PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863384
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["114", "343000"]

Abstract:
Boat towers having a lower portion fixed to a boat, an upper portion pivotally coupled to the lower portion, and a hinge configured to couple the upper portion to the lower portion are disclosed. The hinge may include a stationary portion coupled to the lower portion of the tower; a moving portion coupled to the lower portion at a hinge axis; an assisting device extending from a position fixed on the stationary portion to an interface on the moving portion; a catch coupled to the moving portion; and a latch coupled to the stationary portion configured to interface with the catch thereby locking the hinge in a closed position. The latch may be configured to move to a locked position by the moving portion moving into the closed position and the weight of the upper portion of the tower provides sufficient force to engage and lock the latch.

Claim (Index 1):
A boat tower having a lower portion fixed to a boat, an upper portion pivotally coupled to the lower portion, and a hinge configured to couple the upper portion to the lower portion wherein the hinge comprises:\n a stationary portion coupled to the lower portion of the tower; a moving portion coupled to the lower portion at a hinge axis; an assisting device extending from a position fixed on the stationary portion to an interface on the moving portion; a catch coupled to the moving portion; a latch coupled to the stationary portion configured to interface with the catch thereby locking the hinge in a closed position; and wherein the latch is configured to move to a locked position by the moving portion moving into the closed position and the weight of the upper portion of the tower provides sufficient force to engage and lock the latch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.75439
- Patent Class: 114.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14806311', '12548190', '15680856', '13097431', '15200749']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6895299747269993
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4757464610062613
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6681516233549255
- Mean Citation Score: 78.9817968
- Max Citation Score: 80.09481
- Similarity Product: 52.49374525493681

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

Dataset: test