PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16298731
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["473", "483000"]

Abstract:
An adjustable basketball system is provided. The system includes a sleeve positioned in a substantially vertical orientation with respect to a surface upon which the system rests. The system further includes a post configured to be inserted partially within the sleeve to functionally engage the sleeve. The system further includes a basketball backboard coupled to a portion of the post not inserted within the sleeve, the basketball backboard further including the basketball rim. The system also includes an actuator that is functionally coupled to the sleeve and the post, wherein actuation of the actuator axially transitions the post with respect to the sleeve to reposition the backboard with respect to the surface.

Claim (Index 1):
A basketball system comprising:\n a rectilinear sleeve with a through bore having first end and a second end a rectilinear cross-section and a first end and a second end; a rectilinear post with a through bore having a first end and a second end, the post configured to be inserted partially within the sleeve and to extend in and out of the sleeve; four spacers, each spacer coupled directly to an inner surface of the sleeve, wherein each spacer extends from a top edge of the sleeve at least eighteen inches down the sleeve, and the spacers located between the post and the sleeve, and wherein the spacers engage the post on all four sides simultaneously on outer surfaces of the post to keep the axis of the post and the axis of the sleeve aligned; a basketball backboard assembly coupled to a first end of the post; and an electric linear actuator comprising an actuator rod and an actuator cylinder, the electric linear actuator located within the sleeve and the actuator cylinder is coupled directly to the sleeve with a connection member and the actuator rod is coupled directly to the post with a connection member, wherein actuation of the electric linear actuator axially transitions the post in and out of the sleeve to reposition a height of the backboard assembly, and wherein the spacers cooperate with each other to maintain the post and the sleeve in a coaxial relationship and to prevent rotation of the post as the post is raised and lowered in and out of sleeve during operation of the electric linear actuator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33333
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15701620', '10773205', '10405580', '10349497', '11352599']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.56118559731927
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4838378279679831
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5534508203841413
- Mean Citation Score: 158.64759800000004
- Max Citation Score: 186.82222
- Similarity Product: 136.52048656940934

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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