PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16254872
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["222", "402120"]

Abstract:
An spray shield for an aerosol canister. Embodiments include a shield body constructed of a flexible sheet material. The shield body can generally define an arc of a circular ring and present a fixation mechanism, wing slots, and notches. The shield body can be rolled to form a frustum of a cone having a wide front opening and a narrower rear opening including a cutout. The shield body can be removably fixed in a conic configuration through engagement of tabs and tab slots. A retaining clip can comprise a semi-circular head adjoined by legs which meet wings at neck portions. In use, retaining clip can be engaged around a collar of an aerosol canister. Assembled shield body can be removably affixed to canister via retaining clip. Spray shield can direct particulate aerosol matter sprayed from a canister in a forward direction, and provide protection from environmental or other factors.

Claim (Index 12):
A method for applying aerosol material from a nozzle of an aerosol canister to a surface, the method comprising:\n affixing a retaining clip to the collar of the aerosol canister such that a head portion of the retaining clip partially surrounds the collar and a first wing and a second wing of the retaining clip are arranged in front of the nozzle; conforming a shield body to a frustoconical first configuration presenting a generally circular front opening and a generally circular rear opening, the rear opening having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the front opening such that a tab of the shield body is received within a tab slot of the shield body; compressing the shield body such that the rear opening presents a generally elliptical shape having a major axis longer than a span between an outer extent of the first wing and an outer extent of the second wing; aligning the shield body with the retaining clip such that a first wing slot and a second wing slot are each proximate one of the first wing or the second wing; releasing the compression of the shield body such that the first wing and the second wing are at least partially inserted into one of the first wing slot and the second wing slot; and manipulating an actuator of the aerosol canister such that the aerosol material is ejected from the aerosol canister toward the surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76087
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13062973', '11318220', '10989883', '15837230', '15177861']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7534043304139106
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4687810609393415
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7249420034664538
- Mean Citation Score: 162.09072399999997
- Max Citation Score: 170.05633999999995
- Similarity Product: 123.2685104848456

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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