PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16163419
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["312", "136000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides shelf adjustment systems and methods that may be used in merchandiser display cases and other applications to accommodate changes in product offering, giving the user increased flexibility in the use of merchandiser display cases. The shelf adjustment systems of embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for coordinating shelf adjustment, such that adjusting the display angle of one shelf of the invention causes the display angle of another shelf or shelves to also be adjusted by the same amount as the adjusted shelf.

Claim (Index 18):
A method of adjusting the angles of a plurality of shelves in a display case comprising the steps of:\n a. pivotally attaching each shelf of said plurality of shelves to a support structure; b. providing an angle adjustment mechanism at a posterior portion of a designated one of said plurality of shelves for changing the display angle of said designated shelf; c. providing an angle coordination mechanism between each shelf of said plurality of shelves for maintaining the relative angles between each such shelf; and d. changing the display angle of all shelves by changing the display angle of the designated shelf.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78846
- Patent Class: 312.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13443424', '10947959', '10462350', '14701497', '16107415']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7978353066167971
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4724075485501709
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7652925308101346
- Mean Citation Score: 157.97457200000005
- Max Citation Score: 164.46722
- Similarity Product: 121.6678263249302

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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