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Tub for bathing

Granted 17 Oct 2006 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler France SAS

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Inventors: Jean-Hugues Soulier · Examiner: Robert A. Delehanty · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/220,909
filed 7 Jan 2005
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US D530402
granted 17 Oct 2006

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Description

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›In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this…

In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this product is as a plumbing fixture in the form of a bathing tub primary useful for washing the human body.

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

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof, the rear elevation view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right, top, front perceptive view of a tub for bathing

FIG. 8 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a right, top, front perceptive view of a tub for bathing according to another embodiment of my new design similar to the FIG. 1 embodiment but shown with additional environment; and,

FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof.

The broken line showing of portions of the tub are for illustrative purposes and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/280.1

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AUAU-304179-SS16 Nov 20057 Jul 2005publishedTub for bathing
AUAU-304180-SS16 Nov 20057 Jul 2005publishedTub for bathing
AUAU-304181-SS16 Nov 20057 Jul 2005publishedTub for bathing
AUAU-304182-SS16 Nov 20057 Jul 2005publishedTub for bathing
AUAU-304183-SS16 Nov 20057 Jul 2005publishedTub for bathing
TWTW-D113835-S1S111 Nov 20066 Jul 2005publishedTub for bathing

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