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Vehicle front lower bumper cover

Granted 19 Mar 2013 · no office action yet

Assignee: Ford Motor

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Inventors: Darrell Paul Behmer, Melvin Betancourt, Garen Nicoghosian · Examiner: Melody N Brown · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/406,109
filed 10 Nov 2011
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US D678142
granted 19 Mar 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top plan view of…

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a vehicle front lower bumper cover;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of the vehicle front lower bumper cover;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the vehicle front lower bumper cover;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the vehicle front lower bumper cover;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view of the vehicle front lower bumper cover;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the vehicle front lower bumper cover; and,

FIG. 7 is another perspective view of the vehicle front lower bumper cover.

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D12/169

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