PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16087171
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["004", "502000"]

Abstract:
A device for covering a surface and includes: (a) a covering of which each longitudinal edge is provided with a longitudinal strip ending in a flap; (b) a rotatably mounted drum capable of winding or unwinding the covering, and movable on rails placed on either side of said surface; (c) a system for continuous locking/unlocking of the flap in the rails during the translation of the drum, in which the covering includes at least one flap which makes it possible to isolate the portion of the longitudinal strip corresponding to the stuck flap portion, either from the atmosphere contained between the inner surface of the deployed covering portion and the covered surface portion, or from solar radiation.

Claim (Index 10):
The device as claimed in  claim 9 , in which the movement mechanism comprises a carriage ( 21 ) mounted on the rails ( 6 ) and transversely overhanging the surface ( 3 ) that is to be covered and supporting the drum ( 2 ) comprising at each of its ends:\n (a) a drive wheel ( 9 ), the axis of rotation of which is parallel to that of said drum ( 2 ); (b) at least a first downstream roller ( 33 av ) and at least a second upstream roller ( 33 am ) resting on the rails ( 6 ) and allowing the longitudinal translational movement of the carriage ( 21 ) and which are mounted, the first one downstream and second one upstream of the drive wheel ( 9 ) in the first direction of travel and therewith constitute a triangle of which the drive wheel ( 9 ) forms a top vertex; and in which each of the two flexible belts ( 31 ) is fixed only at each of its ends ( 35 ) to the four corners of the surface that is to be covered and extends along the longitudinal edges of the surface that is to be covered, as follows:\n (c) it sits over the downstream roller ( 33 av ) which lays it down in the opening in the corresponding rail ( 6 ) as the carriage moves in the first direction D 1 , and it sits over the upstream roller ( 33 am ) which lays it down in the opening of the corresponding rail ( 6 ) when the carriage moves in the second direction, D 2 , \n (d) it is laid down in the opening ( 14 ) in the rails ( 6 ) in the lateral sections ( 31 a ) comprised between a fixing point ( 35 ) and the roller ( 33 av ,  33 am ) closest to said fixing point, and \n (e) it sits without slipping on the drive wheel ( 9 ) in the central section ( 31 b ) comprised between the two rollers ( 33 av ,  33 am ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.92647
- Patent Class: 4.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14437895', '13055751', '14439333', '13129010', '14952658']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7566034767859756
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5040779997508773
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7313509290824658
- Mean Citation Score: 206.100136
- Max Citation Score: 227.23534
- Similarity Product: 156.81775249789237

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

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