Automobile upper front bumper

- Ford
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an automobile upper front bumper attached to a vehicle, no part of the vehicle is claimed;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the automobile upper front bumper;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the automobile upper front bumper;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the automobile upper front bumper;

FIG. 5 is bottom plan view of the automobile upper front bumper; and,

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view of the automobile upper front bumper (the left side view is a mirror of the right side view and is not shown).

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

Claims

The ornamental design for an automobile upper front bumper, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D533816
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 27, 2005
Date of Patent: Dec 19, 2006
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)
Primary Examiner: Melody N Brown
Attorney: Fredrick Owens
Application Number: 29/241,410
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