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Trap portion of a water closet

Granted 17 Oct 2000 · no office action yet

Assignee: Toto Ltd.

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Inventors: Hisayasu Sakai, Minoru Tani, Seijiro Kawamura · Examiner: Eric Watterson · AU 294 · TC 2900

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filed 12 Nov 1998
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US D432218
granted 17 Oct 2000

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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 first embodiment of a trap portion of a water closet embodying our design;

FIG. 2 is a left side perspective view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a left elevational view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a right elevational view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the first embodiment;

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; and,

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

The broken lines shown in FIGS. 1-10 are for purpose of showing environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design.

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