PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16188273
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["135", "145000"]

Abstract:
A collapsible canopy with an improved locking mechanism. The collapsible canopy has at least three supporting legs. The collapsible canopy also has a central lock that is used for locking the collapsible canopy in an unfolded state and permits the collapsible canopy to be folded into a folded state when the central lock is unlocked. An outer retractable unit is connected between each adjacent supporting leg. An inner retractable unit having an inner end is connected between each supporting leg and the central lock. The inner end of the inner retractable unit is connected through the central lock. Reinforcement bars are pivotally connected between the outer retractable units and the inner retractable units, the reinforcement bars function to maintain the shape of the collapsible canopy when the collapsible canopy is in a locked and unfolded position.

Claim (Index 1):
A collapsible canopy, comprising:\n A. at least three supporting legs, B. a plurality of outer retractable units, each outer retractable unit connected between every two adjacent supporting legs, C. a plurality of inner retractable units comprising inner ends, each inner retractable unit connected to each supporting leg, wherein said outer retractable units and said inner retractable units form a roof frame of said collapsible canopy, D. a central lock for locking said collapsible canopy in an unfolded state when said central lock is locked and for permitting said collapsible canopy to be folded into a folded state when said central lock is unlocked, wherein said inner ends of said inner retractable units are connected to said central lock, and E. a plurality of reinforcement bars pivotally connected between said plurality of outer retractable units and said plurality of inner retractable units, wherein said plurality of reinforcement bars function to maintain the shape of said collapsible canopy when said collapsible canopy is in a locked and unfolded position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.32258
- Patent Class: 135.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16012076', '15925314', '15549164', '12799269', '12201789']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7472297919634564
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5669485932701483
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7292016720941256
- Mean Citation Score: 291.4123120000001
- Max Citation Score: 471.6077
- Similarity Product: 459.47592590938814

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

Dataset: test