PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15968247
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["114", "247000"]

Abstract:
A floating dock includes a frame, a float, and first and second dock posts. The frame has a first longitudinal section and a second longitudinal that define a slip there between. The dock posts are operatively secured to and project upward from the frame and are on opposite sides of the slip. The posts have self-adjusting line systems including a slide, an elongate member, an upper stop, a lower stop, and a line. The slide is slidable along the elongate member between the upper stop and the lower stop. The line is coupled to the slide. The line is adapted to tether the slide to a watercraft. The slides are capable of moving independently to allow vertical translation, pitch, and roll of the watercraft while the watercraft is secured within the slip.

Claim (Index 10):
A method in accordance with  claim 8  further comprising:\n attaching a fifth self-adjusting line system to a fifth dock post of the floating dock, the fifth dock post being operatively secured to the frame, the fifth dock post projecting upward from the frame, the fifth self-adjusting line system comprising a fifth slide, a fifth elongate member, a fifth upper stop, a fifth lower stop, a fifth line, and a fifth damper, the fifth slide being slidable along the fifth elongate member between the fifth upper stop and the fifth lower stop; \n attaching the fifth line to the fifth slide; and \n attaching the fifth damper to the fifth line such that the fifth line passes through the fifth damper, the fifth damper being configured to damp a varying tension force in the fifth line caused by movement of a watercraft resulting from wave action; \n attaching a sixth self-adjusting line system to a sixth dock post of the floating dock, the sixth dock post being operatively secured to the frame, the sixth dock post projecting upward from the frame, the sixth self-adjusting line system comprising a sixth slide, a sixth elongate member, a sixth upper stop, a sixth lower stop, a sixth line, and a sixth damper, the sixth slide being slidable along the sixth elongate member between the sixth upper stop and the sixth lower stop; \n attaching the sixth line to the sixth slide; and \n attaching the sixth damper to the sixth line such that the sixth line passes through the sixth damper, the sixth damper being configured to damp a varying tension force in the sixth line caused by movement of a watercraft resulting from wave action.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.3125
- Patent Class: 114.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11625118', '15231577', '12780473', '10697472', '11051418']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7459867146361
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4904534955823875
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7204333927307288
- Mean Citation Score: 182.529518
- Max Citation Score: 195.537
- Similarity Product: 130.43782838702202

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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