PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15996404
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["280", "654000"]

Abstract:
A hand truck includes a frame that is supported by main wheels and a handle having two side members. Two handle brackets are pivotably mounted on opposite sides of the frame. The handle brackets are arranged for rotation in relation to the frame around a handle rotation axis. The handle brackets slidably receive the side members of the handle so that the handle is able to slide between a first retracted position and a second extended position. The handle is also able to rotate with the handle brackets between first and second rotational positions. A lock mechanism that is mechanically associated with the handle brackets and the handle is able to releasably lock the degree of extension of the handle in at least one position between the retracted and extended positions and is able to lock the rotational position of the handle in at least one rotational position.

Claim (Index 5):
A multi-position hand truck comprising:\n a frame portion and a handle portion, the handle portion including at least one elongated side handle member, the frame portion including a frame, a set of main wheels, a load carrying member and a head assembly, the load carrying member being fixed to a first end of the frame and the set of main wheels being rotatably mounted to the frame adjacent to the first end of the frame, the head assembly being mounted to the frame towards a second end of the frame that is opposite the first end, the head assembly including at least one handle bracket that is rotatably mounted at least indirectly to the frame for rotation about a handle rotation axis so that the handle portion is able to be rotated with respect to the frame portion between a first rotational position and a second rotational position, the handle bracket also being arranged to slidably receive the at least one elongated side member of the handle portion so that the handle portion is able to be slidably adjusted with respect to the frame portion between a first retracted position and a second extended position, the head assembly further including a first releasable lock and a second releasable lock, the first releasable lock for selectively locking the handle bracket in at least one fixed rotational position relative to the frame portion, the second releasable lock for selectively locking the degree of extension or retraction of the handle portion with respect to the frame portion in at least one extended position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.40625
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14140561', '10671368', '14886553', '11139308', '12565022']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8252859238338234
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4765187296200292
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.790409204412444
- Mean Citation Score: 206.117172
- Max Citation Score: 231.65633
- Similarity Product: 198.45107261339905

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