PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15919607
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["280", "402000"]

Abstract:
A method for reverse maneuvering a flat-towed dinghy attached to a towing vehicle. A carrier includes a platform, two caster wheels, and a drag mechanism. The drag mechanism is configured to present greater resistance to lateral movement than the two caster wheels. When the front tires of a flat-towed dinghy are loaded onto a pair of carriers, the dinghy is maneuvered in reverse without the dinghy front wheels reverting to the maximum turn that is normally caused by the dinghy front wheel steering caster angle. The dinghy rolls onto the carrier when the flat-towed dinghy is moved in the backward direction. A chock or stop device prevents the front tire from rolling off the platform when the flat-towed dinghy is moving in the backward direction. The dinghy rolls off the carrier when the dinghy is moved in the forward direction.

Claim (Index 9):
A method for keeping the front tires of a flat-towed dinghy aligned in the dinghy's direction of motion when the flat-towed dinghy and a vehicle towing the dinghy are maneuvered backwards, said method comprising:\n (a) positioning a first carrier behind a first front tire of the dinghy such that a first drag mechanism supporting said first carrier is proximate to said first front tire and a first set of wheels supporting said first carrier is distal to said first front tire; (b) positioning a second carrier behind a second front tire of the dinghy such that a second drag mechanism supporting said second carrier is proximate to said second front tire and a second set of wheels supporting said second carrier is distal to said second front tire; (c) rolling said first front tire in reverse up unto said first carrier past said first drag mechanism toward said first set of wheels, and rolling said second front tire in reverse up unto said second carrier past said second drag mechanism toward said second set of wheels; (d) driving said towing vehicle in reverse until said first front tire pushes against a first chock on said first carrier and said second front tire pushes against a second chock on said second carrier such that said first carrier is pushed along supported by said first set of wheels and said first drag mechanism and said second carrier is pushed along supported by said second set of wheels and said second drag mechanism.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11268
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14804436', '12201613', '13889256', '11827967', '13304102']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7870705296684849
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5740746180939406
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7657709385110305
- Mean Citation Score: 263.51302200000003
- Max Citation Score: 508.63876
- Similarity Product: 348.6506003797531

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