PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16029528
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["024", "303000"]

Abstract:
A strap securing device and method for securing a free end of a strap to a metallic surface including an upper jaw, a lower jaw, and a leverage arm is disclosed. One of either the lower jaw or the upper jaw has a jagged contour and a magnetic surface. The upper jaw and the lower jaw are secured together through the leverage arm, which pinches the free end of a strap between the upper and lower jaws. The magnetic surface allows for attachment of the strap securing device to a metallic surface, such as the surface of a truck bed.

Claim (Index 1):
A strap securing device comprising:\n a lower jaw; an upper jaw; and a leverage arm coupled to both the upper jaw and the lower jaw, wherein the leverage arm forces the upper jaw against the lower jaw and pinches a strap between the upper jaw and the lower jaw; wherein at least one of the lower jaw and the upper jaw comprises a jagged contour configured for entanglement with the strap, wherein at least one of the lower jaw and the upper jaw further comprises a magnetic surface configured for attachment to a metallic surface, and wherein the upper jaw further comprises two opposing arms sized to allow for insertion into the leverage arm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25
- Patent Class: 24.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13528262', '14081299', '13952586', '12968888', '13895289']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.73342706358078
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4440463948535751
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7044889967080596
- Mean Citation Score: 173.150634
- Max Citation Score: 187.4061
- Similarity Product: 135.25128634443286

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