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 20):
A device for anchoring a structure to a medium, said device comprising:\n a plunger assembly comprising:\n a piston configured to frictionally slide within an inner cross-sectional area of a cylindrical structure, and configured to create at least a partial seal between said piston and said inner cross-sectional area of said cylindrical structure; and \n a control rod connected to said piston, wherein said control rod is configured to cause said piston to frictionally slide within said inner cross-sectional area of said cylindrical structure upon application of a force on said control rod, \n wherein said plunger assembly is configured to, upon application of a downward force on said control rod, inject a liquefying fluid into an area of said medium to cause liquefication within said area of said medium, and to create at least a partial vacuum, upon application of an upward force on said control rod, within said cylindrical structure to cause at least a portion of said medium within said area to be drawn into said cylindrical 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): 0.7853327504892843
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4765056077396221
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7544500362143182
- Mean Citation Score: 162.41659800000005
- Max Citation Score: 175.65092
- Similarity Product: 127.30472865675928

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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