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Vehicle tail light lens

Granted 1 Jul 2008 · no office action yet

Application
29/235,317
filed 29 Jul 2005
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US D572390
granted 1 Jul 2008

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a right vehicle tail light lens attached to a vehicle, no part of the vehicle is claimed;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the right vehicle tail light lens; (front and frontal as used herein describe a view of the rear of a vehicle);

FIG. 3 is a front side elevational view of the right vehicle tail light lens (front and frontal as used herein describe a view of the rear of a vehicle);

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the right vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the right vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the right vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the right vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 8 is an alternative embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 1-6 showing a perspective view of a left vehicle tail light lens attached to a vehicle, no part of the vehicle is claimed;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 10 is a front side elevational view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevational view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 12 is a left side view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the left vehicle tail light lens; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of the left vehicle tail light lens.

The stippling indicates the curvature of the vehicle tail light lens. The vehicle tail light lens has a triangular shape having a angular edges intersecting curved faces. The vehicle tail light lens has an inner portion and a surrounding portion on the outboard perimeter.

The phantom lines are not a part of the claimed invention.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D26/28

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Marcus A. Jackson
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CACA-114353-SS23 Jul 200825 Jan 2006grantedTail light for vehicle

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