Front face of a vehicle grille

- Deere & Company
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a front face of a vehicle grille, showing our new design, the broken lines being for illustative purposes only, and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged right side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is an enlarged left side view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D365578
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 24, 1994
Date of Patent: Dec 26, 1995
Assignee: Deere & Company (Moline, IL)
Inventors: David A. Westimayer (Horicon, WI), William E. Crookes (Waldwick, NJ), Daniel R. Nickles (Hewitt, NJ), Alberto J. Mantilla (Brooklyn, NY), David A. Reid (Greenwich, CT)
Primary Examiner: Sandra L. Morris
Application Number: 0/30,223