Forsyth v. Garlock

PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.

This is a bill in equity alleging infringement of the only claim in letters patent No. 622,889, issued on April 11, 1899, to James Bennett Forsyth, on an application filed on April 25, 1898, described therein to cover an invention of “a new and useful sheet material for packing, matting, and the like.” The claim is as follows:

“A sheet material made up of a pliable sheet, one or more, of metal, and a sheet, one. or more, of vulcanized rubber, united to the pliable metal sheet substantially as described.”

The Circuit Court dismissed the bill, and the complainant appealed to…