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Vehicle rear lower bumper cover

Granted 17 Dec 2019 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC · originally Ford Motor

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Inventors: Shawn Sung Yu, Dean Carbis, Steven Gilmore, George Bucher +1 · Examiner: Melody N Brown · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/632,037
filed 4 Jan 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D870002
granted 17 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 rear lower bumper cover showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

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

FIG. 8 is a top, rear and left side perspective view thereof.

The broken lines that represent a boundary line surrounding and defining the claimed design, and all other broken lines shown throughout the drawing views are for environmental and illustrative purposes that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/169

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USthis patentUS-D870002-SS117 Dec 20194 Jan 2018grantedVehicle rear lower bumper cover
USUS-D891326-SS128 Jul 202017 Dec 2019grantedVehicle rear lower bumper cover
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CACA-182292-SS20 Jul 20204 Jul 2018grantedVehicle rear lower bumper cover
TWTW-D197272-SS1 May 20193 Jul 2018publishedVehicle rear lower bumper cover
TWTW-D197274-SS1 May 20193 Jul 2018publishedVehicle rear lower bumper cover
TWTW-D197275-SS1 May 20193 Jul 2018publishedVehicle rear lower bumper cover
TWTW-D200381-SS21 Oct 20193 Jul 2018publishedVehicle rear lower bumper cover
TWTW-D201018-SS21 Nov 20193 Jul 2018publishedVehicle rear lower bumper cover

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