Putman v. Beaver State Shingle Co.

BEAN, District Judge.

This is a suit for infringement of patent issued to plaintiff in March, 1926, for an “imitation shake shingle.” The object of the *353patent as set -forth in the specifications is “the production of a wooden shingle having the appearance of a split shake when laid and yet giving all of the warmth usually obtained from sawed shingles and at the same time capable of being laid with no greater difficulty than is th'e sawed shingle” and “to secure the much desired appearance of a shake roof or>to improve upon such appearance while at the same time avoiding the several important…