Consolidated Fruit-Jar Co. v. Wright
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This is a bill in equity filed by the Consolidated Fruifc-Jar Company to restrain the alleged infringement by the defendant of letters-patent No. 102,918, issued May 10, 1870, to John L. Mason, for an “ improvement in fruit-jars,” and of which the complainant, by mesne assignments, is the owner.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This is a bill in equity filed by the Consolidated Fruifc-Jar Company to restrain the alleged infringement by the defendant of letters-patent No. 102,918, issued May 10, 1870, to John L. Mason, for an “ improvement in fruit-jars,” and of which the complainant, by mesne assignments, is the owner. The court below, upon hearing, dismissed the bill; whereupon the complainant appealed here.- The facts are set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
This is a case in equity brought by the appellants to enjoin the appellee from infringing a patent issued by the United States to John L. Mason, on the 10th of May, 1870, “for an improvement in fruit-jars,” of which patent the complainant is the assignee.
The disclaimer and claim of the patent are as follows: —
“ Separately considered, I do not claim a metallic flexible screw-ring or cap, C, for holding a cover on a preserve-jar, nor an external gasket receiving-shoulder .upon preserve-jar, except when such gasket-shoulder is at the top of a continuous glass screw; neither do I claim the…
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