PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957626
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["482", "079000"]

Abstract:
Described is an exercise tool. More particularly, it is a therapy and exercise tool specifically devised as a foot-therapy and toe-aligning device to align, separate, and stretch toes. The foot-therapy and toe-aligning device comprises a frame with a plurality of posts connected with the frame. The device is formed of an elastic material such that a user may place at least one of the plurality of posts between a user's toes and pull the post to stretch and elongate the post between the toes. Upon release, the elastic material of the post causes the post to attempt to return to its original shape, thereby causing it to expand out and conform its shape to fit snugly against the user's toes. Additionally, the elastic material allows the toe posts to be positioned and maintained at numerous locations between the user's toes for customizable positioning between the toes.

Claim (Index 2):
A method of using a foot-therapy and toe-aligning device, the method comprising acts of:\n providing a foot-therapy and toe-aligning device comprising a frame with a frame length, the frame having a top portion, a bottom portion, a front portion, and a back portion, the foot-therapy and toe-aligning device further comprising four solid separators formed of a transparent elastic gel that are spaced apart along the frame length and integrally formed with the top portion and bottom portion of the frame such that the separators connect the top portion and the bottom portion, the solid separators in combination with the top portion and the bottom portion of the frame forming at least three sealed and continuous toe holes arranged side-by-side along the frame length for insertion of at least three toes, each of the at least three toe holes including an entrance into the back portion, an exit from the front portion, and an integrally formed, continuous and unbroken surrounding wall connecting the entrance with the exit; stretching the foot-therapy and toe-aligning device from a rest position before insertion of at least three toes into the device, wherein stretching the device causes each of the four solid separators to become elongated along its length direction and thinner in cross section so that the at least three toe holes become distorted; inserting the at least three toes into the foot-therapy and toe-aligning device while the device is stretched, wherein inserting the at least three toes into the device includes placing the at least three toes into the at least three toe holes, with each toe hole accommodating one toe; and releasing the foot-therapy and toe-aligning device after insertion of the at least three toes into the device, wherein releasing the device causes the four solid separators to contract and the at least three toe holes to conform to the inserted toes.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11842
- Patent Class: 482.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14594760', '13196785', '11982390', '13830654', '14858828']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7702602536549152
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5800312348910437
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7512373517785281
- Mean Citation Score: 488.811064
- Max Citation Score: 520.38
- Similarity Product: 483.51708666801454

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