PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16048798
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["211", "187000"]

Abstract:
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to an apparatus comprising a heavy duty shelving assembly. The apparatus comprises shelving assemblies that may be used to store relatively heavy objects such as vehicle components, athletic weights, or the like. The apparatus comprises a plurality of vertical columns including column members that are selectively coupled to one another, a plurality of horizontal supports that extend between the column members, and a plurality of shelves that are positioned on the horizontal supports. The apparatus may also include a center brace extending between opposing horizontal supports. The horizontal supports include a truss portion connected to a support portion; the truss portion distributes the downward forces applied to the support portion by the shelves. The design of the apparatus and the truss increases the downward forces that may be applied to the shelf, thereby increasing the weight capacity of the shelves and the apparatus. The column members are configured for selective coupling by incorporating a main portion that comprises a plurality of apertures and a coupling portion that extends outward from the main portion such that it may accept at least part of a main portion of an adjacent column member. The coupling portion further comprises one or more engagement tabs that are configured to engage the apertures of an adjacent column member. In at least one embodiment, the engagement tabs are formed through stamping, thereby minimizing or entirely eliminating areas where stress can concentrate when the apparatus is under load. This feature reduces or eliminates the potential of a partial failure when the apparatus is under load.

Claim (Index 11):
A storage assembly apparatus comprising:\n a plurality of vertical columns that comprise a plurality of apertures along a vertical direction; at least one shelf positioned transversally with respect to the plurality of vertical columns; and a plurality of horizontal support elements, at least one of the horizontal support elements being adjacently disposed to the at least one shelf and to two of the plurality of vertical columns, the horizontal support element further comprising:\n an upper portion that extends in the vertical direction and that comprises an upper engagement tab configured to engage a first aperture of the plurality of apertures; \n a support portion that extends in a horizontal direction with respect to the storage assembly apparatus, the support portion being configured such that the at least one shelf may be disposed on the support portion; \n a truss portion extending downward from the support portion; and \n a lower portion disposed below the upper portion and that comprises a lower engagement tab configured to engage a second aperture of the plurality of apertures.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28226
- Patent Class: 211.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11950405', '15076260', '15168810', '14341675', '15204903']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7973212396608723
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4687948922000456
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7644686049147897
- Mean Citation Score: 177.041628
- Max Citation Score: 184.17955
- Similarity Product: 135.12079623649714

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

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