Rowe v. Blodgett & Clapp Co.

TOWNSEND, District Judge.

Bill in equity for infringement of patent No. 26,587, granted to Allen II. Rowe, February 2, 1897, for a design for a horseshoe calk. These calks, which are made separate from the shoes, are formed from square bars of steel on hand screw machines. The end of the calk which comes in contact with the earth is in (he form of a truncated cone. On the other end are screw threads for attaching it to the shoe. Between the two ends a part of the bar is left untouched, forming a square base or shoulder. 'Calks of this character were very old. What complainant claims as new,…