Legal Opinion
Eastern Paper-Bag Co. v. Standard Paper-Bag Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Decided February 17, 1887PublishedCited by 12 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
The patent in suit, No. 258,272, is for a process of making paper bags. It ivas granted May 23, 1882, to the Eastern Paper-bag Company, assignee of Daniel Appel, the inventor. This invention has for its object the production in a novel manner of a satchel-bottom paper bag, made from a strip of paper folded to form a tube; and it consists in first forming the diamond fold, then cross-folding the leading corner of the diamond fold, and subsequently cross-folding the rearmost corner of the diamond fold, to form the last cross-fold of the bag bottom, and, together with it, the main body of the…
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