Vehicle bumper Patent Grant Lau , et al. May 1, 2 [Ford Global Technologies, LLC]

Vehicle bumper

Lau , et al. May 1, 2

Patent Grant D541708

U.S. patent number D541,708 [Application Number D/237,809] was granted by the patent office on 2007-05-01 for vehicle bumper. This patent grant is currently assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC. Invention is credited to Chelsia Lau, Mark McChesney, Jeffrey Nowak, Patrick Schiavone.

United States Patent	D541,708
Lau , et al.	May 1, 2007

Vehicle bumper

Claims

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

Inventors:	Lau; Chelsia (Ann Arbor, MI), Schiavone; Patrick (Birmingham, MI), Nowak; Jeffrey (Huntington Woods, MI), McChesney; Mark (Saline, MI)
Assignee:	Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, MI)
Appl. No.:	D/237,809
Filed:	September 7, 2005

Current U.S. Class:	D12/169
Current International Class:	1216
Field of Search:	;D12/90-92,86,169,196 ;296/180.1,180.2 ;293/102,113,115,117,120

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

Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a vehicle bumper attached to a vehicle, no part of the vehicle is claimed;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the vehicle bumper;

FIG. 3 is a left perspective view of the vehicle bumper;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the vehicle bumper;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the vehicle bumper;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmental front view of the area marked 6 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the vehicle bumper; and,

FIG. 8 is a right perspective view of the vehicle bumper.

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

The stippling indicates the curvature of the front fascia. The front fascia has an in-board upper curved portion descending below the generally upper line of the front fascia receiving a portion of a headlight.

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