PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15864920
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["224", "319000"]

Abstract:
Rack systems are disclosed for coupling accessories to crossbars on top of a vehicle. A coupling device may include a flexible strap member adjustably anchored at one end of a body. The strap member may be connected to the other end of the body and tightened. A mounting assembly may be provided on the top side of the body for connection to a cargo-specific carrier or accessory. A coupling device may also include a flexible fitting member configured to grip a round or rectangular crossbar. A cap member may be configured to be mounted on the fitting member and have one or more ramp surfaces which form a sliding interface with a corresponding surface on the fitting member, thereby providing a closing or tightening effect on the fitting member with respect to the crossbar. Other coupling devices are configured to grip or clamp a t-slot in the crossbar.

Claim (Index 2):
The rack of  claim 1 , further comprising a latch mechanism configured to move over the lever device to secure the lever device in the closed position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05263
- Patent Class: 224.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15069902', '13874248', '15176116', '15176107', '15170326']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8277304744274512
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4766509910807835
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7926225260927845
- Mean Citation Score: 181.52749
- Max Citation Score: 244.03743
- Similarity Product: 213.22528288365487

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

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