Kahn v. Starrells’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. ““(1) The method of forming flat knit caps, which consists in forming an ■elongated tubular body with a band-forming selvage at its lower open end, then flattening the tube by expanding it in a single narrow plane, at a point between its ends, said plane being at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the tubular body, and finally setting the article in its flat distended shape, substantially as described. “(2) The method of forming fiat knit caps, which consists in forming an •open-ended tube of knit fabric with a band-forming selvage at one end, then raising a nap on the exterior of the tube, then closing the top of the tube by gathering the edge thereof together about its axis, then flattening the tube by expanding it or distending it at a point between its ends, the plane of such expansion being at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the tubular body, and finally setting the article in its flat, distended shape, substantially as described.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kahn v. Starrells