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United States Playing-Card Co. v. Spaulding

90 F. 729, 1898 U.S. App. LEXIS 2527
CourtU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
DecidedNovember 23, 1898
StatusPublished

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United States Playing-Card Co. v. Spaulding, 90 F. 729, 1898 U.S. App. LEXIS 2527 (circtsdny 1898).

Opinion

WHEELER, District Judge.

This suit is brought for alleged infringement of patent No. 525,941, applied for December 30, 1893, dated September 11, 1894, and issued to Gustav A. Bisler, for apparatus for playing duplicate whist; consisting of two square plates, with corner blocks between, forming sides, and a center block, whose sides form the inner ends, of pockets, in which the hands of cards are kept, by springs, in their original order, showing the lead, for playing again in the same order with a different lead, with recesses in the edges of the plates for the fingers to withdraw the hands of cards. The specification refers to drawings showing the parts by letters, and the claims are for:

(1) An apparatus for playing duplicate whist, consisting of a tray composed of plates, with intervening corner and central blocks, forming pockets closed on their sides and inner ends, and open at the outer edge of the tray, sub[730]*730stantially. as described. (2) A tray for tbe purpose set forth, consisting of the plates, B, B, having the recesses, G, in their sides, the intervening blocks. O and D, forming the pockets, E, closed at their sides and inner ends, and the springs, E, in said pockets, said parts being combined substantially as described. (3) A tray for the purpose named, consisting of two plates having recesses in their sides, blocks between said plates, forming pockets closed at their sides and inner ends, and open at their outer ends, and an attaching sheet for said plates, said sheet being attached to one plate, and having flaps turned under the portion of the plate at the finger portions hereof, and flaps turned over the said blocks and secured to the other plate, said parts being combined substantially as described. (4) A tray for the purpose named, consisting of a tray having pockets therein closed at their sides and inner ends, and open at the outer edges of the tray, springs in said pockets for holding cards therein, an attaching sheet for said'plates, and corner pieces on said plates, said plates having recesses in their edges, and said parts being combined substantially as described.
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