PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872923
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["248", "346200"]

Abstract:
A device is disclosed for facilitating the anchoring of a structure to a medium. For example, the disclosed device may facilitate anchoring an umbrella assembly into sand. The device is operable to inject a liquefying fluid into a medium upon a downstroke so as to facilitate liquefication within an area of the medium. The structure is then inserted into the area of the medium where liquefication has occurred by creating a vacuum within the structure, upon an upstroke, which facilitates the insertion operation. For example, a stand structure for holding the umbrella assembly may be inserted into the sand using the techniques herein. The medium displaced by the insertion operation has the geometrical contours of the structure such that the structure easily slides into the medium. The vacuum draws a portion of the medium into the structure and creates a seal that facilitates compacting of the medium and provides a superior anchoring strength.

Claim (Index 12):
A device for anchoring a structure to a material, said structure having a first portion with an inner cross-sectional area, a distal end of said first portion adapted to releasably mate with a proximal end of a second portion, said device comprising:\n a piston having a diameter coextensive with, but able to slide within, said inner cross-sectional area of said first portion of said structure, said piston creating at least a partial seal for liquid within said first portion of said structure; and an elongated control rod having a proximal end connected to said piston, wherein said elongated control rod is configured to cause movement of said piston within said first portion of said structure upon application of a force on said elongated control rod, wherein:\n upon application of a downward force on said elongated control rod, said piston slides downward causing said liquid within said first portion to exit said first portion and be injected into said material thereby causing liquefication in an area of said material, and \n upon application of an upward force on said elongated control rod, said piston slides upward creating at least a partial vacuum within said first portion, and wherein a portion of said material within said area is drawn into said first portion of said structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30986
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15806135', '15282774', '12925450', '15528148', '13135292']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7847969998812344
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4795516122519079
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7542724611183018
- Mean Citation Score: 162.41659800000005
- Max Citation Score: 175.65092
- Similarity Product: 123.78894962981224

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

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