PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16037339
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["211", "017000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to a bicycle storage rack and a method of storing a bicycle using a bicycle storage rack. The bicycle storage rack comprises a plurality of horizontal support members, a plurality of vertical support members, and one or more gripping members secured to at least one of the plurality of horizontal support members. The method of storing a bicycle using a bicycle storage rack comprises placing a bicycle into a horizontal position on a bicycle storage rack where a rotational axis of a wheel of the bicycle is divergent to each of a plurality of horizontal support members. In some examples, the bicycle storage rack is located within a bed of a truck, and the method further comprises covering the bicycle storage rack and the bicycle with a tonneau cover associated with the truck.

Claim (Index 16):
A method of storing a bicycle, the method comprising:\n placing a bicycle into a horizontal position on a bicycle storage rack, the bicycle storage rack comprising:\n a plurality of horizontal support members, where the plurality of horizontal support members define a perimeter of the bicycle storage rack, and where at least one wheel of the bicycle and a portion of a frame of the bicycle are in contact with at least one of the plurality of horizontal support members such that an entirety of the bicycle is supported horizontally by the plurality of horizontal support members; \n a plurality of vertical support members, where a first end of each of the plurality of vertical support members contacts one or more of the plurality of horizontal support members, further where each of the plurality of vertical support members is not parallel to each of the plurality of horizontal support members; and\n one or more gripping members secured to at least one of the plurality of horizontal support members, \n where a rotational axis of the at least one wheel of the bicycle is divergent to each of the plurality of horizontal support members.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.71698
- Patent Class: 211.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13842248', '14266006', '11388494', '14452805', '12986508']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7874149585928326
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4752120674535667
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.756194669478906
- Mean Citation Score: 202.200588
- Max Citation Score: 210.01292
- Similarity Product: 157.61859438580512

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