Vehicle tailgate
Platto , et al. August 12, 2
U.S. patent number D710,777 [Application Number D/440,504] was granted by the patent office on 2014-08-12 for vehicle tailgate. This patent grant is currently assigned to Ford Motor Company. The grantee listed for this patent is Ford Motor Company. Invention is credited to Anthony Lee Meyer, Gordon M. Platto, Brad Alan Richards.
| United States Patent | D710,777 |
| Platto , et al. | August 12, 2014 |
Vehicle tailgate
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a vehicle tailgate, as shown and described.
| Inventors: | Platto; Gordon M. (Troy, MI), Meyer; Anthony Lee (Dearborn, MI), Richards; Brad Alan (Bloomfield Hills, MI) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | Ford Motor Company (Dearborn,
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| Appl. No.: | D/440,504 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | December 21, 2012 |
| Current U.S. Class: | D12/196 |
| Current International Class: | 1216 |
| Field of Search: | ;D12/93,98,196,221,401 ;296/26,39.1,39.2,50,51,57.1,181.3,181.1 |
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Ron Sessions. Ford Atlas Concept. Jan. 15, 2013 [online], [retrieved on Aug. 15, 2013]. Retrieved from the Internet <URL: http://www.caranddriver.com/news/ford-atlas-concept-photos-and-info-news&- gt;. cited by examiner . Ford Atlas Concept. Ford Press Kit. Jan. 14, 2013 [online], [retrieved on Aug. 15, 2013]. Retrieved from the Internet <URL: http://fordatlasconcept.fordpresskits.com/enhanced.htm>. cited by examiner . Siler, Steve, http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2011-ford-f-series-super-duty-official-p- hotos-and-info, 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty, Sep. 2009, pp. 1-3. cited by applicant. |
Primary Examiner: Hyder; Philip S
Assistant Examiner: Ly; Darlington
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Porcari; Damian Brooks Kushman P.C.
Description
FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of a vehicle tailgate in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; and,
FIG. 2 is a rear/left side perspective view of the vehicle tailgate of FIG. 1, wherein a rear/right side perspective view is a mirror image thereof.
The broken lines shown in the drawings form no part of the claimed design.
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