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Diverter valve

Granted 10 Oct 2017 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Delta Faucet Company · originally Masco Corporation

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Inventors: Thad Eads · Examiner: Robert Delehanty · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/597,871
filed 21 Mar 2017
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US D799645
granted 10 Oct 2017

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a diverter valve showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

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

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof.

The broken line showing a plumbing hole on the rear of the valve in FIG. 6 is included for the purpose of illustrating a portion of the diverter valve that forms no part of the claimed design.

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