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Plumbing fitting

Granted 12 May 2009 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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

Application
29/327,743
filed 12 Nov 2008
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US D592283
granted 12 May 2009

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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 plumbing fitting in the form of a faucet handle.

FIG. 1 is a right, top, front perspective view of a plumbing fitting according to my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a left, top, front perspective view of a plumbing fitting according to another embodiment of my new design, the front elevational, top plan, rear elevational, bottom plan, right side elevational and left side elevational views thereof being mirror images of FIGS. 2–7 , respectively.

The broken line representations in the figures are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/252

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USUS-D585529-SS127 Jan 200928 Sep 2007grantedPlumbing fitting
USthis patentUS-D592283-SS112 May 200912 Nov 2008grantedPlumbing fitting
›Other offices — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-125378-SS23 Jan 200927 Mar 2008grantedFaucet
CACA-128431-SS23 Jan 200927 Mar 2008grantedFaucet handle
CLCL-2008000920-S1S18 Aug 200828 Mar 2008publishedGrifo.es
CLCL-2009001612-S1S115 Jan 201017 Jul 2009publishedMango de un grifo que se constituye por un prisma recto de base rectangular, cuyos extremos presentan cada uno, una prolongacion dirigida hacia la elavacion posterior, de las cuales, la correspondiente al extremo lateral derecho presenta una prolongacion en angulo recto de extremo y vertice redondeado.es

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