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Water closet

Granted 10 Jul 2001 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: William C. McKeone · Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
132781
filed 15 Nov 2000
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US D444864
granted 10 Jul 2001

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Description

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›In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this…

In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this product is as a plumbing fixture primarily useful for receiving solid and liquid waste from humans.

FIG. 1 is a left, top, front perspective view of a water closet embodying my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view being a mirror image of the left side shown;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line representations of holes in FIGS. 1, 2, and 6, of a cap in FIGS. 1, 3, and 5, and of mounting structure in FIG. 6, are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/301

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USUS-D441437-SS11 May 20012 Nov 1999grantedWater closet
USthis patentUS-D444864-SS110 Jul 200115 Nov 2000grantedWater closet
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AUAU-145814-SS16 Nov 20012 May 2000publishedWater closet
CACA-95742-SS22 Mar 20021 May 2000grantedWater closet

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