Barry v. Harpoon Castor Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for- the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by Charles D. Barry, Frederick W. Lincoln, and John R. Bradlee; copartners trading under the name of Henry W. Peabody & Co., against the Harpoon Castor Manufacturing Company. Decree for defendant, and complainants appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for- the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by Charles D. Barry, Frederick W. Lincoln, and John R. Bradlee; copartners trading under the name of Henry W. Peabody & Co., against the Harpoon Castor Manufacturing Company. Decree for defendant, and complainants appeal. On appeal from a decree of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, holding, invalid letters patent No. 995,758 granted June 20, 1911, to Henry M. Alleyn for an “anti-friction tip for furniture," and assigned to the complainants. The bill…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The patent in controversy is for an exceedingly simple anti-friction device designed to take the place 'of castors previously used on the legs of tables, chairs and other similar pieces of furniture.
The object of the inventor was to provide a cheap anti-friction bearing device which can be readily and securely attached to any piece of *208furniture and permits it to slide easily over the surface of a rug, carpet or floor. The tip consists of a drawn sheet metal disk having a smooth, polished, convex surface and an upturned strengthening rim provided with a plurality of…
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