Lepper v. Randall

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

The complainants are the owners of letters patent No. 624,839, issued May 9, 1899, for an “improvement in ham-boiling wrappers.” The specifications describe the invention as follows:

“Our invention consists of a wrapper for boiling a ham therein, more particularly a boneless ham, the same being formed of a piece of canvas or other suitable fabric adapted to envelop a ham, and means for tightly compressing the wrapper thereon and preventing opening thereof, whereby the liam is guarded against disintegration, and its juices are retained within the wrapper, thus…