Allis v. Ludwig & Ludwig

ALSCHULER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant seeks reversal of a deeree dismissing for want of equity appellant’s bill charging infringement of claim 3 of United States pat*706ent No. 1,055,998, 1913, to Allis and Wiens, upon a fly killer. The District Court in its opinion held the claim invalid. The claim is:

“3. A telescopic insect killer comprising a hollow handle having an open head, a slid-able plug mounted in the handle having a flattened end, and a plurality of strands extending from the flattened end of the plug, their free ends being adapted to spread into fanlike form when the plug is moved in one…