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Bath transfer bench

Granted 23 Aug 2016 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC · originally The Home Depot

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Inventors: Michael Nelson · Examiner: Vy Koenig · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/533,030
filed 13 Jul 2015
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US D764201
granted 23 Aug 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of my design comprising a bath transfer bench;

FIG. 2 is a front side orthogonal view thereof;

FIGS. 3 and 4 are left and right side orthogonal views thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top orthogonal view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front perspective view thereof mounted over a bathtub with the transfer bench extending over a rim of the bathtub; and,

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view thereof mounted over a bathtub with the transfer bench stowed within the rim of the bathtub.

The dashed lines in the figures represent environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design. Specifically, the environmental structure in FIGS. 6 and 7 includes an example of a bathtub over which the primary deck of the bath transfer benches can be disposed. All other surface(s) or portion(s) of my design not shown in the figures or otherwise described in the specification form no part of the claimed designs.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D06/362

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USUS-D713161-SS116 Sep 201413 Mar 2013grantedBath transfer bench
USUS-D734048-SS114 Jul 201516 Sep 2014grantedBath transfer bench
USthis patentUS-D764201-SS123 Aug 201613 Jul 2015grantedBath transfer bench
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CACA-153056-SS14 Dec 201513 Sep 2013grantedBath transfer bench
CACA-162774-SS14 Dec 201513 Sep 2013grantedBath transfer bench
CACA-163025-SS14 Dec 201513 Sep 2013grantedBath transfer bench

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