Legal Opinion
American Seating Co. v. Ideal Seating Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1941No. 8710PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The patent, the validity of which and an asserted breadth of its claims are sought to be vindicated in the present suit, is one to Nordmark, No. 2,046,649, granted July 7, 1936, upon an application filed May 3, 1935. It is for a chair, particularly of the type used in theaters, and its object is to provide one having an improved back and improved means for mounting the back on its support. Claims 1-4 inclusive, printed in the margin,1 are in suit. The court below, assuming them to be valid, construed them as limited in scope in the light of the prior art, and so entitled…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sanitary Refrigerator Co. v. WintersSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Electrical Fittings Corp. v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- D'Arcy Spring Co. v. Marshall Ventilated Mattress Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919
- Directoplate Corp. v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1931
- Aluminum Co. of America v. Thompson Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Moon v. Cabot Shops, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- Eastern Electric, Inc. v. Seeburg CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- Remington Rand, Inc. v. Meilink Steel Safe Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- National Welding Equipment Co. v. Hammon Precision Equipment Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1958
- Hazeltine Corp. v. Crosley Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
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