HART V. THAYER. 747 �the tie. I secure the pin to the shield by metallic rivets [or projections,] 0, which readily clinch on the shield and firmly conneet the two parts. These rivets [or projections are attached to the pin in any suitable manner, and they may be parts of the pin itself, or they may be separate pieces of metal fast- ened to it. ihus they] may be passed through the flattened body of the pin and the shield and headed, or [they may be] punched out of the said [body,] hody. [The metallic rivet or projection is passed through the shield] and [is] bent over [and] or clinched [upon the opposite side,] on the shield. It will be seen that the connection of the pin and shield is flrm and [durable] durable. [Whereas] I overcome loosening of the pin dtie to cutting of the threads [for- merly] which heretofore in use [passing] have been passed through openings in the pin, [were eut by their edges, or rotted away from corrosion of the pin through] or rotting of said thread oonseqiœnt to perspiration, [and the pin was soon lost or loosened] corroding the pin. Again, as the work can be per- formed by machinery, instead of stitching or sewing by hand, labor is mate- rially reduced, whereby there is [a] great saving in the [cost of production] product. [I do not claim any particular method of attachlng the metal fast- enings to the pin, since any of the well-known methods of attaching metals together may be employed, — either cohesion by welding or soldering, or form- ing both pin and fastenings out of one piece of metal or adhesion and press- ure by making one metal enclose the other."] �Reading in the foregoing what is outside of brackets, including what i8 in italics, and omitting what is inside of brackets, gives the text of the original specifications. The claims of the reissue are as follows : �" (1) The pin, B, and neck-tie shield, A, in combination vvith the metallic i'asteiiing, C, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (2) The pin, B, fonned with the fastening, C, in combination with the neck-tie shield. A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (3) A metallic fastening. or metallic fastenings, C, attached to and projecting from the pin, B, substan- tially as and for the purpose set forth." �The original patent had only two claims. The first was the same as claim 1 of the reissue ; the second was the same as claim 2 of the reissue, with the words "punched oat" inserted between "the" and "fastening." �It is claimed that the defendant has infringed claim 2 of the re- reissue by making and selling neck-tie shields with pins, such as are described in letters patent No. 206,673, granted to Albert M. Smith and Hiram H. Thayer, April 23, 1878. The pin is of metal, pointed at one end. In its length are two bends, which are nearly at right angles to the length of the body. One bend is further from the point than the other bend is from the opposite end. Each bend is made by two right-angled deflections of the body of the pin. From / the bend near the end f urthest from the point> the body of the pin ��� �
