Legal Opinion
Weed Chain Tire Grip Co. v. Excelsior Supply Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
Decided May 20, 1910PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity. Suit by the Weed Chain Tire Grip Company, Harry D. Weed, and the Parsons Non-Skid Company,’' Limited, against the Excelsior Supply Company and the Motor Appliances Company. Decree for complainants.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
Infringement suit based on the Parsons patent, No. 723,299, issued March 24, 1903, for a chain tire grip. Complainants are, respectively, assignees or interested in the patent. One of defendants sells a similar device, and the other manufactures it.
The patentee’s description of his invention, and two of his claims, are as follows:
“It has been proposed to guard against slipping and puncturing by incorporating an antislipping or antipuncturing device in the tire itself, which has the effect of slowing it considerably or causing disintegration and having other…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Hobbs v. BeachSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Rubber Tire Wheel Co. v. Milwaukee Rubber Works Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1907
- Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1907
3Cited by4 opinions
- Slattery v. GodfreyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1926
- Parsons Non-Skid Co. v. E. J. Willis Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
- Weed Chain Grip Co. v. Atlas Chain Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1912
- Perry v. Weed Chain Tire Grip Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914