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Bumper

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Assignee: Caterpillar

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Inventors: Eric Hanson, G. L. Pabst, Curt Wilson · Examiner: Melody N Brown · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/486,954
filed 4 Apr 2014
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US D737739
granted 1 Sep 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an enlarged front left perspective…

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

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines shown in the drawings illustrate portions of the bumper that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/169

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