Staude v. Bendix Products Corp.

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff invented what he calls an “Improvement in Automatic Brake Control for Power-Propelled Vehicles.” He obtained a patent covering 43 claims, only one of which, the second, is here involved. It reads :

“2. In combination with a control lever, a clutch rod, a hydraulically operated means for moving said rod and disengaging the clutch, a controlling valve for said means set in a neutral position by the initial movement of said control lever and moved to a point to render said hydraulically operated means active through subsequent adjustment of said control lever.”

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