Maulsby v. Minneapolis Casket Co.

GARDNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit for infringement of two patents, one, No. 1,724,493, dated August 13, 1929, and a reissue patent No. 18,705," dated January 3, 1933, both of which relate to improvements in fabric-forming machines for use in making decorative designs in casket trimmings. Claim 6 only of the original patent, No. 1,724,493, is charged to have been infringed by defendant’s device. This claim reads as follows:

“6. In a machine of the character described, a shirring bar comprising parallel, spaced apart rods and pattern blocks mounted adjustably on said bars for movement…