PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16008146
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["248", "205800"]

Abstract:
A device for holding a container in an inverted position or holding another item, that includes a grasping assembly, wherein the grasping assembly further includes a plurality of flexible, articulated grasping members; an elbow adapted to receive the plurality of flexible, articulated grasping members in the grasping assembly; and a mounting assembly attached to the elbow, wherein the mounting assembly includes a suction cup for attaching the device to a vertical surface.

Claim (Index 14):
A device for holding a container in an inverted position or holding another item, comprising:\n (a) a grasping assembly, wherein the grasping assembly further includes:\n (i) a plurality of flexible grasping members, wherein each flexible grasping member in the plurality of flexible grasping members further includes:\n a) a first end, wherein the first end further includes a hook structure formed thereon; \n b) a second end, wherein the second end further includes a locking tab formed thereon; \n c) a length of flexible material disposed between the first and second ends of the grasping member; and \n d) a sleeve of gripping material positioned along the length of flexible material disposed between the first and second ends; and \n \n (ii) a ring of flexible material secured by the hook structures formed in the first ends of the grasping members; \n (b) a collar, wherein the collar further includes a plurality of slots formed therein, and wherein each slot in the plurality of slots has been adapted to receive the second end of a grasping member and to engage the locking tab formed thereon; (c) an elbow, wherein the elbow further includes a first opening and a second opening formed therein, and wherein the first opening has been adapted to receive the collar; and (d) a mounting assembly, wherein the mounting assembly further includes:\n (i) a circular base having an aperture formed therein; \n (ii) a stem formed integrally with the circular base and having an aperture formed therein, wherein the second opening in the elbow has been adapted to receive the stem therein; \n (iii) an attachment member for attaching the stem to the elbow; \n (iv) a suction cup, wherein the suction cup further includes a release tab formed thereon and a stem formed thereon, and wherein the stem is adapted to protrude through the aperture formed in the circular base; and \n (v) an actuator mounted on the stem of the suction cup for applying and releasing pressure to the suction cup.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12676574', '11644134', '11931981', '10441568', '12882066']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7796168586908776
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4771707907715161
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7493722518989415
- Mean Citation Score: 144.485698
- Max Citation Score: 163.49563999999995
- Similarity Product: 114.46789801500078

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