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Plumbing fitting

Granted 4 Jun 2013 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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

Application
29/422,890
filed 24 May 2012
Publication
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US D683824
granted 4 Jun 2013

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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 an embodiment of my new design.

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a detail view taken at arc 4 of FIG. 1 showing a surface pattern as represented by the stippling shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof, the rear elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the front view shown;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a right, top, front perspective view of a plumbing fitting according to another embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan view thereof being a mirror image of the top view shown;

FIG. 12 is a front elevational view thereof, the rear elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the front view shown; and,

FIG. 13 is a detail view taken at arc 13 - 13 of FIG. 8 showing a surface pattern as represented by the stippling shown in FIG. 8 .

The broken lines in the drawings are for purposes of illustrating portions of the plumbing fitting that form no part of the claimed design.

The broken away symbols in the drawings indicate the appearance of any portion of the article between the break lines forms no part of the claimed design.

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D23/238D23/266

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