Floyd Smith Aerial Equipment Co. v. Irving Air Chute Co.
District Court, W.D. New York
in Equity. Suit by the Floyd Smith Aerial Equipment Company against the Irving Air Cliute Company.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
This Is an action in equity for infringement of letters patent No. 1,340,423, granted to Floyd Smith on May 18, 1920, for a parachute or what Is known as a “lifepack,” and parachute paraphernalia for use of aviators in failing or leaping from an airship in ¡light. The device is simple in construction and of light weight. Parachutes carried in packs on the back of aviators during flights and opened up by air resistance upon jumping or falling, and parachutes of the free pack type or tied by a cord to the top of an airship and opening upon extension or stretching,…
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