Ball & Socket Fastener Co. v. C. A. Edgarton Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a suit in equity by the Ball & Socket Fastener Company against the C. A. Edgarton Manufacturing Company for alleged infringement of letters patent No. 412,296, issued October 8, 1889, to W. S. Richardson, for improvements in fastenings for gloves and other articles.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This suit relates to a patent, of October 18,1889, to William Streeter Richardson, for improvements in fastenings for gloves and other articles. The specification describes the invention as relating to constructing the ball and socket members of the device, and to fastening the same'in place. We must apprehend (hat, though some of the advances in this art are, on their face, trivial, yet a careful examination will show that the art is a difficult and important one. Fastenings of this character are in extensive demand for various purposes, — gloves, corsets, clothing,…
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