Samuel Blatchford

“ By his patent, as issued, he dispenses with the extended bottom plate, and confines his claim to a lock case with sides notched near its ends to receive and hold the handle rings,-an arrangement not found in the defendants' structure. In that the lock and the handle fastenings are combined with the extended bottom plate, as in the Simon patent of May 2, 1876. The lock case of the defendants does not have notches in its sides, but the notches are in the sides of an extended, struck-up bottom plate ”

“ We do not consider it necessary to examine that question, because, for the reasons before assigned, we are of opinion that the decree must be affirmed; and, as in each of the other three cases there is a stipulation that the suit may be argued here, on appeal, on the record in the Peddie suit, and abide the result of that suit, and as the decree in each of those other three cases was a decree dismissing the bill, with costs, each of such decrees is affirmed. ”

“ The invention consists in forming notches in the sides, near the ends of the lock case, which notches engage over the lower parts of the handle rings, all as hereinafter more fully described. In the accompanying drawing, the letter, A, represents the lock case, the same being of suitable construction, shape, and size, and adapted to be fast ned to the frame of the satchel or bag by rivets or other suitable means. The ends of the lock case are, by notches, a, which are cut into or formed in its sides, made hook shaped, as clearly shown in Fig. ”