PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16034667
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["206", "522000"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for securing cargo on a pallet using a series of interconnected inflatable members. The system is secured to the pallet using securement straps connected to a fastener. The system prevents cargo from damage or loss as a result of falls from the pallet or collisions with other objects in the environment. Walls of the system can be gradually raised or lowered as cargo is added or removed to provide access to the highest cargo in a stack while protecting the cargo in a lower part of the stack. In some embodiments, the inflatable members can be filled with heated or cooled liquids to improve environmental storage conditions of cargo on the pallet.

Claim (Index 1):
An inflatable system for securing cargo on a pallet, comprising:\n a plurality of inflatable members configured to operatively couple to and extend about a perimeter of a pallet, the plurality of inflatable members configured to have an inflated state in which the plurality of inflatable members form a wall extending vertically from the perimeter of the pallet to surround cargo on the pallet and a deflated state in which the plurality of inflatable members are collapsed to provide lateral access to the cargo on the pallet, the plurality of inflatable members arranged in a stack having a vertical configuration and being fluidically connected by inlet passages and outlet passages; an inlet port located on a lowest one of the plurality of inflatable members in the stack; a pressure regulator located in each of the inlet passages, the pressure regulator preventing fluid from passing from lower to higher inflatable members in the stack through the inlet passage until a threshold pressure is reached in the lower inflatable member; at least one check valve located in each outlet passage to facilitate ordered draining of fluid from the inflatable members; and a securement strap attached to a fastener and at least one of the plurality of inflatable members to selectively secure the plurality of inflatable members to the pallet, wherein inflation of the lowest inflatable member creates tension to secure the fastener to the pallet.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.75714
- Patent Class: 206.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10800765', '13471903', '13222223', '11380200', '10231348']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7234118541067084
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4678816209191447
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6978588307879521
- Mean Citation Score: 109.7029252
- Max Citation Score: 112.982376
- Similarity Product: 78.24992485363198

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

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