PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15928339
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["297", "08500R"]

Abstract:
A chair mechanism is provided for a seating unit that has a footrest, a seat, and a back. The mechanism is adapted to move the seating unit from a closed position with the footrest stowed beneath the seat, the seat in a generally horizontal orientation, and the back in an upright position, to an extended position with the footrest extended, the seat inclined from back-to-front, and the back in a reclined position.

Claim (Index 1):
A mechanism for a seating unit having a footrest, a seat, and a back, the mechanism adapted to move the seating unit from a closed position with the footrest stowed beneath the seat, the seat in a generally horizontal orientation, and the back in an upright position, to an extended position with the footrest extended, the seat inclined from back-to-front, and the back in a reclined position, the mechanism comprising:\n a pair of spaced apart first and second base plates, coupled together in spaced relation, each base plate having a front end and a rear end; and a pair of mechanisms operable to move the seating unit between the closed position and at the extended position, with one mechanism coupled to each base plate, each mechanism comprising:\n a seat plate pivotally coupled to one of the base plates with a first linkage that moves the seat plate between a first position when the seating unit is in the closed position and a second position when the seating unit is in the extended position; \n a back mounting link pivotally coupled to the seat plate and to a second linkage that reclines the back mounting link from a first, upright position when the seating unit is in the closed position to a second, reclined position when the seating unit is in the extended position; \n a footrest linkage pivotally coupled to the seat plate that moves the footrest from a stowed position when the seating unit is in the closed position to an open position when the seating unit is in the extended position; \n a third linkage coupled to the footrest linkage that moves the footrest linkage between the stowed position and the open position; and \n a bell crank pivotally coupled to the seat plate, the bell crank having a first section extending in a first direction from the pivotal connection with the seat plate, and a second section extending in a second direction from the pivotal connection with the seat plate, \n wherein the first section is pivotally connected to a link in the third linkage, and wherein the second section is pivotally connected to a link in the third linkage and to a link in the second linkage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13158
- Patent Class: 297.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15895746', '14064700', '15793292', '15657425', '12981186']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7863920958184
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4947621528894019
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7572291015255002
- Mean Citation Score: 314.36533799999995
- Max Citation Score: 317.88846
- Similarity Product: 284.0276453233552

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

Dataset: test