PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16350184
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["473", "435000"]

Abstract:
A sports rebounder apparatus is disclosed that allows a rebounding panel to be adjusted to multiple angular positions to allow players to replicate and practice a variety of different pickleball shots. The degree of angle is directly related to the rebounding loft that the ball will experience. For example, the further a rebounding panel is tilted away from a player, the higher the ball will rebound than a ball striking a more vertically-positioned rebounding panel. This higher loft affords the player more time to react to the rebounded ball. Likewise, the further the rebounding panel is tilted towards a player, the ball will rebound lower and faster, giving a player less time to react. This is advantageous for players of different skill levels, as well as for providing different shots that players could replicate and practice.

Claim (Index 1):
A sports rebounder apparatus, comprising:\n a first frame wherein the first frame has a top section and a bottom section; a base frame for supporting said first frame, wherein the base frame has two vertical pipes that are substantially parallel to each other and a horizontal cross-bar connected to the two vertical pipes, and a plurality of legs which stabilize the rebounder apparatus on a surface; a rebounding panel attached in the top section of the first frame, wherein the rebounding panel allows a ball to bounce back when the ball strikes the rebounding panel; a hinge assembly that attaches the first frame to the base frame and allows at least the top section of the first frame to swing back and forth relative to the base frame; and a locking mechanism for locking the first frame in place to prevent the first frame from swinging, wherein the top section is in one of a plurality of predetermined positions, wherein the top section is either substantially vertical or can be tilted forward and backward.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08451
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14594882', '13083039', '11297772', '12806940', '12556792']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6318791682029502
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4780180207873453
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6164930534613897
- Mean Citation Score: 211.802702
- Max Citation Score: 236.59306
- Similarity Product: 201.50787640177967

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

Dataset: test