Legal Opinion
Lewis Blind-Stitch Mach. Co. v. Arbetter Felling Mach. Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 25, 1913No. 30,055PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Equity. Suit by the Lewis Blind-Stitch Machine Company against the Arbetter Felling Machine Company. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
Infringement suit on Patent No. 862,-830, issued August 6, 1907, to J. G. Lewis, relating to blind-stitch sewing machines for cloth fabrics.
The main question is whether there is infringement of two claims of the Lewis patent relating to the formation of stitches adjacent to and over the edge of a fold laid on the surface of a main fabric, like a cloak facing, or cuff attached to the end of a coat sleeve, by two rows of stitches made wholly on the outside of the cloth, and which are partly concealed under the edge of the facing or cuff, by a process called “felling.”…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- MacHine Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Reece Button-Hole Ma. Co. v. Globe Button-Hole Ma. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1894
- Hoyt v. HorneSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
3Cited by5 opinions
- Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Royal-Eastern Electrical Supply Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1925
- Howe v. AtwoodDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1942
- J. R. Clark Co. v. Murray Metal Products Co.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1953
- Lewis Blind Stitch Mach. Co. v. Arbetter Felling Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1914
- Monitor Stove Co. v. Williamson Heater Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1924