Cover for a toilet seat

- Kohler Co.
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Description

In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this product is a toilet bowl cover.

FIG. 1 is a left, top, rear perspective view of a cover for a toilet seat embodying my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

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

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left, top, rear perspective view of a cover for a toilet seat according to another embodiment of my new design; the rear elevational view thereof being identical to FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the left side shown;

FIG. 10 is a front elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line representations of hinge openings in FIGS. 1, 3, 7 and 9, and risers in FIGS. 3-6 and 9-11, are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a cover for a toilet seat, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D532496
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 4, 2005
Date of Patent: Nov 21, 2006
Assignee: Kohler Co. (Kohler, WI)
Inventor: Michael R. Bates (Sheboygan, WI)
Primary Examiner: Robert A. Delehanty
Attorney: Quarles & Brady LLP
Application Number: 29/222,928
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