PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16140693
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["004", "504000"]

Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a safety mechanical system including a latter and a barrier for use with a an above-ground swimming pool that is easy to install and provides safety from children accessing the pool via the ladder. Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a safety mechanical barrier that blocks access to the ladder itself, thereby restricting access to an above-ground pool by unsupervised minors.

Claim (Index 1):
An above-ground pool safety system comprising:\n a pool ladder having a first vertical rail and a second vertical rail with a plurality of horizontal treads disposed between the first and second vertical rails; a safety mechanical barrier having a length and including a panel comprising an outer surface and in inner surface, the safety mechanical barrier comprising:\n at least one attachment mechanism adapted for attaching the safety mechanical barrier to a first vertical rail of a pool ladder and for allowing the safety mechanical barrier to rotate around the first vertical rail when attached to the first vertical rail; and \n a latching mechanism comprising:\n a rotatable first clamp and a rotatable second clamp configured for latching the safety mechanical barrier to a second vertical rail of the pool ladder when the safety mechanical barrier is in a closed position, the second vertical rail parallel to and opposite from the first vertical rail of the pool ladder; \n an elongate member having a first end and a second end, the elongate member positioned generally parallel to the length of the safety mechanical barrier, and attached to and at least partially disposed between the first clamp and the second clamp; and \n a handle disposed at the first end of the elongate member, the handle configured to transition from an unlocked position to a locked position, wherein, when the safety mechanical barrier is in the closed position and the handle is in a locked position, the latching mechanism is in a closed position and is latched to the second vertical rail, and wherein, when the handle transitions from the locked position to an unlocked position, the latching mechanism transitions from the closed position to an open position such that latching mechanism unlatches from the second vertical rail and allows the safety mechanical barrier to rotate around the first vertical rail from the closed position to an open position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65909
- Patent Class: 4.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14963707', '12652920', '13873109', '14585558', '14895752']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.772870488007905
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5533575842986768
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7509191976369822
- Mean Citation Score: 224.549672
- Max Citation Score: 408.83157
- Similarity Product: 397.0887489462984

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

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