designed to enclose the container, such that each lid member has an upper surface designed to support cargo thereon, in addition to one or more extendable legs affixed thereon. A frame is disposed around the container and designed to support the container using a support rod. The support rod has a first section and a second section connected by an intermediate bar, wherein one end of the first section is designed to removably secure to a trailer hitch. In this way, a user is able to easily transport cargo without encumbering the space within their vehicle.

Claim (Index 1):
A hitch-mounted cargo carrier, comprising:\n a container, having a base and a plurality of sidewalls extending therefrom; at least one lid member, wherein each lid member is affixed to an upper edge of one of the plurality of sidewalls, each lid member dimensioned to enclose the container; at least one extendable leg affixed to an upper surface of each lid member; the upper surface of each lid member configured to support additional cargo thereon; a frame configured to removably receive and support the container; a support rod, having a first section and a second section, wherein each section of the support rod has a first end and a second end, wherein the second end of the second section is configured to removably secure to the frame; an intermediate bar configured to removably secure the first section of the support rod to the second section of the support rod, wherein the second end of the first section is removably secured to the first end of the second section, such that the first section and second section are not aligned; wherein the first end of the first section of the support rod is configured to secure to a trailer hitch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.90476
- Patent Class: 224.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15391503', '10279199', '14078575', '16012125', '11221556']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8387997387098888
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4649525567064106
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8014150205095409
- Mean Citation Score: 194.228314
- Max Citation Score: 201.63422
- Similarity Product: 159.06403579514387

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

Dataset: test