PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16027546
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["441", "089000"]

Abstract:
A Personal Flotation Device (PFD), in the form of a vest or like garment, and having a quiver-like receptacle attachment, hinged to the garment for flexibility, is provided. The quiver attachment houses a mast and flag attached to a small flotation device, such that when the user enters the water the flotation device causes the mast and attached flag to rise so that the flag can be seen from a distance and the wearer identified thereby. The quiver element is attached such that it can place the extended mast and flag unobtrusively and at a distance from the wearer's head for comfort. The quiver element comprises a housing for the mast and flotation device and is permeable to water; the quiver element is shaped to guide the mast and flag linearly at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the wearer. The device allows for the flag to be interchanged with other flags so as to better identify the wearer from other users.

Claim (Index 1):
A personal flotation device (PFD) having a passive identification and location element, comprising:\n a garment, to be worn about the torso, having a back panel and a front panel, the back and front panels being fixed together to form the garment, the garment providing buoyancy in water; a pouch attached to the garment at the back panel, the pouch comprising an opening at the top and being permeable to water along its length; a container for placement in the pouch, the container comprising a bottom, a top and walls, the walls having openings therein to allow the container to fill with water when placed in water; a flotation device attached to a mast and an identifying element attached to the mast, the flotation device and mast being placed within the container, the flotation device resting generally at the bottom of the container when not in water, the flotation device configured to freely slide substantially within the entire length of the container, the mast being extendable from the flotation device, out from the top of the container; wherein, when the PFD is placed in water, the container fills with water and the flotation device within the container is caused to float within the container rising such that the attached mast extends distally from the container in a generally upward direction carrying the identification device therewith.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10714
- Patent Class: 441.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15897737', '10413924', '14053961', '12455781', '13960919']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6573994883323881
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4769297238391138
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6393525118830607
- Mean Citation Score: 170.26699399999995
- Max Citation Score: 195.89632
- Similarity Product: 144.9111788812256

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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