J. H. Sager Co. v. Emil Grossman Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; Charles M. Hough, Judge. Suit in equity.by the J. H. Sager Company against the Emil Gross-man Company. From a decree holding valid and infringed the sixth anrl seventh claims of letters patent No. 885,181, granted April 21, 1908, to James H. Sager for improvements in automobile buffers, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The object of the patentee was to construct an automobile buffer which is simple, efficient and easily attached. The principal purpose of the buffer is to protect the lamps, radiator and forward portion of the car from being injured and broken from a comparatively light blow upon the buffer bar and also to prevent injury to cars and other vehicles when struck by the car to which the buffer is attached. In short, the object of the invention is to interpose a spring between the car and any object with which it might collide and thus neutralize the shock of the impact.…
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