Saunders v. Hannum

Citations

• 117 F. 502
• 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 5112

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents—Novelty—Bed Frame.</p> <p>The Burton patent, No. 366,566, for a spring bed frame, claim 2, covering “a metallic bed frame having its ends upturned, and also curved or arched outward, as described,” construed in connection with the specification, does not include as one of its elements the making of the end rails elastic or resilient, nor disclose any new feature, and is void for lack of patentable novelty.</p>