US Patent: 48,555
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| Improvement in door-bolts
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Patentee:
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| William H. Hart (exact or similar names) - New Britain, CT |
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Patent Dates:
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| Granted: |
Jul. 04, 1865 |
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Jeff Joslin
Vintage Machinery entry for The Stanley Works
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| In "Stanley Works v. Sargent & Co.", heard before Judge J. Shipman of the District of Connecticut Court in April 1871, The Stanley Works sued Sargent & Co. for infringing this patent. The defendants claimed that the idea was not patentable because it was not new, and produced several articles of various manufacture. But the judge found that all those door-bolts were considerably more complex in construction, and that Hart's design was novel and worthy of patent protection. An injunction was issued and the matter was referred to a master to determine damages. |
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