IRVING AIR CHUTE CO. v. RUSSELL PARACHUTE CO.

No. 4478.

47 F.2d 130 (1931)

IRVING AIR CHUTE CO., Inc., et al. v. RUSSELL PARACHUTE CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

February 3, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Mahaffy, of Wilmington, Del. (Charles Neave and Alexander C. Neave, both of New York City, and Roy R. Rommel, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellants.

Howson & Howson, of New York City (Hubert Howson, of New York City, Edward T. Noe, Jr., of Dayton, Ohio, and H. E. Knight, of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before BUFFINGTON and WOOLLEY, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, District Judge.


BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns balloon parachutes. As their name indicates, they are in form collapsible umbrellas. They are spread by the air in their descent. So far as shape, texture, and the like, their use for descent and their form of construction have been unchanged for a long time. Parachutes, as we shall see later, are of two kinds, those which are attached by cord to a balloon or aircraft and whose spread is caused by such attaching cord being...

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