Everlasting Furniture Brace Co. v. Wittliff

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Appellees sued appellants for infringement of claims 1, 2, and 7 of patent No. 1,590,921, granted to Theodore H. Wittliff Juno 29, 1926. The District Court held the claims valid and infringed.

The patentee says that his invention- relates to a fastening device “which may be readily applied to the corners of framed structures to hold the elements thereof rigidly together,” and “is also especially adapted for application to chairs, beds, tables, and like articles of furniture.” Such articles become loose from hard or continuous use, and Wittliff devised moans for…