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Plumbing enclosure

Granted 23 Nov 2004 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: Thomas A. Bonnell, David R. Funk, Christopher R. Streng · Examiner: Robert A. Delehanty · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/193,502
filed 10 Nov 2003
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US D498830
granted 23 Nov 2004

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Description

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

FIG. 1 is a left, top, front perspective view of a plumbing enclosure embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

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

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along 5—5 of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 6—6 of FIG. 2.

The broken line representations of a drain in FIGS. 1, 3, 5 and 6, and of a shelf, a bar, and hardware in FIGS. 2 and 6, are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/283

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USthis patentUS-D498830-SS123 Nov 200410 Nov 2003grantedPlumbing enclosure
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