USPatentGranted
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Spout

Granted 31 Oct 2006 · no office action yet

Application
29/209,372
filed 15 Jul 2004
Publication
Not published
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US D531280
granted 31 Oct 2006

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Description

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›In a preferred embodiment, the naure of this…

In a preferred embodiment, the naure of this product is as a plumbing fixture in the form of a bathtub spout primary useful for washing body parts.

FIG. 1 is a left, top, front perspective view of a spout according to our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the left side shown;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a partial sectional view thereof taken along arc 7—7 of FIG. 4.

The broken line representations of an aerator in FIGS. 2, 4, and 5, and of a mounting structure in FIG. 6 are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/255

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Examiner
Louis S. Zarfas
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USthis patentUS-D531280-SS131 Oct 200615 Jul 2004grantedSpout
USUS-D546424-SS110 Jul 200730 Oct 2006grantedSpout
›Other offices — 2 members
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AUAU-302666-SS9 Aug 200514 Jan 2005publishedSpout
CACA-109760-SS3 Feb 200614 Jan 2005grantedSpout

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