PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15945745
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["473", "472000"]

Abstract:
A vertical jump drive basketball gauntlet for use on a ground surface in the vicinity of a basketball hoop, simulating a defensive basketball opponent to help offensive basketball players improve and maintain proficiency dribbling, driving, jumping, and shooting a basketball at a basketball hoop. Consisting of a weighted T-shaped base, a vertical central support structure, and coupled elongate arms simulating outstretched arms of defensive basketball players. The elongate arms are coupled in a manner allowing pivoting and orbiting movement. The elongate arms and upper portion of the vertical central support structure are padded to protect practicing basketball player from contact with basketball gauntlet.

Claim (Index 1):
A vertical jump drive basketball gauntlet for use on a ground surface in the vicinity of a basketball hoop, simulating a defensive basketball opponent comprising a weighted T-shaped base assembly, a vertical central support structure comprising a lower portion mast and upper portion mast mounted to weighted T-shaped base extending upwardly therefrom, and a coupled quartet of elongate arms having proximal and distal extremities coupled to upper portion of upper mast and mounting means coupled to proximal extremities of the elongate arms for supporting elongate arms on upper portion of upper mast, horizontally spaced apart, the mounting means including yieldable resilient members coupled to the proximal extremities of the elongate arms for permitting yieldable pivotal movement of the distal extremities and permitting orbital movement of quartet of elongate arms in response to a force applied thereto by practicing offensive basketball player, a second coupled quartet of elongate arms having proximal and distal extremities with proximal extremities coupled to upper portion of upper mast above first said coupled quartet of elongate arms and mounting means coupled to the proximal extremities of elongate arms for supporting elongate arms on upper portion of upper mast above first said quartet of elongate arms, horizontally spaced apart, the mounting means including yieldable resilient members coupled to proximal extremities of elongate arms for permitting yieldable pivotal movement of distal extremities of elongate arms and permitting orbital movement of second quartet of elongate arms.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82258
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14708222', '12069629', '15367440', '10384131', '13217394']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5660220100883623
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4720208766202147
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5566218967415476
- Mean Citation Score: 164.672062
- Max Citation Score: 174.14496
- Similarity Product: 136.35204586183548

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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