PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16251540
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["235", "383000"]

Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a fixture and method for a fixture (referred to as a Two Way Fixture) displaying and holding objects for sale at a retail store. The two way fixture is includes a free-standing frame which is formed by a I-shaped base portion and a U-shaped upright portion. A pair of tempered hardboards are inserted in the middle of the U-shaped upright portion. The two way fixture has shelves and wire racks mounted to the sides of the U-Shaped upright portion. The shelves, I-shaped base portion, and wire racks create a volume allows for the two way fixture to hide or obscure the a cash box storing components of a point-of-sale (POS) station while keeping the electronic components live and updated. The two way fixture can surround the pole and the cash box without having to remove the pole or lift the bin over the cash box.

Claim (Index 1):
A fixture for holding and displaying merchandise while concealing a portion of a point-of-sale (POS) station assembly, the fixture comprising:\n a free standing frame formed by:\n (i) an elongated bottom support member having a length extending along a first axis from a first end to a second end; \n (ii) a first upright extending perpendicularly from the first end of the elongated bottom support member to a first terminal end along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, the first upright including a first pair of slots formed on the first upright between the first end and the first terminal end; \n (iii) a second upright extending perpendicularly from the second end of the elongated bottom support member to a second terminal end along the second axis, the second upright including a second pair of slots formed on the second upright between the second end and the second terminal end; \n a first wire rack mounted to an outer side of the first upright opposite the first pair of slots; a second wire rack mounted to an outer side of the second upright opposite the second pair of slots, wherein the elongated bottom support member, the first upright and the second upright reside in a first plane and define first and second volumes on opposite adjacent sides of the free standing frame; wherein the first pair of slots are opposingly spaced with respect to the second pair of slots.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.92857
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16017506', '15379099', '15258482', '14599683', '13488084']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5918454585318331
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5202104200011276
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5846819546787625
- Mean Citation Score: 236.93618
- Max Citation Score: 372.45007
- Similarity Product: 280.9550709846127

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

Dataset: test