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UNITED STATES HAT MACH. CORP. v. BOESCH MFG. CO.

No. 120.

108 F.2d 417 (1939)

UNITED STATES HAT MACHINERY CORPORATION v. BOESCH MFG. CO., Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 26, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon M. Dorsey, of Washington, D. C., and T. Clay Lindsey and George N. Robillard, both of Hartford, Conn., for appellant.

Blair, Curtis, Dunne & Hayward, of New York City (Robert S. Blair, Daniel L. Morris, and John C. Blair, all of New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before L. HAND, CHASE, and PATTERSON, Circuit Judges.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The appeal is from a decree holding invalid and not infringed Patent No. 1,533,351, issued to Homer A. Genest. The invention was for "felting, shrinking and crozing" felt hat "bats". "Bat" is the name for the felt fabric out of which hats are made; felt is rabbit fur, the separate hairs of which, when agitated in hot water, congeal, as it were, into a seamless fabric. At first this is very flimsy and must be handled with great care, but, as...

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