Duer v. Corbin Cabinet Lock Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OP CONNECTICUT. This was a bill in equity for the infringement of letters patent No. 262,977, issued August 22,1882, to Morris L. Orum, for an improvement in looks for furniture, such as are used on bureau or desk drawers, or the doors of wardrobes, washstands, &c., and as stated'by the patentee in his specification : “ It has for its object to provide a lock of such shape as to adapt it for insertion in a…
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OP CONNECTICUT. This was a bill in equity for the infringement of letters patent No. 262,977, issued August 22,1882, to Morris L. Orum, for an improvement in looks for furniture, such as are used on bureau or desk drawers, or the doors of wardrobes, washstands, &c., and as stated'by the patentee in his specification : “ It has for its object to provide a lock of such shape as to adapt it for insertion in a mortise of peculiar form, whereby a pair of the securing scréws or nails is dispensed with, and the case of the lock is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The old and familiar style of furniture-lock in use from time out .of mind was enclosed in á shell or. case, square or nearly so, and attached to "a rectangular plate turned over at the top to form what is termed a selvedge, through which the bolt passed. A key-post also projected some distance- beyond the back plate of the shell toward the front of the drawer. The lock so constructed was inserted in a rectangular mortise cut out to receive it, and secured to the drawer by four screws through the four corners of the broad front plate.
The peculiar shape of the cavity required the mortising to…
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