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Shower faceplate

Granted 19 Apr 2016 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: Eugenio Duarte, Kenneth Scott Hanna, Leila Michelle Rubin, Gregory De Swarte · Examiner: Robin V Webster · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/504,669
filed 8 Oct 2014
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US D754283
granted 19 Apr 2016

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Description

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›This application is related to application Ser. No…

This application is related to application Ser. No. 29/415,587, filed Mar. 12, 2012, entitled “Shower Faceplate”, to application Ser. No. 29/450,310, filed Mar. 15, 2013, entitled Shower Faceplate and Shower Device, and to application Ser. No. 29/450,306, filed Mar. 15, 2013, entitled Shower Faceplate and Shower Device, the entire contents of all of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a faceplate for a shower device, such as a showerhead or a hand shower.

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the faceplate shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a front view of the faceplate shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the faceplate shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the faceplate shown in FIG. 1 , the right side, top, and bottom views being substantially a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear perspective cross-sectional view of the faceplate shown in FIG. 1 to illustrate contours of the faceplate.

One or more side and/or bottom views of a shower device are mirror images of another view and, therefore, have been omitted.

Any broken line showing of the environment is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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D23/213

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