L. Schreiber & Sons Co. v. Grimm
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. This is a suit by bill in equity, instituted by the above-named appellant, to obtain an injunction "against the infringement of letters patent No. 396,372, issued to Charles C. Sehreiber, January 15, 1889, for a supposed new ami useful improvement in cask supports.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. This is a suit by bill in equity, instituted by the above-named appellant, to obtain an injunction "against the infringement of letters patent No. 396,372, issued to Charles C. Sehreiber, January 15, 1889, for a supposed new ami useful improvement in cask supports. The object of the invention covered by the patent was “to provide a support for heavy casks or barrels that is strong, durable, and readily adjustable to any sized cask.” The means proposed by the inventor were: (1) A beam running crosswise under…
1Opinion of the CourtSeverens, District Judge
The controversy between these parties turns upon the question whether patentable invention is shown by the device of the combination covered by the sixth claim of the complainants’ patent. Thai claim is for a combination in a cask support of a shoe having a (-(«leave seat, with a self-adjusting saddle, supported by the seat, both constructed substantially as specified. For while some effort lias been made, upon the employment of the word “saddles” in this claim, to construe it widely enough to include the co-operative relation of this combination with a duplicate thereof by means of other…
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