Samuel Blatchford

“ The substance of the invention set forth in the specification is the use of a sheath or holder or receiver having in it a longitudinal groove or channel, in which is placed the moulding that is to be applied to the upper edge of the dash-board, the sheath or holder, when pulled, drawing with it the moulding over the upper edge of the dash-board, and the key or stop being fitted within the sheath or holder, to prevent the moulding from slipping through the groove. ”

“ My invention comprises a peculiarly constructed sheath or holder, wherewith the ornamental moulding on the top of the carriage dashes may be applied in the most expeditious manner, and without bending or buckling, or otherwise injuring or marring, either said moulding or its supporting dash-board. ”

“ There is nothing more in the sheath patented to the complainant than an adaptation of the sheath used at Binghamton to the application of mouldings to carriage dash-boards-an adaptation which would have occurred to a skilled mechanic without the exercise of the inventive faculty. ”