National Folding-Box & Paper Co. v. Gair

THOMAS, District Judge.

Tbe complainant seeks to restrain the infringement by the defendant of letters patent No. 286,360, of October 9, 1883, for improvements in folding paper boxes, granted to Arthur G. Wilson, and since 1891 owned by the complainant. The defense involves anticipation and noninfringement. The alleged infringement relates to claim 1, which is as follows:

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“A box or lid of a box having turned-in portions provided with apertures or openings, and an end piece provided with a tongue or tongues folded over the upper edges of the turned-in portions, and down into…