Vehicle grille

- Ford
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a vehicle grille attached to a vehicle, no part of the vehicle is claimed;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the vehicle grille;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the vehicle grille;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the vehicle grille; and,

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the vehicle grille (the right side view is a mirror of the left side view and is not shown).

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

Claims

The ornamental design for a vehicle grille, as shown and described in FIGS. 1-5.

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Patent History
Patent number: D535589
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 7, 2005
Date of Patent: Jan 23, 2007
Assignee: Ford Global Technolgies, LLC (Dearborn, MI)
Inventors: Chelsia Lau (Ann Arbor, MI), Patrick Schiavone (Birmingham, MI), Jeffrey Nowak (Huntington Woods, MI), Mark McChesney (Saline, MI)
Primary Examiner: Melody N. Brown
Attorney: Damian Porcari
Application Number: 29/237,826
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