Vehicle tail light lens Patent Grant Richards , et al. July 1, 2 [Ford Global Technologies, LLC]

Vehicle tail light lens

Richards , et al. July 1, 2

Patent Grant D572390

U.S. patent number D572,390 [Application Number D/235,317] was granted by the patent office on 2008-07-01 for vehicle tail light lens. This patent grant is currently assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC. Invention is credited to Darrell Behmer, Addam Ebel, Tobias France, Edward Golden, Robert Laster, Doyle Letson, Brad Richards, Philip Simmons, Christopher Walter.

United States Patent	D572,390
Richards , et al.	July 1, 2008

Vehicle tail light lens

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a vehicle tail light lens, as shown and described in FIGS. 1-14.

Inventors:	Richards; Brad (Ann Arbor, MI), Golden; Edward (Pinckney, MI), Simmons; Philip (Saffron Walden, GB), Behmer; Darrell (Novi, MI), Laster; Robert (Wixom, MI), Walter; Christopher (Walled Lake, MI), France; Tobias (Detroit, MI), Ebel; Addam (Dearborn, MI), Letson; Doyle (Novi, MI)
Assignee:	Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, MI)
Appl. No.:	D/235,317
Filed:	July 29, 2005

Current U.S. Class:	D26/28
Current International Class:	2606
Field of Search:	;D26/28-36 ;362/459-468,475-478,485-487

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Primary Examiner: Jackson; Marcus A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Porcari; Damian

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a right vehicle tail light lens attached to a vehicle, no part of the vehicle is claimed;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the right vehicle tail light lens; (front and frontal as used herein describe a view of the rear of a vehicle);

FIG. 3 is a front side elevational view of the right vehicle tail light lens (front and frontal as used herein describe a view of the rear of a vehicle);

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the right vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the right vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the right vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the right vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 8 is an alternative embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 1-6 showing a perspective view of a left vehicle tail light lens attached to a vehicle, no part of the vehicle is claimed;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 10 is a front side elevational view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevational view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 12 is a left side view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the left vehicle tail light lens; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of the left vehicle tail light lens.

The stippling indicates the curvature of the vehicle tail light lens. The vehicle tail light lens has a triangular shape having a angular edges intersecting curved faces. The vehicle tail light lens has an inner portion and a surrounding portion on the outboard perimeter.

The phantom lines are not a part of the claimed invention.

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