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Plumbing fixture

Granted 23 Jun 2009 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: Anna-Pia Slothower, Mary J. Reid · Examiner: Robert A Delehanty · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/329,498
filed 16 Dec 2008
Publication
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US D594942
granted 23 Jun 2009

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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 base for a water closet.

FIG. 1 is a right, top, front perspective view of a plumbing fixture according to our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

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

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line representations in the figures are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/295

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USUS-D585128-SS120 Jan 200928 Dec 2007grantedPlumbing fixture
USthis patentUS-D594942-SS123 Jun 200916 Dec 2008grantedPlumbing fixture
›Other offices — 2 members
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CACA-126651-SS26 Feb 200926 Jun 2008grantedToilet base
CACA-129655-SS26 Feb 200926 Jun 2008grantedToilet tank

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