Panel

- Kohler Co.
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Description

In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this product is a user interface panel for an electronic control, such for controlling various electrical components associated with plumbing fixtures.

FIG. 1 is a right, top, front perspective view of a panel embodying our new design shown with a dial knob in phantom;

FIG. 2 is right, top, front perspective view of thereof shown without the dial knob;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the right side shown;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan view thereof being a mirror image of the top plan view;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right, top, front perspective view of a second embodiment of a panel showing our new design, although shown without it, a dial knob as shown in FIG. 1 could be used with the embodiment shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan view thereof being a mirror image of the top view shown;

FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the right side shown;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a front elevational view of a third embodiment of a panel showing our new design, the front perspective, top plan and rear elevational views thereof being mirror images of respective FIGS. 7, 9, and 11, the bottom plan view thereof being a mirror image of the top plan view, the right side elevational view thereof being the same as FIG. 10 and the left side elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the right side view.

The broken line representations of a display and buttons in FIGS. 1–3, 68 and 1112 and of a dial knob in FIG. 1, are for the purpose of illustration only, and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a panel, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D563908
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 13, 2006
Date of Patent: Mar 11, 2008
Assignee: Kohler Co. (Kohler, WI)
Inventors: Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. (Kohler, WI), Rafael A. Rexach (Kohler, WI), Robert C. Giese (Sheboygan, WI), Howard M. Montgomery (Sheboygan, WI)
Primary Examiner: Stella M. Reid
Assistant Examiner: Mark Goodwin
Attorney: Quarles & Brady LLP
Application Number: 29/275,108
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