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Water closet

Granted 6 Oct 1998 · no office action yet

Assignee: Toto Ltd.

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Inventors: Minoru Tani, Hisayasu Sakai, Seijiro Kawamura · Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas · AU 294 · TC 2900

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filed 17 Mar 1997
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US D399294
granted 6 Oct 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a water closet embodying our design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 7--7 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a right front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a left rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front elevation view of a second embodiment thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a left elevational view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a right elevational view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of the second embodiment taken long line 16--16 of FIG. 10;

FIG. 17 is a right front perspective view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 18 is a left rear perspective view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 19 is a front elevational view of a third embodiment thereof;

FIG. 20 is a top plan view of the third embodiment;

FIG. 21 is a rear elevational view of the third embodiment;

FIG. 22 is a bottom plan view of the third embodiment;

FIG. 23 is a left elevational view of the third embodiment;

FIG. 24 is a right elevational view of the third embodiment;

FIG. 25 is a cross-sectional view of the third embodiment taken along line 16--16 in FIG. 19;

FIG. 26 is a right front perspective view of the third embodiment;

FIG. 27 is a left perspective view of the third embodiment;

FIG. 28 is a front elevation view of a fourth embodiment thereof;

FIG. 29 is a top plan view of the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 30 is a rear elevational view of the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 31 is a bottom plan view of the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 32 is a left elevational view of the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 33 is a right elevational view of the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 34 is a cross-sectional view of the fourth embodiment taken long line 34--34 of FIG. 28;

FIG. 35 is a right front perspective view of the fourth embodiment; and,

FIG. 36 is a left rear perspective view of the fourth embodiment.

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