Atlas Trailers & Water Mufflers, Inc. v. Gray's Iron Works, Inc.

FOSTER, Circuit. Judge.

Appellant, as the assignee of letters patent No. 1,544,465, originally granted to Wm. H. Lovell et al., under date of June 30, 1925, brought a suit in equity against appellee, alleging infringement and praying for an injunction and damages. There was a decree dismissing the bill, to reverse which this appeal is prosecuted.

The patent is for a truck or trailer, to be used in moving heavy loads, such as cotton in bales, in warehouses, and on docks, either singly or in trains. The truck consists of a metal frame mounted on two wheels at each end, the axles of which move…