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Wall mountable support

Granted 4 Sep 2007 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: Rafael Rexach · Examiner: Brian N Vinson · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/256,641
filed 23 Mar 2006
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US D550009
granted 4 Sep 2007

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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 a wall mountable support, such as a towel ring, a toilet paper holder, a soap dish, a robe hook, a single rung towel bar, a double rung towel bar, or an escutcheon for use in supporting wall mountable items.

FIG. 1 is a right, top, front perspective view of a wall mountable support according to my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view being a mirror image the right side shown;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof; the bottom plan view thereof being identical to the top view shown;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right, top, front perspective view of the wall mountable support of FIG. 1 shown with towel ring environment in phantom;

FIG. 7 is a right, top, front perspective view of the wall mountable support of FIG. 1 shown with holder environment in phantom;

FIG. 8 is a right, top, front perspective view of the wall mountable support of FIG. 1 shown with dish environment in phantom;

FIG. 9 is a right, top, front perspective view of the wall mountable support of FIG. 1 shown with hook environment in phantom;

FIG. 10 is a right, top, front perspective view of the wall mountable support of FIG. 1 shown with bar and additional support environment in phantom; and,

FIG. 11 is a right, top, front perspective view of the wall mountable support of FIG. 1 shown with double bar and additional support environment in phantom.

The broken line representations of openings in FIGS. 1–2 and 5 , ring environment in FIG. 6 , holder environment in FIG. 7 , dish environment in FIG. 8 , hook environment in FIG. 9 , bar and additional support environment in FIGS. 10 and 11 are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

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