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The appellants were complainants in the court below in a suit for the alleged infringement of a patent issued in 1908 to the appellant McConnell — the alleged infringers operating under and in pursuance of a patent issued about five years thereafter to the appellee Chandler. McConnell declared in his patent, among other things, that his invention “relates to logging cars and the like, and more particularly to chock attachments designed to be secured upon a car for the purpose of holding logs or timbers against dis-. placement upon the car. Another object is to provide an adjustable chock, which, when in operative position, is securely held in place and cannot be forced accidentally out of proper position. Another object is to provide novel means whereby chocks can be moved into lowered positions, said means being so disposed that there is no danger of the *445 released logs falling upon the operator. Another object is to provide simple means for detachably securing the attachment to a car. With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts,” afterwards described in the specifications; the patent…