Headlight lens

- Ford
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Description

FIG. 1 is a frontal perspective view of a left headlight lens attached to a vehicle, no part of the vehicle is claimed;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the left headlight lens;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the left headlight lens;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the left headlight lens;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the left headlight lens;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the left headlight lens;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the lines 7—7 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the lines 8—8 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 9 is a frontal perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the headlight illustrated in FIGS. 1-8, showing a right headlight lens attached to a vehicle, no part of the vehicle is claimed;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the right headlight lens;

FIG. 11 is a front elevation view of the right headlight lens;

FIG. 12 is a right side view of the right headlight lens;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the right headlight lens;

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of the right headlight lens;

FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken along the lines 15—15 in FIG. 11; and,

FIG. 16 is a sectional view taken along the lines 16—16 in FIG. 11.

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

Claims

The ornamental design for a headlight lens, as shown and described.

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D316460 April 23, 1991 Neece
D396311 July 21, 1998 Sacco et al.
D425240 May 16, 2000 Goeckeritz
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Patent History
Patent number: D526435
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 7, 2005
Date of Patent: Aug 8, 2006
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, MI)
Inventors: Chelsia Lau (Ann Arbor, MI), Patrick Schiavone (Birmingham, MI), Jeffrey Nowak (Huntington Woods, MI), Curt Aumiller (Dearborn, MI), David Brown (West Bloomfield, MI)
Primary Examiner: Marcus A. Jackson
Attorney: Damian Porcari
Application Number: 29/237,859
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