PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15952456
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["222", "185100"]

Abstract:
A bulk material shipping container unloader having an expandable supporter, a pallet receiver supported by the extendable supporter, and a material director supported by the pallet receiver.

Claim (Index 1):
A bulk material shipping container unloader configured to support and facilitate unloading of a bulk material shipping container having a bottom end including a first bottom corner leg, a second bottom corner leg, a third bottom corner leg, and a fourth bottom corner leg, the bulk material shipping container unloader comprising:\n a supporter including: (i) a first upstanding leg, (ii) a second upstanding leg, (iii) a third upstanding leg, (iv) a fourth upstanding leg, and (v) a plurality of leg stabilizers that are each fixedly connected to and extend from one of the upstanding legs; a bottom end receiver fixedly connected to and supported by the first upstanding leg, the second upstanding leg, the third upstanding leg, and the fourth upstanding leg of the supporter, the bottom end receiver configured to support the bottom end of the bulk material shipping container, the bottom end receiver including:\n (i) a plurality of support bases including a front support base, a rear support base spaced apart from the front support base, a first side support base fixedly connected to the front support base and the rear support base, and a second side support base spaced apart from the first side support base and fixedly connected to the front support base and the rear support base, \n (ii) a plurality of upstanding walls fixedly connected to and extending above a plurality of the support bases and configured to engage the bulk material shipping container, the plurality of upstanding walls extending upwardly from outer portions of the plurality of support bases, and \n (iii) a plurality of nesting supports fixedly connected to the plurality of support bases, the plurality of nesting supports including a first nesting support configured to support the first bottom corner leg of the bulk material shipping container, a second nesting support configured to support the second bottom corner leg of the bulk material shipping container, a third nesting support configured to support the third bottom corner leg of the bulk material shipping container, and a fourth nesting support configured to support the fourth bottom corner leg of the bulk material shipping container; and \n a material director fixedly connected to the bottom end receiver and supported by the bottom end receiver, the material director defining an upper opening and a lower opening, and including:\n (i) a first downwardly extending material directing wall, \n (ii) a second downwardly extending material directing wall, \n (iii) a first downwardly extending material directing side wall fixedly connected to the first downwardly extending material directing wall and the second downwardly extending material directing wall, and \n (iv) a second downwardly extending material directing side wall fixedly connected to the first downwardly extending material directing wall and the second downwardly extending material directing wall, and \n wherein the first downwardly extending material directing wall, the second downwardly extending material directing wall, the first downwardly extending material directing side wall, and the second downwardly extending material directing side wall define a chamber having a fixed shape configured to receive material from the bulk material shipping container supported by the bottom end receiver and to direct the received material through the chamber.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42857
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15951606', '14158158', '15489074', '15631737', '15471896']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8343016707790597
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6229309939298312
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8131646030941369
- Mean Citation Score: 479.90238
- Max Citation Score: 568.64667
- Similarity Product: 566.2841238251352

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

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