PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15874923
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["135", "098000"]

Abstract:
A modular umbrella includes a fixed hub device mounted on a top end of a post and a runner device slideably mounted to the post. The fixed hub device is detachably coupled with four, six, or eight rib seats for coupling with a corresponding number of ribs. A corresponding number of stretchers is detachably mounted between the ribs and the rib seats. Thus, the modular umbrella can be assembled to include four, six, or eight ribs and can be arranged to support a square or rectangular canopy.

Claim (Index 1):
A modular umbrella comprising:\n a post including a top end; an upper coupling sleeve fixed on the top end of the post, wherein the upper coupling sleeve including a plurality of first upper positioning grooves spaced from each other in a circumferential direction about a longitudinal axis of the post; a plurality of rib seats, wherein each of the plurality of rib seats includes a first engaging portion and an upper lug, wherein some or all of the plurality of rib seats are selected and detachably couple with the upper coupling sleeve, wherein the first engaging portion of each of the selected ones of the plurality of rib seats engages with a respective one of the plurality of first upper positioning grooves of the upper coupling sleeve, and wherein the selected ones of the plurality of rib seats is spaced from each other in the circumferential direction about the longitudinal axis of the post; a plurality of ribs, wherein each of the plurality of ribs includes a pivotal end pivotably connected to the upper lug of a respective one of the selected ones of the plurality of rib seats; a lower coupling sleeve slideably mounted on the post and slideable along the longitudinal axis of the post, wherein the lower coupling sleeve includes a plurality of first lower positioning grooves respectively aligned with the plurality of first upper positioning grooves, wherein a number of the plurality of first lower positioning grooves is equal to a number of the plurality of first upper positioning grooves; a plurality of stretcher seats, wherein each of the plurality of stretcher seats  98  includes a first positioning portion and a lower lug, wherein some or all of the plurality of stretcher seats are selected and detachably couple with the lower coupling sleeve, and a number of the selected ones of the plurality of stretcher seats is equal to a number of the selected ones of the plurality of rib seats, wherein the first positioning portion of each of the selected ones of the plurality of stretcher seats engages with a respective one of the plurality of first lower positioning grooves, wherein the selected ones of the plurality of stretcher seats are spaced from each other in the circumferential direction about the longitudinal axis of the post and are respectively aligned with the selected ones of the plurality of rib seats; and a plurality of stretchers, wherein each of the plurality of stretchers includes a first pivotal end and a second pivotal end, wherein the first pivotal end of each of the plurality of stretchers is pivotably connected to a respective one of the plurality of ribs, wherein the second pivotal end of each of the plurality of stretchers is pivotably connected to the lower lug of a respective one of the selected ones of the plurality of stretcher seats.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95918
- Patent Class: 135.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15156499', '13473670', '13733175', '13660024', '13967450']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7185135194763523
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5175948521789477
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6984216527466118
- Mean Citation Score: 311.464314
- Max Citation Score: 336.1691
- Similarity Product: 226.09464343727828

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

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