FREDMAN v. HARRIS-HUB COMPANY

Nos. 18210, 18211.

442 F.2d 210 (1971)

Harry FREDMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARRIS-HUB COMPANY, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Harry FREDMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ESTEE SLEEP SHOPS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

April 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Shenker, Bernard J. Mellman, Cordell Siegel, St. Louis, Mo., Harvey B. Jacobson, Jr., Washington, D. C., Gregory B. Beggs, Pendleton, Neuman, Williams & Anderson, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

R. Howard Goldsmith, Charles W. Ryan, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees; Dressler, Goldsmith, Clement & Gordon, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before KILEY, PELL and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.


STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

In 1962, plaintiff invented a novel, sophisticated and valuable bed assembly which, by joining originally designed side rails at their centers with an interconnecting tension member, eliminated the need for wooden slats to support bed springs and solved significant problems associated with the use of conventional bed assemblies. His invention was clearly patentable. The questions presented are (1) whether claim 3 of his patent,

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