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Bathtub with access door

Granted 26 Jan 1993 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: Todd D. Dannenberg, Robert C. Giese · Examiner: James R. Largen · AU 294 · TC 2900

Application
714774
filed 11 Jun 1991
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US D332827
granted 26 Jan 1993

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view taken from…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view taken from the top, front and slightly to the right side of a bathtub with access door showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof, taken on line 3--3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4--4 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 5--5 of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 6--6 of FIG. 2.

The fragmentary broken line representation of bathroom walls in FIG. 1 and the broken line representation of a pivotal seat in FIG. 2 are for purposes of illustration only and form no part of the claimed design.

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D23/279

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