PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15932507
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["473", "451000"]

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a training apparatus for increasing core body strength and balance and for providing a repetitive pitching motion exercise for baseball pitchers. The training apparatus comprises a frame structure having a pair of laterally spaced base members for bracing the apparatus on the floor. Each base member is attached to an upright support member that are attached at the top by a lateral connector. A balance pulley is attached to the lateral connector and a balance cord is threaded through the balance pulley. The balance cord has a ball attached to one end and a foot strap attached to the opposite end, such that a user of the apparatus attaches the balance cord foot strap to the non-pivot foot of the user, grabs and extends the ball simulating a throwing motion involving the forward extension of the arm and the forward leaning of the upper body thereby placing the balance cord in tension and lifting the users non-pivot foot and leg upwards towards the balance pulley, thereby forcing the user into a prototypical pitching form. Through repetition, the user strengthens the core muscles, improves balance and increases muscle memory, all in a manner that trains the user to consistently achieve the prototypical pitching form.

Claim (Index 11):
The training apparatus of  claim 7  further comprising a variable tension wheel attached to one or more of the base members, and\n a tension cord having a first end attached to the tension wheel and a second end with a foot strap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12621
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13090229', '12155747', '13404947', '12229382', '14743976']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.626915751503136
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4864871962191585
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6128728959747384
- Mean Citation Score: 203.825832
- Max Citation Score: 218.997
- Similarity Product: 158.38863425570727

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

Dataset: test