PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16354383
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["414", "537000"]

Abstract:
A ramp deployment system for deploying and securing first and second ramps to the entrance of a container-type vehicle using a ratchet strap arrangement is disclosed. The ratchet strap arrangement includes first and second ratchet strap devices each having a tightening strap coupled to a respective hook and collar mechanism that includes a closable hook operable to engage a collar to form a loop portion by the tightening strap around the undercarriage of the container-type vehicle. A ratchet mechanism is operatively coupled to the tightening strap for tightening or loosening the tightening strap relative to the first and second ramps when the ratchet strap mechanism is actuated. The ratchet mechanism is also engaged to a fixed length strap having a hook portion configured to engage the cross rungs of the first and second ramps and secure the ratchet strap arrangement securely between container-type vehicle and the first and second ramps. In some embodiments, a pair of connecting bars may be coupled between the first and second ramps to provide structural reinforcement between the first and second ramps.

Claim (Index 13):
A method of deploying a ramp deployment system comprising:\n deploying a mobile ramp arrangement from a container-type vehicle, the mobile ramp arrangement comprising a first ramp and a second ramp, each of the first ramp and second ramp defining a respective first end and a respective second end and each of the first ramp and the second ramp defining a first flange and a second flange along the respective second end; securing a ratchet strap arrangement between respective first and second ramps and the trailer, the ratchet strap arrangement comprising a first ratchet strap device and a second ratchet strap device, wherein the first ratchet strap device is secured between the first ramp and a trailer, and wherein the second ratchet strap device is secured between the second ramp and the trailer, each of the first and second ratchet strap devices comprising: and engaging a ratchet strap device between a respective first and second ramp and the container-type vehicle, each of ratchet strap devices comprising:\n a ratchet mechanism coupled between a fixed length strap and a tightening strap, wherein the fixed length strap defines a distal end and a proximal end and the tightening strap defines a distal end and a proximal end, \n wherein the distal end of the fixed length strap is coupled to a hook strap portion and the proximal end of the fixed length strap is coupled to the ratchet mechanism, and \n wherein the distal end of the tightening strap is coupled to a hook and collar mechanism comprising a hook coupled to one portion of the tightening strap and a collar coupled to another portion of the tightening strap, wherein the hook is operable to engage the collar to form a loop strap portion by the tightening strap; \n attaching the hook strap portion of the fixed length strap for the first and second ratchet strap devices to respective first or second ramps; looping the hook of each hook and collar mechanism around an undercarriage of the container-type vehicle; and coupling the hook with the collar to form the loop strap portion with the tightening strap around the undercarriage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.47297
- Patent Class: 414.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15214586', '15586012', '10542734', '15660097', '12002987']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8108995290227773
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5955254920366859
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7893621253241682
- Mean Citation Score: 249.11261800000003
- Max Citation Score: 515.35
- Similarity Product: 497.9914956390857

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

Dataset: test