PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15887517
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["224", "401000"]

Abstract:
A retaining device for securing one or more accessory racks to a base rack on a vehicle is provided herein. The device comprises a housing member that extends through the one or more accessory racks and into the base rack, a head, secured to the housing member that engages one or other of the racks, a detent that engages the other of the racks, and an engagement mechanism that extends the detent and pulls it toward the head. The device may further comprise a lock that secures the detent in a clamping position. The lock may comprise a ratchet and pawl arrangement defined by first and second levered tabs disposed on the head, the first tab being operably connected to the engagement mechanism. An ATV comprising one or more accessory racks secured to a base rack by a retaining device as described herein is also provided.

Claim (Index 11):
A retaining device comprising:\n a housing member and a head portion, the housing having a longitudinal axis; a first tab and a second tab pivotally attached to the head portion; a latch assembly, the latch assembly comprising a pair of retaining arms and an elongated member, the elongated member having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the retaining arms are pivotally coupled to the distal end portion of the elongated member, the elongated member being moveable along the longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein the proximal end portion of the elongated member is pivotally attached to the first tab; and wherein, when a lever portion of the first tab is in a downward configuration, the first tab is in contact with the second tab.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19718
- Patent Class: 224.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11590176', '10738242', '11590177', '13987017', '13998477']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8383644084139884
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4865340864604499
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8031813762186345
- Mean Citation Score: 205.457648
- Max Citation Score: 214.8766
- Similarity Product: 139.1752817647457

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

Dataset: test