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LORENZ v. F. W. WOOLWORTH CO.

No. 274, Docket 27159.

305 F.2d 102 (1962)

Anton LORENZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. F. W. WOOLWORTH CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 5, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Amster of Amster & Levy, New York City (Edward F. Levy and Jesse Rothstein, New York City, of counsel, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

William K. Kerr, New York City (Henry R. Ashton and Robert B. Whittredge, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before MEDINA, SMITH and HAYS, Circuit Judges.

HAYS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court, holding invalid for lack of invention Patent No. 2,880,785, issued on April 7, 1959 to Fridtjof F. Schliephacke, plaintiff's assignor. We affirm the judgment.

The patent involves a mechanism for the operation of a reclining chair with a movable leg-rest. Chairs with leg-rests that rise to a horizontal position when the back is reclined were...

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