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Toilet rim blocks

Granted 21 Feb 2023 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa · originally Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

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Inventors: Katja Gerhards, Tatiana Schymitzek, Jens Leffler, Daniela Poethkow +1 · Examiner: John A Voytek · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/752,078
filed 24 Sep 2020
Publication
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US D979012
granted 21 Feb 2023

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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 a first embodiment of toilet rim blocks embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front side elevation view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a rear side elevation view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the first embodiment; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment of toilet rim blocks embodying our new design;

FIG. 9 is a front side elevation view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a rear side elevation view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevation view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a left side elevation view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the second embodiment; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of the second embodiment.

The broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating the portions of the toilet rim block that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/208

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Examiner
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D899562-SS120 Oct 202025 Apr 2018grantedToilet rim blocks
USthis patentUS-D979012-SS121 Feb 202324 Sep 2020grantedToilet rim blocks
USUS-D982130-SS128 Mar 202324 Sep 2020grantedToilet rim blocks
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201811749-SS19 Apr 201822 Mar 2018publishedAccessory for a toilet
AUAU-201811750-SS19 Apr 201822 Mar 2018publishedAccessory for a toilet
AUAU-201811751-SS19 Apr 201822 Mar 2018publishedAccessory for a toilet

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