Schrei v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. ““This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in refrigerator crates, which are designed for use in shipping perishable products; the aim of the invention being to produce a shipping box or crate for the purpose described, which will be simple in construction, which may be used in one shipment of perishable goods, and then, at its destination, be destroyed, to save the expense of its return to the shipper. A further object of ihe inveniion consists In the provision of a water-tight, cold-conducting separator between the perishable products contained in the box or crate and the ice receptacle above, the edges of the separator overlapping the edges of the box to prevent the water from the melting ice entering the receptacle containing the products being transported.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shrei v. Morris

2. ““As an improved article of manufacture, a refrigerator shipping crate, having in combination with the box, A, a metallic plate, K, with its edges bent over the upper edges of said box, an inclosing frame, D, adapted to rest on said metallic plate, the cleats, 6, secured at each.comer of said frame, and their free ends extended down over the meeting edges of said frame, plate, and box, and a cover, If, all substantially as shown ancl described.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shrei v. Morris