PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15970806
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["473", "417000"]

Abstract:
The baseball/softball hitting training device includes a base, a frame body, and a ball suspension system. The ball suspension system is supported by the frame body. The frame body includes a vertical stem portion and an offset portion. An upwardly-projecting arm of the vertical stem and a downwardly-projecting arm of the offset portion define a vertical axis between them. The ball suspension system is supported between the upwardly-projecting arm and downwardly-projecting arm, with the ball held vertically intermedially via a tether in alignment with the vertical axis and positioned to allow the player to practice hitting. Height-adjustment mechanisms are also disclosed. The tethered-ball training device can optionally be converted to a tee-ball training device.

Claim (Index 17):
A ball swing training device comprising:\n a base comprising:\n a foundational leg extending along an x axis and comprising a distal end, a proximally-disposed T-shaped portion, and said frame receiving portion; wherein said T-shaped portion comprises a first extension and a second extension extending along a y axis at a perpendicular angle to said foundational leg; wherein said first extension comprises a first extension open outer end extending outwardly; wherein said second extension comprises a second extension open outer end extending outwardly; wherein said frame receiving portion extends along a z axis at a perpendicular angle to said foundational leg; wherein said frame receiving portion comprises a frame receiving portion upward end and a frame receiving portion downward end connected to said foundational leg; \n a first connectional leg comprising a first connectional leg inner end, a first connectional leg outer end, and a leg attachment mechanism portion; wherein said first connectional leg inner end is connectable both to said frame receiving portion upper end and to said first extension open outer end; \n a second connectional leg comprising a second connectional leg inner end and a second connectional leg outer end; wherein said second connectional leg inner end is connectable to said second extension open outer end; and \n a first leg end cap disposed at said first extension open outer end; said first leg end cap comprising a concave top surface. \n said first extension of said T-shaped portion comprises an extension attachment mechanism portion that corresponds to said leg attachment mechanism portion; and \n said frame receiving portion comprises a frame attachment mechanism portion that corresponds to said leg attachment mechanism portion. \n a frame comprising a vertical stem and an offset portion; said vertical stem comprising an upwardly-projecting arm and a support section removably attachable to said upward end of said frame receiving portion; said offset portion having an offset lower portion attached to said vertical stem, an offset midsection attached to said offset lower portion, an offset upper section attached to said offset midsection, and a downwardly-projecting arm attached to said offset upper section and vertically aligned with said upwardly-projecting arm; a first height-adjustment device disposed between said base and said frame; and a ball suspension portion comprising a resilient tether, comprising an upper cord-to-shaft connector attached to an upper part of said tether connectable to at least said downwardly-projecting arm, and comprising a ball suspended intermedially on said tether.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13793
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13068765', '12753246', '11126857', '12026878', '12964632']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6502890690645914
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5070123879023067
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.635961400948363
- Mean Citation Score: 262.021222
- Max Citation Score: 289.60217
- Similarity Product: 205.31918439564885

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

Dataset: test