Legal Opinion
Anton Lorenz v. F. W. Woolworth Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 5, 1962No. 27159_1PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*103HAYS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court, holding invalid for lack of invention Patent No. 2,880,785, issued on April 7, 1959 to Fridtjof F. Schliephacke, plaintiff’s assignor. We affirm the judgment.
The patent involves a mechanism for the operation of a reclining chair with a movable leg-rest. Chairs with leg-rests that rise to a horizontal position when the back is reclined were widely used prior to this patent. The patent in suit was intended to cover only a new design of the hardware that is.used to accomplish that result and not the chair itself.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Lincoln Engineering Co. v. Stewart-Warner Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Mumm v. Jacob E. Decker & SonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Jungersen v. Ostby & Barton Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Kenneth Reiner and Frank A. Klaus, Jr., D/B/A Kaynar Company and Kaynar Mfg. Co., Inc. v. I. Leon Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
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- Formal Fashions, Inc., and Paul Kellner v. Braiman Bows, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Bull v. Logetronics, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
- Reeves Brothers, Inc., and Cross-Appellee v. U. S. Laminating Corp. And Travis Rauch, and Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- John K. Rains v. Niaqua, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Maclaren v. B-I-W Group Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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