PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16278021
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["081", "015900"]

Abstract:
A method for assisted buckle release employing a generally C-shaped or U-shaped assistive device adapted to depress a buckle's release button, such as a button typical of a child car seat restraint harness, and thereby assist in unlocking the buckle.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for assisted buckle release using a generally C-shaped or U-shaped assistive device that has a flexible mid-portion and a pair of wings projected from the mid-portion to bound an interstitial space, said method comprising the steps of:\n positioning inner surfaces of each of a pair of wings of the assistive device on either side of a buckle to orient a protuberance, disposed interstitially projected upon one of the pair of wings, overtop the buckle's release button; grasping termini of the pair of wings between the thumb and forefinger or, alternately, the thenar and fingers; squeezing the termini together to force contact of the protuberance to depress the buckle's release button and effect release of any associated restraints interconnected with the buckle; releasing the termini of the pair of wings to disengage the protuberance from contact with the buckle's release button; and sliding the assistive device away from the buckle whereby each of the pair of wings is cleared of the buckle; wherein the assistive device facilitates release of the restraints interconnected with the buckle by enabling compression of the pair of wings between the thumb and forefinger, and, alternately, the thenar or heel of the palm and the fingers of a user.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.22222
- Patent Class: 81.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15699198', '13048647', '15970833', '15799911', '10816013']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7729303078949613
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4833887540025
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7439761525057151
- Mean Citation Score: 196.708784
- Max Citation Score: 237.40323
- Similarity Product: 178.5212231049335

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

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