Parker v. McKee

This motion for a preliminary injunction cannot be denied without oyerruling, in effect, Parker v. Stow, 23 Fed. Rep. 252, and Parker v. Montpelier Carriage Co. Id. 886, which followed that decision. There are alleged anticipating devices put into this case which were not in either of those cases, but none of them is any nearer like the patented invention than some that were in those cases and considered, nor any nearer like it than long and well known chaise and carriage tops are. A point is made that the first reissue narrowed the patent by making the locking device a necessary part of it,…