SHERMAN CAR WASH EQUIPMENT CO. v. GRAND CAR WASH, INC.

No. 17910.

429 F.2d 1363 (1970)

SHERMAN CAR WASH EQUIPMENT COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GRAND CAR WASH, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

July 15, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon W. Witcoff, James V. Callahan, Molinare, Allegretti, Newitt & Witcoff, Bair, Freeman & Molinare, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Ernest Cheslow, Chicago, Ill., Joel S. Goldhammer, Arthur H. Seidel, Seidel, Gonda & Goldhammer, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KILEY and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges, and DOYLE, District Judge.


KILEY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Grand Car Wash, Inc. (Grand) appeals from a judgment for plaintiff Sherman Car Wash Equipment Company (Sherman) that Grand's Lark device infringed the Beer Patent No. 3,310,824 in suit. We affirm.

The Beer patent, assigned to Sherman by Beer, is a car washing device entitled "Vehicle Washer." The device is a "wraparound" brushing unit through two of which, placed opposite to each other, moving cars are washed by the rotating...

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