USPatent applicationPatented

Plumbing enclosure

Granted 11 Nov 2003 · 1 office action

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29/154,779
filed 29 Jan 2002
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Not published
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Patent
US D482104
granted 11 Nov 2003

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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 as a plumbing fixture in the form of a shower enclosure which is primarily useful for washing the body parts of humans.

FIG. 1 is a left, top, front perspective view of a plumbing enclosure embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view being a mirror image of the right side shown;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 5—5 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 6—6 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a left, top, front perspective view thereof partially showing a removable seat in dotted lines;

FIG. 8 is a left, top, front perspective view of a second embodiment, the right side elevational view being identical to that shown in FIG. 3, and the left side elevational view being a mirror image of that shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 11—11 of FIG. 9; and,

FIG. 12 is a left, top, front perspective view thereof showing a removable seat in dotted lines.

The broken line representations of a drain in FIGS. 1, 3, 5-8, and 11-12, of a shelf, a bar, and hardware in FIGS. 2, 6, and 9, and of a removable seat in FIGS. 7 and 12, are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/283

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Louis S. Zarfas
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