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Front bumper for an automobile

Granted 16 Jan 2007 · no office action yet

Assignee: Toyota Motor

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Inventors: Hisao Hara, Yoshiyasu Neuchi, Kenichi Onoue · Examiner: Melody N. Brown · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/239,141
filed 26 Sep 2005
Publication
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US D535229
granted 16 Jan 2007

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a front bumper for an automobile showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left-side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right-side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is top plan view thereof.

The rear surface has not been shown and is not intended to be part of the claimed design. Any small portions of the rear surface that may be seen in the front perspective view are not part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/169

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Examiner
Melody N. Brown
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