Travers v. Hammock & Fly-Net Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin
This was a suit in equity by Vincent P. Travers against the Gem Hammock & Fly-Net Company for alleged infringment of two patents relating to the art of making hammocks. Defendant demurs to so much of the bill as relates to patent No. 296,460, issued April 8, 1884, to Albert O. Rood, assignor to the complainant.
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This was a suit in equity by Vincent P. Travers against the Gem Hammock & Fly-Net Company for alleged infringment of two patents relating to the art of making hammocks. Defendant demurs to so much of the bill as relates to patent No. 296,460, issued April 8, 1884, to Albert O. Rood, assignor to the complainant. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 of the drawings accompanying the patent are diagrams showing different stages of progress in the manufacture of hammock ends, and Fig. 3 is a top view of a hammock having one of its ends finished and the other in process of construction. The specification states: This…
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, District Judge.
The bill of complaint alleges infringement, respectively, of two letters patent, viz.: First, No. 277,161, issued May 8, 1883; and, second, No. 296,460, issued April 8, 1884. Demurrer is interposed to so much of the bill as relates to tiie latter-patent, No. 296,460, on the ground that the patent is for a process, and is void upon its face. This patent contains two claims of similar nature, and each stated as for “the art of making hammocks.” I think each clearly states a process under the definitions of the patent law; that it involves merely mechanical operations…
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