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Vehicle taillight

Granted 24 May 2011 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC · originally Ford Motor

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Inventors: Murat Gueler, Stefan Lamm · Examiner: Marcus A Jackson · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/298,789
filed 13 Dec 2007
Publication
Not published
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US D638557
granted 24 May 2011

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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 taillight (the left vehicle taillight being a mirror of the right and is not illustrated);

FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the vehicle taillight;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the vehicle taillight (as viewed from the rear of a vehicle to which it is attached);

FIG. 4 is a left elevational view of the vehicle taillight;

FIG. 5 is a right elevational view of the vehicle taillight;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the vehicle taillight; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the vehicle taillight.

The vehicle taillight is styled independently of adjacent vehicle panels. To the extent that any feature lines are illustrated, they are intended to illustrate the crest and valley of the feature and are not necessarily sharp bends in the part. Shading is used to illustrate the curvature of the part and not color. Areas shown in or sounded by broken lines are not claimed. Any functional features of the vehicle taillight are not claimed.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D26/28

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Marcus A Jackson
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