PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15920123
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["224", "521000"]

Abstract:
A mobility vehicle enclosure (MVE) that is secured to a rear location on an automobile, such as a car, truck or van, and encloses a mobility vehicle during storage or transportation. A first design of the MVE has a structure including an upper surface, a lower surface, a front side wall, a rear side wall and a left side wall. The structure is preferably rectangular shaped, although any shape can be used depending on the requirements of the application. The front side wall is secured to the structure by an upper securing device and at least one hinge that is attached at a lower edge of the front wall and a front edge of the lower surface. The hinge allows the front side wall to be lowered downward to ground level, thereby creating a ramp on which a mobility vehicle enters or exits the structure. A second design of the MVE is similar to the first, except the surfaces and side walls of the structure are all secured together by hinges. By using the hinges, the surfaces and side walls can be folded on top of each other, thereby creating a vertical stack that can be stored in a small space when the MVE is not in use. To assemble the second design, the surfaces and side walls are unfolded, and the final side wall is secured to the initial side wall. The number of side walls used is determined by the required shape of the structure. Both designs also have a MVE to automobile securing apparatus, which is based on a conventional trailer hitch, and a rear light assembly which provides rear light on the MVE when the MVE is in place blocking the automobile's rear lights.

Claim (Index 17):
A mobility vehicle enclosure that is secured to a rear location on an automobile and enclose a mobility vehicle during storage or transportation, wherein said MVE is comprised of a structure with a front side wall, with an upper edge, a lower edge, a right edge and left edge, a rear side wall with an upper edge, a lower edge, a right edge, and a left edge, and at least four perimeter side walls, with each perimeter side wall having an upper edge, a lower edge, a front edge, and a rear edge, wherein said perimeter side walls are secured together by at least one hinge located at each interfacing upper and lower edge, and said front and rear side walls are secured by at least one hinge at the front or rear edge of the perimeter side wall in an upper or lower location, wherein said hinge securement allows said structure to be maintained in a horizontal orientation, with said perimeter side walls folded and stacked upon each other, and said front and rear side walls to be folded at front and rear locations on the stacked perimeter side walls, wherein to assemble said structure, said perimeter side walls are sequentially unfolded and positioned into a geometric shape, wherein a final perimeter side wall is releasably secured to an initial perimeter side wall by non-permanent attachment means comprising screws, snap-in, detents, bolts and nuts, or clamps, wherein once assembled, said structure is secured to a rear location on an automobile by a MVE to automobile securement apparatus, wherein a rear light assembly is placed at a rear location on said structure, wherein the rear light assembly interfaces via a cable with an automobile's existing rear light circuit to provide a standard light, a brake light, and a reverse light that are actuated by the automobile's light circuitry and are viewable from behind said MVE when said MVE is secured to the automobile, wherein when said structure is assembled, said front side wall is maintained in an upward closed position by a securing device located at an upper edge of said front wall and front edge of an upper positioned perimeter side wall, wherein when the securing device is released, said front side wall pivots on the at least one hinge located at the lower edge to a downward angled position reaching ground level, wherein in the downward position said front side wall functions as a ramp that allows a mobility vehicle to enter or exit said MVE.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.528
- Patent Class: 224.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14480418', '14976495', '15390860', '11099763', '12927885']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8308425907703483
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4521726702393735
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7929755987172509
- Mean Citation Score: 166.74575399999995
- Max Citation Score: 168.75037
- Similarity Product: 135.4810146236074

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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