Kromer Cap Co. v. J. C. Penney Co.

DUFFY, District Judge.

This is a suit alleging the infringement of Letters Patent No. 1,540,405, granted to George P. Kromer on June 2, 1925, for an improvement in caps. The applicatiqn therefor was filed on April 18, 1922. The plaintiff is the present owner of the patent.

There is only one claim based upon a combination, as follows: “In a cap, the combination of a crown, a semi-rigid peak secured thereto, a slide stitched to the said crown adjacent the lower edge thereof, and normally extending upwardly from such lower edge, the stitching joining such slide and such crown extending beyond the…