Legal Opinion
Sloane v. Dobson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided March 5, 1906Published
Suit in equity for alleged infringement of United States letters patent No. 587,633, dated August 3. 1897, for a fastener for stair carpets. Complainant seeks an injunction and an accounting.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
Says the patentee, Harry C. Adams:
“My invention relates to an improvement in devices intended for fastening or holding stair carpets in place, which will readily permit of their being removed without removing the fastenings from the stairs. * * * My device consists, essentially, of two toothed bars or plates, which are fastened, one to the riser and the other to the tread near the junction of the same, and with their,toothed edges-removed somewhat from the surface of the riser and tread, and pointing towards the junction of the same.”
Claim 1 reads:
“A fastener for stair…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bradley v. EcclesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1906