Vehicle grille

Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the vehicle grille;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the vehicle grille; and,

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view of the vehicle grille (the right side view is a mirror of the left side view and is not shown).

The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

The vehicle grille is designed to blend with surfaces 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 illustrated the curvature of the part and not color.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a vehicle grille, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Mahoney; David (Orchard Lake, MI), Quinn; Patrick (White Lake, MI)
Assignee:	Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, MI)
Appl. No.:	D/243,883
Filed:	December 1, 2005

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Current U.S. Class:	D12/163
Current International Class:	1216
Field of Search:	;D12/163,171,90-92,216,169,196 ;180/68.1,68.6 ;296/193.11 ;293/102,113,115

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D474428	May 2003	Hill et al.
D506167	June 2005	Wu

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Primary Examiner: Brown; Melody N.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Porcari; Damian