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Spout

Granted 22 Jul 2008 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: Niels J. Eilmus · Examiner: Robert A. Delehanty · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/262,655
filed 7 Jul 2006
Publication
Not published
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US D573696
granted 22 Jul 2008

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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 a spout for a faucet.

FIG. 1 is a left, top, front perspective view of a spout according to my 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 rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line representations of seams in the figures, of outlet structure in FIGS. 4 and 6 and of button environment in FIGS. 1 , 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
D23/255

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AUAU-313427-SS23 Mar 20078 Jan 2007publishedSpout
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