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Vehicle rear bumper cover

Granted 5 Feb 2008 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC · originally Ford Motor

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Inventors: George Bucher, David Mahoney, Michael Webb, Edward Golden · Examiner: Melody N. Brown · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/250,324
filed 10 Nov 2006
Publication
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US D561071
granted 5 Feb 2008

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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 rear bumper cover showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view taken along the line 6 — 6 in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view thereof.

The circular members shown in broken lines in FIGS. 1 , 2 , 3 and 5 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

The vehicle rear bumper cover 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 phantom lines are not claimed. The surface normally visible when the vehicle rear bumper cover is attached to a vehicle is called the “Class A” surface is claimed. The surface not normally visible when the vehicle rear bumper cover is attached to a vehicle is called the “Class B” surface and is not claimed. Any functional features of the vehicle rear bumper cover are not claimed.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/169

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