Legal Opinion

S. F. Heath Cycle Co. v. Hay

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana

Decided April 22, 1895No. 9,064PublishedCited by 6 opinions

This was a bill by the S. F. Heath Cycle Company against Thomas? Hay and V. B. Willits, copartners as Hay & Willits, for alleged infringement of a patent: for inflating pneumatic tires.

1Opinion of the Court

BAKER, District Judge.

This is a suit in equity by the complainant against the defendants for the infringement of letters patent !No. 507,224, granted to complainant October 24, 1893, as assignee of Hastings H. Johnson, for improvements in inflating devices for pneumatic tires. The invention relates to means fox* inflating pneumatic tires for bicycles and other vehicles. Prior to this invention it had .been necessary to provide a different sized threaded metallic air-pump hose coupling for each line or make of pneumatic tires, owing to the fact that the inflating- tubes or nipples of the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. The Barbed Wire PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Loom Co. v. HigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  3. Topliff v. TopliffSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. Pickering v. McCulloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  5. Keystone Manufacturing Co. v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United Shirt & Collar Co. v. BeattieCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1906
  2. Electric Candy Machine Co. v. MorrisU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1905
  3. International Time Recording Co. v. DeyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
  4. Hay v. S. F. Heath Cycle Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1896
  5. Brown Bag-Filling Mach. Co. v. DrohenU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western New York · 1905

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