Vehicle windshield

- Ford
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top-down plan view of a vehicle windshield showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom-up plan view of thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the vehicle windshield;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the vehicle windshield showing an outline wire frame of a vehicle, the right side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 is section view of the vehicle windshield taken along the lines 55 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a top edge view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom edge view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an alternative bottom-up plan view of the vehicle windshield showing a ceramic paint applied to a portion of the inner surface thereof;

FIG. 9 is an alternative front elevation view of the vehicle windshield showing a ceramic paint applied to a portion of the inner (bottom) surface thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is an alternative left side elevational view showing an outline wire frame of a vehicle, the right side view being a mirror image thereof.

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

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D607387
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 27, 2005
Date of Patent: Jan 5, 2010
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, MI)
Inventors: Edward Golden (Pinckney, MI), Darrell Behmer (Novi, MI), Melvin Betancourt (Shelby Township, MI), Solomon Song (Farmington Hills, MI), Shawn Wehrly (Royal Oak, MI), Addam Ebel (Dearborn, MI), Sang Kim (Canton, MI), Garen Nicoghosian (Beverly Hills, MI)
Primary Examiner: Caron Veynar
Assistant Examiner: Abraham Bahta
Attorney: Fredrick Owens
Application Number: 29/241,532
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Windshield (D12/182)