Tub for bathing

- Kohler Co.
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Description

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

FIG. 1 is a top, left, front perspective view of a tub for bathing embodying my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

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

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof.

The broken line representations of a drain in FIGS. 2-5 and an overflow/control opening in FIGS. 1-2 and 4 are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a tub for bathing, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D265582 July 27, 1982 Kohler, Jr.
D269460 June 21, 1983 Kohler, Jr.
D286679 November 11, 1986 D'Innocente et al.
D318720 July 30, 1991 Dowse
D334054 March 16, 1993 Levien
D373817 September 17, 1996 Andronico
D392029 March 10, 1998 Singla Palacin
D393697 April 21, 1998 Hundley
D394696 May 26, 1998 Hundley
D395698 June 30, 1998 Singla Palacin
D428475 July 18, 2000 Thomas
D454387 March 12, 2002 Bertoli
D456064 April 23, 2002 Soulier
D468813 January 14, 2003 Kohler et al.
D481111 October 21, 2003 Carey
D482763 November 25, 2003 Thomas
D485603 January 20, 2004 Lyons
Other references
  • Kohler Design Data Page, showing tub with similar appearance.
  • Surrey and Suffolk website page, showing tub with similar appearance, dated Dec. 13, 2004.
Patent History
Patent number: D527081
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 14, 2005
Date of Patent: Aug 22, 2006
Assignee: Kohler Co. (Kohler, WI)
Inventor: John A. Hatrick-Smith (Auckland)
Primary Examiner: Robert A Delehanty
Attorney: Quarles & Brady LLP
Application Number: 29/223,413
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Symmetrical (16) (D23/280.1)