PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872923
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["248", "346200"]

Abstract:
A device is disclosed for facilitating the anchoring of a structure to a medium. For example, the disclosed device may facilitate anchoring an umbrella assembly into sand. The device is operable to inject a liquefying fluid into a medium upon a downstroke so as to facilitate liquefication within an area of the medium. The structure is then inserted into the area of the medium where liquefication has occurred by creating a vacuum within the structure, upon an upstroke, which facilitates the insertion operation. For example, a stand structure for holding the umbrella assembly may be inserted into the sand using the techniques herein. The medium displaced by the insertion operation has the geometrical contours of the structure such that the structure easily slides into the medium. The vacuum draws a portion of the medium into the structure and creates a seal that facilitates compacting of the medium and provides a superior anchoring strength.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for anchoring a device to a medium, said device including a first hollow tube, said method comprising:\n positioning a proximal end of said first hollow tube in close proximity to said medium; injecting a liquid through said proximal end of said first hollow tube into an area of said medium, said liquid contained within said first hollow tube, said injection occurring upon the operation of a plunger internal to said first hollow tube, said plunger operation directed toward said medium; and causing said internal plunger to move in a direction away from said medium, wherein said causing said internal plunger to move creates at least a partial vacuum within said first hollow tube, and wherein a portion of said medium of said area is drawn into said first hollow tube through said proximal end.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30986
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15806135', '15282774', '12925450', '15528148', '13135292']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7861983248416982
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4715773175332919
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7547362241108575
- Mean Citation Score: 162.41659800000005
- Max Citation Score: 175.65092
- Similarity Product: 132.99751665236474

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

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