PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16055435
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["482", "061000"]

Abstract:
Provided is a bike training device having a frame that rotatably supports a pair of rear rollers spaced a distance apart from each other along a longitudinal axis of the frame to rotatably support a rear wheel of the bicycle that rolls on both of the rear rollers. A front roller is spaced apart from the rear rollers along the frame a suitable distance to rotatably support a front wheel of the bicycle. A guide apparatus comprising a connection mechanism that is pivotally supported at an elevation vertically above the frame cooperates with a rear hub of the bicycle and allows for lateral movement of the rear wheel in axial directions along the rear rollers during rotation of the rear wheel of the bicycle, but limits an extent of the lateral movement to maintain the rear wheel between terminal lateral ends of the rear rollers.

Claim (Index 1):
A bike trainer to be coupled to a bicycle, the bike trainer comprising:\n a frame rotatably supporting a pair of rear rollers spaced a distance apart from each other along a longitudinal axis of the frame to rotatably support a rear wheel of the bicycle that rolls on both of the rear rollers; a front roller spaced apart from the rear rollers along the frame a suitable distance to rotatably support a front wheel of the bicycle; a drivetrain that couples at least one of the rear rollers to the front roller and transfers a rotational force imparted on the at least one of the rear rollers by the bicycle to the front roller to cause rotation of the front roller; and a guide apparatus that is separate from the frame and comprises:\n (i) a connection mechanism that is pivotally supported at an elevation vertically above the frame to cooperate with a rear hub of the bicycle and couple the bicycle to the bike trainer, \n (ii) a plurality of arms pivotally coupled to the guide apparatus to be arranged adjacent to opposite lateral sides of the frame, each arm supporting a portion of the connection mechanism that cooperates with the rear hub of the bicycle, and \n (ii) a biasing cylinder that urges at least one of the arms toward a neutral position in which the guide apparatus positions the rear wheel within a central region between the terminal lateral ends of the rear rollers, and allows lateral movement of the rear wheel in axial directions along the rear rollers during rotation of the rear wheel of the bicycle, but limits an extent of the lateral movement to maintain the rear wheel between terminal lateral ends of the rear rollers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12857
- Patent Class: 482.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15316571', '14012721', '13866476', '15025465', '15025477']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6991069447459649
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4744625888347026
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6766425091548387
- Mean Citation Score: 231.69632400000003
- Max Citation Score: 250.62712
- Similarity Product: 211.1136049118805

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

Dataset: test