MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant in this case, complainant below, in describing his invention, when he applied for his patent, said that before his invention "straps had been used to confine a shawl, or similar article, in a bundle, and a leather cross-piece, with loops at the ends, had extended from one strap to the other; and above,
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