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Plumbing fixture

Granted 13 Nov 2007 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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

Application
29/276,776
filed 5 Feb 2007
Publication
Not published
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US D555234
granted 13 Nov 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 plumbing fixture, such as a wall-mounted shroud for a lavatory.

FIG. 1 is a top, left, front perspective view of my design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

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

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof.

The broken line representations of internal structures in FIGS. 1–2 and 4 – 6 are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/308

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Examiner
Robert A. Delehanty
art unit 2914 · TC 2900
Citations: 11 back · 0 forward

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D538408-SS113 Mar 20077 Jan 2005grantedPlumbing fixture
USthis patentUS-D555234-SS113 Nov 20075 Feb 2007grantedPlumbing fixture
USUS-D556304-SS127 Nov 20075 Feb 2007grantedPlumbing fixture
›Other offices — 8 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-304194-SS16 Nov 20057 Jul 2005publishedLavatory
AUAU-304195-SS16 Nov 20057 Jul 2005publishedPedestal lavatory
AUAU-304196-SS16 Nov 20057 Jul 2005publishedLavatory
AUAU-304197-SS16 Nov 20057 Jul 2005publishedPedestal
AUAU-304198-SS16 Nov 20057 Jul 2005publishedShroud
CACA-111749-SS7 May 20076 Jul 2005grantedLavatory
CACA-118588-SS7 May 20076 Jul 2005grantedPedestal for lavatory
TWTW-D115046-S1S111 Jan 20076 Jul 2005publishedLavatory

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