Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit April 3, 1900, No. 129 (Acme Flexible Clasp Co. v. Cary Mfg. Co.)

LACOMBE, 'Circuit Judge.

The specification states that:

“The invention consists in a staple, whose pointed shanks are projections from a plate which is made so thin at its middle portion as practically to be nonelastic, whereby the shanks, which are driven into the wood, will not be drawn out by the spring of the metal, and at the same time the thickness of the connecting-plate shall not be such