Vehicle bumper

- Ford
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Description

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

FIG. 2 is a front view of the vehicle bumper;

FIG. 3 is a left perspective view of the vehicle bumper;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the vehicle bumper;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the vehicle bumper;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmental front view of the area marked 6 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the vehicle bumper; and,

FIG. 8 is a right perspective view of the vehicle bumper.

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

The stippling indicates the curvature of the front fascia. The front fascia has an in-board upper curved portion descending below the generally upper line of the front fascia receiving a portion of a headlight.

Claims

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

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D525178 July 18, 2006 Tsubaki et al.
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Patent History
Patent number: D541708
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 7, 2005
Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, 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: 29/237,809
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