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Tub for bathing

Granted 3 Jan 2017 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: Mimi Jiang, Timothy E. Hoh · Examiner: Celia Murphy · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/533,010
filed 13 Jul 2015
Publication
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US RE46260
granted 3 Jan 2017

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Description

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›Notice: More than one reissue application has been…

Notice: More than one reissue application has been filed for the reissue of U.S. Pat. No. D638,107; this application is a reissue divisional of application Ser. No. 29/454,755, filed May 14, 2013, which is an application for reissue of U.S. Pat. No. D638,107, both of which are incorporated herein by reference in there entireties.

FIG. 1 is a right, top, front perspective isometric view of a tub for bathing embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

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 bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is sectional view taken along line 8 - 8 of FIG. 2 .

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

In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this product is as a plumbing fixture in the form of a bathing tub primary which is primarily useful for washing the human body.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/277

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USUS-D638107-SS117 May 201120 Aug 2010grantedTub for bathing
USUS-RE45820-EE122 Dec 201514 May 2013grantedTub for bathing
USthis patentUS-RE46260-EE13 Jan 201713 Jul 2015grantedTub for bathing
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