Excelsior Supply Co. v. Weed Chain Tire Grip Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in equity by the Weed Chain Tire Grip Company, Harry D. Weed, and the Parsons Nonskid Company, Limited, against the Excelsior Supply Company and the Motor Appliances Company. Decree for complainants, and defendants appeal. Modified and affirmed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in equity by the Weed Chain Tire Grip Company, Harry D. Weed, and the Parsons Nonskid Company, Limited, against the Excelsior Supply Company and the Motor Appliances Company. Decree for complainants, and defendants appeal. Modified and affirmed. The appeal is from an interlocutory decree, enjoining appellants, their respective officers, associates, etc., from infringing letters patent No. 723,299, issued March 24, 1903, to Harry Parsons, for a new and useful improvement in…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosscup, Circuit Judge
[1] The advantages claimed for the patented device are thus stated by counsel, repeated in the opinion of the Court below-:
“The construction of the device by which it is loose on the wheel and free to travel circumferentially around it when in action gives several important results referred to in the patent. In the first place, the ‘freedom to travel’ adds very materially to the antislipping qualities of the device, in effect continuously laying down on the ground in front of the tire ‘a nonslipping medium,’ consisting of a series of loose cross chains, under conditions affording a maximum of…
2Cited by7 opinions
- Slattery v. GodfreyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1926
- H. Channon Co. v. Parsons Non-Skid Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1913
- Weed Chain Grip Co. v. Atlas Chain Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1912
- Parsons Non-Skid Co. v. E. J. Willis Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1911
- Perry v. Weed Chain Tire Grip Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
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