PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16115419
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["441", "108000"]

Abstract:
An inflatable personal flotation device worn about the waist level as a belt or as incorporated into a swimming garment is disclosed, that is inconspicuous and may be worn over, under or even be incorporated into almost any type of apparel. This waist belt PFD in its uninflated state is practical, comfortable, attractive and inconspicuous. The PFD contains an outer compartment housing a buoyancy component, activated by pressurized gas or other means, and has one or more straps to secure the device to the wearer. Upon inflation the apparatus, being deployed and powered by its own buoyancy, rises above the waterline into a rescue configuration turning and positions a wearer upright with their head above water.

Claim (Index 14):
The personal floatation apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said waist belt fits snug around a torso by at least one buckling means.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.52381
- Patent Class: 441.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12433924', '14124159', '15594405', '12673541', '10413924']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7144816229478185
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4836539567274649
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6913988563257831
- Mean Citation Score: 249.436748
- Max Citation Score: 254.58871
- Similarity Product: 222.64744168707068

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

Dataset: test