Kahn v. Starrells

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

In Kahn et al. v. Starrells, 135 Fed. 532, the Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing the decision reported in (C. C.) 131 Fed. 464, sustained'the validity of the first and second claims of letters patent No. 669,011, which relate to .the process of making flat caps, or tam-o’shanters. These claims, which are both for a process, are as follows:

“(1) The method of forming flat knit caps, which consists in forming an ■elongated tubular body with a band-forming selvage at its lower open end, then flattening the tube by expanding it in a single narrow plane, at a point…