DocketNumber: No. 1506
Citation Numbers: 285 F. 1016
Judges: Smyth
Filed Date: 1/2/1923
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 11/26/2022
An interference was declared between the application of Samuel R. Terry and a patent granted to Rosen and Fischel. The patent issued before the application was filed, and there-, fore the burden of establishing his case beyond a reasonable doubt rests on Terry. The patent involved relates to a locking mechanism for an automobile, and is expressed in two counts. We give count 1:
The combination of a steering shaft having its upper end provided with a reduced extension and a projecting threaded stud, a journal collar mounted on said reduced extension and provided with a bolt socket and with a circumferential groove, a nut securing said journal collar to said shaft, a steering wheel having á spider provided with a hub mounted on said journal collar and protecting said nut, a pin in said hub engaging said circumferential groove, and a lock mounted in said spider and equipped with a bolt adapted to engage said socket.
Affirmed.