PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16284801
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["182", "172000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to ladders and, more particularly, various configurations of ladders including straight and extension ladders, as well as to methods relating to the use and manufacture of such ladders. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a ladder is provided that includes a first pair of spaced apart rails and a plurality of rungs extending between and coupled to the first pair of spaced apart rails. The ladder also includes a pair of lateral support members, wherein each support member is selectively displaceable in a lateral direction relative to an associated rail. Additionally, the ladder includes a pair of adjustable legs, each leg having a first end slidably coupled to an associated rail of the first pair of spaced apart rails and being slidably coupled to an associated lateral support member.

Claim (Index 1):
A ladder comprising:\n a first pair of spaced apart rails including a first rail and a second rail; a plurality of rungs extending between and coupled to the first rail and the second rail; a first adjustable leg having a first end pivotally coupled with a first longitudinal locking mechanism, the first longitudinal locking mechanism being slidably coupled with the first rail and configured for selective positioning at a plurality of longitudinal positions along a length of the first rail, the first adjustable leg being pivotally positionable relative to the first rail between a first position, wherein the first adjustable leg is collapsed against, and extends substantially parallel with, the first rail, and at least a second position wherein a second end of the first adjustable leg is spaced laterally away from the first rail such that the second adjustable leg extends at an acute angle relative to the second rail; a first discrete lateral support extending between the first rail and the first adjustable leg, the first discrete lateral support having one end pivotally attached to the first adjustable leg, the first discrete lateral support being substantially concealed within a portion of the ladder when the first adjustable leg is in the first position; a second adjustable leg having a first end pivotally coupled with a second longitudinal locking mechanism, the second longitudinal locking mechanism being slidably coupled with the second rail and configured for selective positioning at a plurality of longitudinal positions along the second rail, the second adjustable leg being pivotally positionable relative to the second rail between a first position, wherein the second adjustable leg is collapsed against, and extends substantially parallel with, the second rail, and at least a second position wherein a second end of the second adjustable leg is spaced laterally away from the first rail such that the second adjustable leg extends at an acute angle relative to the second rail; a second discrete lateral support extending between the second rail and the second adjustable leg; and wherein the first adjustable leg is moveable between its first and second positions independent of whether the second adjustable leg is in the first position or the second position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13043
- Patent Class: 182.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14624360', '13733733', '12714313', '14162992', '15724547']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7209239240153134
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5475091509314113
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7035824467069232
- Mean Citation Score: 350.187888
- Max Citation Score: 393.50278
- Similarity Product: 385.4921919816969

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

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