Aron v. Manhattan Ry. Co.

This suit is brought to restrain infringement of letters patent No. 288,494, granted November 13, 1883, to William W. Rosenfield, assignor. The patent relates to gates of cars in which the passengers get on and off at the sides of the platform, the gates being arranged to close the side entrances to the car platform except when the passengers are getting on and off. Such cars are in use upon the elevated railways in the city of New York. The patent describes two improvements in these gates, only one of which is involved in this controversy. This consists in operating mechanism by which the…