Cazier v. Mackie-Lovejoy Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Appellant failed in his suit to enjoin infringement of letters patent No. 696,940, issued to him on April 8, 1902, for a trousers-hanger.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Appellant failed in his suit to enjoin infringement of letters patent No. 696,940, issued to him on April 8, 1902, for a trousers-hanger. The claim said to be infringed is the fifth, as follows: “(5) A trousers-hanger comprising two opposed elongated clamping-jaws formed of spring-metal strips, arched from end to end so as to engage the interposed fabric near their ends, said jaws being adapted in closing together to stretch the fabric in the direction of the length of the jaws,…
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
The hook, the suspending spring, and the locking link, in combination with clamping jaws for trousers-hangers, were all old. The novelty of this claim, if any exists, must be found in the particular clamping jaws. Schweizer and Killick are the strongest references. Schweizer used wooden clamping jaws, arched or hollowed out in the middle, for the purpose of accommodating the seams of the trousers. Killick disclosed clamping jaws of sheet metal — straight strips except for a rectangular recess at the center for accommodating the seams. He also claimed wooden jaws with the…
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