PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15953578
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["297", "248000"]

Abstract:
A seating unit and a mechanism for a seating unit are provided. Each seating unit has a pair of mechanisms operable to move the seating unit between a closed position and a reclined position. Each mechanism includes an extended seat plate that extends from, and connects to, the chair back to the front of a seat frame. Each mechanism also has a rear pivot link, the upper end of which is pivotally connected to the seat plate. This pivotal connection is above the seat frame, allowing the mechanism to move the seating unit to the reclined position with minimal front-to-back movement. The mechanism moves the seating unit to a zero gravity reclined position, without the use of roller tracks.

Claim (Index 13):
A mechanism for a theater seating unit, each seating unit having a pair of opposed sides, a chair back, a chair seat and a footrest, the mechanism moving the theater seating unit between a closed position and a reclined position, the mechanism comprising:\n a pair of spaced apart linkages, each linkage comprising:\n a base plate fixedly coupled to a corresponding side of the seating unit; \n a rear pivot link having first and second ends, the first end of the rear pivot link pivotally coupled to the base plate; \n a front pivot link having first and second ends, the first end of the front pivot link pivotally coupled to the base plate; \n a seat plate pivotally supported above the base plate, with the second end of the rear pivot link pivotally coupled the seat plate and the second end of the front pivot link pivotally coupled to the seat plate, the seat plate having a back mounting section that is directly coupled to the chair back and the seat plate extending forwardly to a seat pivot section extending below the front of the chair seat; \n a seat frame having a front end and a rear end, the front end of the seat frame being pivotally coupled to the seat pivot section of the seat plate; and \n a footrest linkage pivotally coupled to the seat plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03125
- Patent Class: 297.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15793292', '15928339', '15595522', '14064700', '13344330']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8053624771241482
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5316333981575625
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7779895692274896
- Mean Citation Score: 387.243774
- Max Citation Score: 431.55917
- Similarity Product: 291.90366696148993

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

Dataset: test