Page:Federal Reporter, 1st Series, Volume 7.djvu/737

 WOVEN WIBE MaTTBESS CO. V. BIMMONS. ,725 �ends o1 the fabric constituting the bed bottom, and clamped by means of screws or bolts, d, d. The end bars are held in inclined positions, as shown in figure 1, by the ribs or grooves on the standards, and are held in place by means of screws, e, which are fltted through the stand- ards, or by other equivalent devices. By being In the inclined position the end bars are arrangea to hold the fabric secure, without coming in contact with its under side more than is necessary." �The claims in the re-issued patent are : �"(1) The combination of the side bars and end bars and elastic coiled wlre fabric, D, attached only to the end bars, with the end bars of the frame elevated above the .side bars, so that the fabric will be suspended above the side bars f rom end to end of the frame. (2) The combination in a removable bed bottom, or bedstead frame, of the side bars, A, standards or corner pieces, B, end bars, C, and the elastic fabric, D, combined and arranged substantially as and f.or the purposes specifled. (3) The inclined double end bars, 0, of a bedstead frame, arranged substantially asand for the purposeherein shown and described. (4) The standards, B, constructed as described, arranged longitudinal ly, adjustable on the side bars of a bed- stead frame, to permit the inclined end bars to be set a suitable distance apart, as set forth." �The first and second of these elaims are new in the re-issued patent. The third and fourth are the claims in the original patent, and are repeated in the re-issue. This re-issucd pat- ent bas been sustained as against all prier devices in Whvk tlesey v. Ames, 18 0. G. 357, and I concur in the views expressed by Judge Blodgett in that case, touohing the va* lidity of the patent. The only question necessary to congider here is that of infringement. The defendants' device coa- sists of the coiled wire fabric, side rails, double end rails, and certain kinds of corner irons which exhibit the element of adjustability. The end bars rest directly upon the side bars ; that is, the inner edge of each end bar rests upon, and is in direct contact with, the side bars. One end bar is held in place by ordinary bolts which pass through it and the side bars. The other end bar is united with the side bars by what may be called angle irons and bolts. These angle irons are bolted to the under sides of the side bars and the end bar, and the face of the angle iron which thus rests upon and is fastened to the side bars, is longitudinally slotted, so that, in connection with screw and boit, the iron is made adjustable. These irons do not hold the end bars elevated ��� �