Quinn v. Reed Unit-Fans, Inc.

AINSWORTH, District Judge.

This is a patent infringement suit.1 The plaintiffs, Edwin A. Quinn and William Carey Pinkard, were issued United States Letters Patent No. 2,817,733 on December 24, 1957, for an invention in a safety switch.2 The plaintiffs contend that the defendant, Reed Unit-Fans, Inc., infringed their patent by making, selling and using a safety switch embodying the patented invention. The defendant denies the infringement and counterclaims.

Judgment for the defendant is now entered for the following reasons:

The electrical safety switch around which this suit centers is a…