PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15937852
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["005", "085100"]

Abstract:
A caregiver's helper lift utilizes a unique hoisting apparatus, a lifting harness worn by a patient, and a control apparatus to allow a caregiver to raise and lower a patient into/out-of a wheelchair and into/out-of a vehicle, down to or up off a floor, or to any other position/location that a patient needs to be moved. The lifting harness can clip to a lift attachment which is affixed to a helper lift suspension cable/rope/etc. The caregiver's helper lift utilizes a crane arm to suspend the patient and allow him or her to be repositioned by simply rolling/turning the lift. By actuating the hoisting apparatus control system, the patient can be controllably raised and lowered as desired. The crane arm can be adjustably attached to a power T upright which is itself attached to a brace base. At least two beam extensions extend laterally from the brace and provide stability.

Claim (Index 1):
A caregiver's helper lift, comprising:\n a brace base extending generally horizontally wherein the brace base comprises a first extension receiver and a second extension receiver, and wherein the brace base is connected at a brace base proximal end to a power T upright; the power T upright having a substantially horizontal T bar member and a substantially vertical T stem member wherein the T bar member is attached to the brace base; a crane arm comprising a crane upright and a crane extension; the crane upright removably engaged with the T stem member and extending generally upwards therefrom; the crane extension attached to the crane upright and wherein the crane extension extends generally away from the vertical; a horizontal cross member attached to the T bar member; the horizontal cross member holding thereon a power plant; the power plant comprising at least a hoisting apparatus, a power source, and a hoisting apparatus control system; the hoisting apparatus takes-in and plays-out a helper lift suspension; the helper lift suspension having a helper lift suspension proximal end and a helper lift suspension distal end and wherein the helper lift suspension proximal end is attached to the hoisting apparatus; a lifting harness that is adapted to be worn by a patient and configured to be releasably attached to the helper lift suspension distal end such that the hoisting apparatus can take-in the helper lift suspension and thereby suspend the lifting harness below the crane extension; the hoisting apparatus control system adapted to allow a caregiver to raise and lower the lifting harness by operating the hoisting apparatus to take-in and play-out, respectively, the helper lift suspension; a position adjustment line holder comprising a position adjustment line which passes through a plurality of slide rings over a friction collar, a first end of the position adjustment line having a harness attachment which is used to attach the position adjustment line to the lifting harness; the friction collar adapted to wrap around a steering column on a vehicle so that one of a patient and a caregiver can pull on a second end of the position adjustment line and position the patient closer to the steering column; a first balance beam extension removably attached to the brace base and extending generally horizontally therefrom and a second balance beam extension removably attached to the brace base and extending generally horizontally therefrom; a first balance beam extension wheel attached to the first balance beam extension and a second balance beam extension wheel attached to the second balance beam extension; a T bar first wheel attached to the T bar member; a T bar second wheel attached to the T bar member; and the power source adapted to provide power to the hoisting apparatus so that the hoisting apparatus can take-in and play-out the helper lift suspension on demand.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97561
- Patent Class: 5.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14658141', '14054157', '13723715', '14884353', '14307290']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.735724261315154
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6108840927700346
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7232402444606421
- Mean Citation Score: 241.674152
- Max Citation Score: 550.9580000000002
- Similarity Product: 532.5121951719524

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

Dataset: test