National Folding Box & Paper Co. v. Robertson

TOWNSEND, District Judge.

Suit for infringement of the first claim of patent No. 286,360, granted to Arthur G. Wilson, October 9, 1883, for improvements in paper boxes. The patent lias expired, and only an accounting is asked for. Infringement is proved. Anticipation is alleged. Said claim is as follows:

“(1) A box or a lid of a box having turned-in portions provided with sipertures or openings, and an end piece provided with a tongue or tongues folded over the upper edges of the turned-in portions and down into the apertures or openings therein, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.”