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Vehicle front valance

Granted 24 Dec 2019 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC · originally Ford Motor

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Inventors: David Dewitt, Pedro Guarinon, Todd Willing, Max Wolff · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/632,610
filed 9 Jan 2018
Publication
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US D870608
granted 24 Dec 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a vehicle front valance, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom, front, and left side perspective view thereof; and

FIG. 7 is a top, front, and left side perspective view thereof.

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of a second embodiment of a vehicle front valance, showing our new design;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a bottom, front, and left side perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a top, front, and left side perspective view thereof.

Broken lines in the drawings depict the claim boundary of the design. Neither the broken line itself, comprising the top edge of the vehicle front valance, nor the attachment tabs and rear surface of the vehicle front valance shown in half-tone shading form any part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/169

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