Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co. v. Wesson

PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal arising from a decree dismissing a bill for alleged infringement of the first three claims of letters patent No. 535,097, issued to Frank B. Felton on March 5, 1895, the caption being “Safety Device for Revolvers.”

The claims are as follows:

“(1) In a revolver In which the cylinder is arranged to swing laterally outward and. inward from and to its recess in the frame, the combination of a *334bolding device to' confine the cylinder in its recess, ■ adapted to be operated at will to release the cylinder, and a movable connection between said holding device and…