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Plumbing fitting

Granted 11 Jan 2011 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: Niels J. Eilmus · Examiner: T. Chase Nelson · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/365,954
filed 16 Jul 2010
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US D630711
granted 11 Jan 2011

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Description

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

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

FIG. 2 is an enlarged detail view taken at arc 2 — 2 of FIG. 1 showing a surface pattern in a flattened state as represented by the stippling shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 - 17 ;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a left, top, front perspective view of a plumbing fitting according to another embodiment of my new design, the front, rear, right side and left side elevational views thereof in the corresponding extending position being mirror images of the views shown in respective FIGS. 3-6 and the top and bottom plan views thereof in the corresponding extended position being mirror images of the views shown in respective FIGS. 7 and 8 , the stippled areas shown in FIGS. 3-8 having the pattern of FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 10 is a right, top, front perspective view of the plumbing fitting of FIG. 1 shown in a retracted position, the stippled areas therein having the pattern of FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 11 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 17 is a left, top, front perspective view of the plumbing fitting of FIG. 10 shown in a retracted position. The front, rear, right side and left side elevational views thereof in the corresponding retracted position being mirror images of the views shown in respective FIGS. 11-14 and the top and bottom plan views thereof in the corresponding retracted position being mirror images of the views shown in respective FIGS. 15 and 16 .

The broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the plumbing fitting that form no part of the claimed design.

In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this product is as a plumbing fitting in the form of an articulating faucet having movable components and used to wash various items and/or body parts.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/238

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D620557-SS127 Jul 201010 Sep 2008grantedPlumbing fitting
USUS-D627857-SS123 Nov 201016 Jul 2010grantedPlumbing fitting
USthis patentUS-D630711-SS111 Jan 201116 Jul 2010grantedPlumbing fitting
›Other offices — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-325137-SS13 Mar 200910 Mar 2009publishedA faucet
CACA-129948-SS6 Dec 201010 Mar 2009grantedFaucet
CACA-137286-SS6 Dec 201010 Mar 2009grantedFaucet
TWTW-D137488-S1S121 Oct 20109 Mar 2009publishedFaucet
TWTW-D145671-S1S11 Mar 20129 Mar 2009publishedFaucet

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