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Surface configuration of a vehicle

Granted 31 Jul 2001 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · originally BMW Manufacturing

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Inventors: Erik Goplen · Examiner: Melody N. Brown · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
101818
filed 11 Mar 1999
Publication
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US D445725
granted 31 Jul 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a surface configuration of a vehicle according to my novel design;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of a surface configuration of a vehicle according to my novel design;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of a surface configuration of a vehicle according to my novel design;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of a surface configuration of a vehicle according to my novel design;

FIG. 5 is a top view of a surface configuration of a vehicle according to my novel design;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view from the front left of a surface configuration of a vehicle according to my novel design, the perspective view from the front right being mirror symmetrical thereto; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view from the rear left of a surface configuration of a vehicle according to my novel design, the perspective view from the rear right being mirror symmetrical thereto.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/92

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