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Tub for bathing

Granted 1 Feb 2000 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: Anna-Pia K. Slothower · Examiner: Eric Watterson · AU 294 · TC 2900

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›FIG. 1 is a left, top, front perspective…

FIG. 1 is a left, top, front perspective view of a tub for bathing embodying my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 7--7 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged, detailed partial cross-sectional view taken along line 8--8 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of a seond embodiment, the front elevational view being a mirror image of that shown in FIG. 3, the rear elevational view being a mirror image of that shown in FIG. 4, the right side elevational view being a mirror image of that shown in FIG. 5, and the left side elevational view being a mirror image of that shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is a left, top, front perspective view of a third embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 16--16 of FIG. 11;

FIG. 17 is an enlarged, detailed partial cross-sectional view taken along line 17--17 of FIG. 11; and,

FIG. 18 is a top plan view of a fourth embodiment, the front elevational view being a mirror image of that shown in FIG. 12, the rear elevational view being a mirror image of that shown in FIG. 13, the right side elevational view being a mirror image of that shown in FIG. 14, and the left side elevational view being a mirror image of that shown in FIG. 15.

The broken line representations of holes in FIGS. 1-7, 9-16, and 18, of slots in FIGS. 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, and 18, of a manifold in FIGS. 1, 4-7, 10, 11, 13-16, and 18, and of support structure in FIGS. 3-7 and 12-16, are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

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