PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934207
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["404", "025000"]

Abstract:
A device for securing a cover having an opening therethrough over a well, drywell, or like structure having an upwardly facing horizontal base surface surrounding a bottom opening of the well includes an upper member positioned on the cover, a lower member positioned horizontally upward against the horizontal base surface, and a connecting rod that operatively connects the upper to the lower member and maintains a tension force between them via the connecting rod to secure the cover in position. A connector on the rod allows the lower member to pivot to a vertical position alongside the rod for insertion through the hole in the cover. In this way, the device can be installed with the cover in situ. The connector also provides translational movement of the lower member along the rod to provide, or remove, the tension. A locking element connected to the rod allows adjusting of the tension.

Claim (Index 18):
A device for securing a cover over a well or like structure, the cover including at least one opening therethrough, wherein the well includes a hollow walled chamber with a bottom opening that intersects with a drainage section, a portion of a ceiling of the drainage section surrounding the bottom opening forming a horizontal base surface, upwardly facing, around a periphery of the bottom opening of the well, said device comprising:\n an upper retaining member configured to engage a top surface of the cover over the well or like structure; a lower retaining member configured to lay flat against the upwardly facing horizontal base surface of the well; and a connecting rod sized for insertion through the at least one opening, said connecting rod operatively connecting said upper retaining member to said lower retaining member, wherein a vertical position of said upper retaining member is fixed at an upper end portion of said connecting rod and said lower retaining member is translationably coupled to said connecting rod for vertical translation along said connecting rod with respect to said upper retaining member; and wherein said connecting rod is configured to cooperate with said lower retaining member for vertical translation of said lower retaining member upward and tightly against the horizontal base surface, and is configured to cooperate with said upper retaining member to forcibly engage the cover down onto the well to immobilize the cover in situ.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.025
- Patent Class: 404.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14157467', '14811395', '12700436', '12089979', '12635390']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7571010160156636
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4705550357855407
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7284464179926513
- Mean Citation Score: 165.850108
- Max Citation Score: 167.23047
- Similarity Product: 121.22296669629873

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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