Lamson Consol. Stoke Service Co. v. Hillman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the North-ern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The first suit was begun against the proprietors of a store in which was being used a cash and package carrier that was alleged to infringe letters patent No. 465,967, December 29, 1891, to appellant, assignee of the applicant, McCarty; the second, against the builders of the apparatus. By order of court the causes were tried together.
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Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the North-ern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The first suit was begun against the proprietors of a store in which was being used a cash and package carrier that was alleged to infringe letters patent No. 465,967, December 29, 1891, to appellant, assignee of the applicant, McCarty; the second, against the builders of the apparatus. By order of court the causes were tried together. From •decrees dismissing the bills for want of equity, these appeals are taken.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
The decision turns upon the validity of claim i, the range of equivalency ascribable to that claim, if valid, and-the interpretation of the appellees’, device.
Claim i, and so much of the specification (omitting reference figures) as relates thereto particularly, are as follows:
“My invention relates to apparatus for carrying parcels and packages of merchandise requiring a receptacle on the car larger than that which is used for carrying money merely; and it consists in devices * * * for elevating and lowering a detachable basket or parcel receptacle, and for attaching the…
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