Vehicle lower bumper

- Ford
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Description

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the vehicle lower bumper;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the vehicle lower bumper;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the vehicle lower bumper;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view of the vehicle lower bumper (the left side view is a mirror of the right side view and is not shown); and,

FIG. 6 is bottom plan view of the vehicle lower bumper.

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

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D538208
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 27, 2005
Date of Patent: Mar 13, 2007
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: Melody N. Brown
Attorney: Fredrick Owens
Application Number: 29/241,479
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