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Base for bathing area

Granted 1 Apr 1997 · 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 D378696
granted 1 Apr 1997

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Description

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

FIG. 1 is a left, top, frontal perspective view of a base for bathing area embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken on line 7--7 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken on line 8--8 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of a second embodiment thereof, which is a mirror image of the first, the front elevational view being the mirror image of FIG. 3, the right side elevational view being the mirror image of FIG. 4, and the left side elevational view being the mirror image of FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view of a third embodiment identical to the first except for the enlargement of the corner seat;

FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken on line 11--11 of FIG. 10; and,

FIG. 12 is a top plan view of a fourth embodiment which is a mirror image of the FIG. 10 embodiment, and which is similar to the FIG. 9 embodiment but for the enlarged seat.

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