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Base for bathing enclosure

Granted 4 Jun 1996 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: Thomas A. Bonnell, Robert C. Giese · Examiner: Stella Reid · AU 294 · TC 2900

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filed 25 Jan 1995
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US D370526
granted 4 Jun 1996

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left, top, front perspective…

FIG. 1 is a left, top, front perspective view of a base for bathing enclosure showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the FIG. 1 and FIG. 7 embodiments;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the FIG. 1 embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the FIG. 1 and FIG. 7 embodiments;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the FIG. 1 embodiment taken along line 6--6 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a left, top, front perspective view of a second embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevational view thereof, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view essentially taken along line 6--6 of FIG. 2, showing the extended front apron of the FIG. 7 embodiment.

The fragmentary broken line representations of bathroom walls and floor in FIGS. 1 and 7, and of holes in FIGS. 1, 2 and 7, are for the purpose of illustration only and form no part of the claimed design.

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