PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15911949
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["280", "842000"]

Abstract:
Provided herein is a training device configured to allow a user to simulate all of the balancing and turning movements of downhill snow skiing or snowboarding on dry, downhill surfaces. The device is equipped with a braking system that allows the user to slow down the speed of travel when the moving direction changes from forward to sideways, thereby simulating the act of slowing down on a slope by turning a ski or snowboard. The braking effect is further enhanced when the ski or snowboard is tilted towards the uphill direction, further simulating the actual movements of skiing or snowboarding on snow. The braking system may include one or more mechanisms to amplify the force applied to the brake cables. An optional steering bar may be provided with handles that are positioned ahead of the bar to simulate the planting of ski poles prior to or during a turn.

Claim (Index 1):
A training device comprising:\n (a) a footboard having a top surface, a front surface and a back surface; (b) a front neck attached to the front surface of the footboard and pivotally attached to a front fork; (c) a rear neck attached to the back surface of the footboard and pivotally attached to a rear fork; (d) one or more front wheels rotatably attached to the front fork; (e) one or more rear wheels rotatably attached to the rear fork; and (f) a braking system, the braking system comprising:\n (i) a front brake scissor assembly fixedly attached to the front fork and including a first front brake arm and a second front brake arm; \n (ii) a first front brake cable having a first end fixedly attached to the first front brake arm and a second end fixedly attached to the front surface of the footboard, wherein the first front brake cable is movably disposed within a first front rigid tube mounted to the front fork and a first front flexible tube disposed within the front neck; \n (iii) a second front brake cable having a first end fixedly attached to the second front brake arm and a second end fixedly attached to the front surface of the footboard, wherein the second front brake cable is movably disposed within a second front rigid tube mounted to the front fork and a second front flexible tube disposed within the front neck; \n wherein, when the front fork is turned by a user tension is applied to the first or second front brake cable, thereby urging the front brake scissor assembly to contact the front wheels.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82558
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15516218', '14845298', '10412855', '13703279', '12834261']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7822329932123497
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6396600527344989
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7679756991645647
- Mean Citation Score: 293.27321199999994
- Max Citation Score: 587.2074
- Similarity Product: 573.9758909405707

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