Hale & Kilburn Mfg. Co. v. Oneonta, C. & R. S. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
In Equity. The bill of complaint in this action was filed to obtain an injunction restraining the defendant from infringing, by making, selling, or otherwise, letters patent No. 371,448, bearing date October 11, 1887, granted to Henry S. Hale, and assigned to the complainant, and to recover damages for alleged infringement, through an accounting.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
October 11, 1887, the letters patent in suit were issued to Henry S. Hale, numbered 371,448, for a spring seat. Thereafter, and before the commission by the defendant of the acts complained of, the complainant became, by due assignments, the owner of such letters patent. Infringement of claim 6 alone is relied on. That claim reads as follows:
“(6) In a spring seat, the combination of the frame, springs supported by the frame, a wide, thin steel plate, covering a large area of the seat, and directly supporting the upholstery, and secured to the springs at their upper parts,…
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