Legal Opinion
Hensley Equipment Company, Inc. v. Esco Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 15, 1967No. 23723PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
Hensley Equipment Company, Inc., appeals from an adverse decision in a patent infringement action brought by Esco Corporation, assignee of United States Patent No. 2,919,506 (the “’506 patent”). 1
The suit concerns excavating teeth to be attached to the digging edge of power shovel buckets and similar excavating equipment. Because of the stress and abrasion to which such a digging edge is subject the teeth must be replaceable. For a number of years two-part teeth have been available, each consisting of an “adapter” affixed to the bucket or digging apparatus and a “wear…
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