Ted;
Just relax a little, nobody but Joe is attacking your Beloved Darne & all he wants is to get under your hide. Try using your brain in a reasonable manner for awhile.
I don't know why there exist two patents for the same thing.
Are you not aware that Remingtron, Winchester, L C Smith, Parker, Lefever, Fox, Ithaca, Etc, Etc, Etc "ALL" have patents on Double Bbl, self cocking, hammerless shotguns.
A good example is Winchester received a patent on a bbl check for the model 21. Now bbl checks had been in use for at least a half century before the 21 came on the market. Perhaps some feel this one was an "Improvement" many others don't, but it is different.
"IF" you can find that Darne Patent, most likely you will find that Regis Darne did not patent the "Concept" of the Mono-Block at all, but that he patented some particular feature of one which he changed enough to receive a patent. If I had the time an inclination I could go through patents & list you a few million patents for items which had been previously patented on their basic concept.
It is also most likely the actual fact of his mono-block patent played only a small insignificant role in his ultimate success.
