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Trap portion of a water closet

Granted 2 Mar 1999 · no office action yet

Assignee: Toto Ltd.

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

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filed 27 Jan 1997
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US D406329
granted 2 Mar 1999

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a right side perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a right side perspective view of a trap portion of a water closet embodying our design;

FIG. 2 is a left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a riear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side perspective view of a second embodiment thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side perspective view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a left elevational view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a right elevational view of the second embodiment;

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

FIG. 11 is a right side perspective view of a third embodiment thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side perspective view of the third embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a left elevational view of the third embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a right elevational view of the third embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a rear elevational view of the third embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a right side perspective view of a fourth embodiment thereof;

FIG. 17 is a left side perspective view of the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 18 is a left elevational view of the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 19 is a right elevational view of the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 20 is a rear elevational view of the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 21 is a right side perspective view of a fifth embodiment thereof;

FIG. 22 is a left side perspective view of the fifth embodiment;

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

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

FIG. 25 is a rear elevational view of the fifth embodiment;

FIG. 26 is a right side perspective view of a sixth embodiment thereof;

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

FIG. 28 is a left elevational view of the sixth embodiment;

FIG. 29 is a right elevational view of the sixth embodiment; and,

FIG. 30 is a rear elevational view of the sixth embodiment.

The broken lines shown in FIGS. 1-30 are for purpose of showing environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design.

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D23/309

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