Parker v. Stebler
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California. Suit in equity by Fred Stebler and Austin A. Gamble against George D. Parker. Decree for complainants, and defendant appeals. The appellees,' as owners of the patent issued to Edgar J. Bryan on November 25,, 1902, letters patent for a new and useful hand-truck, brought a suit against, the appellant, alleging that he had infringed their patent.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California. Suit in equity by Fred Stebler and Austin A. Gamble against George D. Parker. Decree for complainants, and defendant appeals. The appellees,' as owners of the patent issued to Edgar J. Bryan on November 25,, 1902, letters patent for a new and useful hand-truck, brought a suit against, the appellant, alleging that he had infringed their patent. Upon the final hearing the trial court sustained the patent as to claims 1, 12, 14, 15, and 16, found that the appellant had infringed the same, and referred the…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The Bryan truck is devised for the purpose of transporting boxes, and was particularly designed for use in packing houses in which oranges and lemons are packed in boxes. The boxes being stacked in tiers in the packing house, the invention provides a means operated by the foot of the operator to throw clamping jaws into engagement with the lower box or crate of the tier so that the pile of loaded boxes so engaged may be moved without touching any of them with the hands and without the necessity of tipping the pile so as to insert the truck beneath the lower…
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