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Vehicle rear bumper cover

Granted 18 Aug 2009 · no office action yet

Assignee: Ford Motor

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Inventors: Kyle G. Evans, Richard Woolley, Kevin George · Examiner: Melody N Brown · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/328,219
filed 20 Nov 2008
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US D598340
granted 18 Aug 2009

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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 (as viewed from the rear of a vehicle);

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view of the vehicle rear bumper cover;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view of the vehicle rear bumper cover (the right side elevational view being a mirror and is not shown);

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the vehicle rear bumper cover;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the vehicle rear bumper cover; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the vehicle rear bumper cover.

Any functional features of the vehicle rear bumper cover are not claimed. Views are orthogonal projections. The functional features are not claimed.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/169

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USthis patentUS-D598340-SS118 Aug 200920 Nov 2008grantedVehicle rear bumper cover
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CACA-130784-SS2 Feb 201019 May 2009grantedVehicle rear bumper cover
CACA-130756-SS15 Mar 201019 May 2009grantedVehicle side mirror
TWTW-D136890-S1S111 Sep 201020 May 2009publishedVehicle rear bumper cover

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