Clark v. George Lawrence Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
In Equity. On final hearing. The complainant, on May 21, 1901, was granted a patent for an invention described as “a certain new bucking roll to be used on stock or Mexican saddles.”
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In Equity. On final hearing. The complainant, on May 21, 1901, was granted a patent for an invention described as “a certain new bucking roll to be used on stock or Mexican saddles.” In further description the inventor specifies as follows: “My invention relates to bucking rolls attached on a stock or Mexican saddle, as used by stockmen on the range, ‘cowboys,’ ‘rough riders,’ and men of like occupation, for giving the rider a better hold and preventing him from being bumped against the fore part or fork of the saddle while rough riding or breaking wild horses.” The roll is best represented…
1Opinion of the CourtWodverton, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It is not seriously contended that complainant’s device is not the result of inventive genius. If it were, I think the contention could not he successfully maintained. True, there has been a process of development relative to the idea of a bucking roll such as the complainant lays claim to as the inventor, yet the idea is the result of inventive faculty, rather than mere mechanical skill. The suggestion of such a contrivance first came by the rider of an unruly or bucking horse laying a blanket, rolled in form, across the front of his saddle, and tying it…
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