Vehicle lower rear bumper

- Ford
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Description

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the vehicle lower rear bumper; the broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the vehicle lower rear bumper;

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

FIG. 5 is a right side view is a mirror of the left side view of the vehicle lower rear bumper;

FIG. 6 is bottom plan view of the vehicle lower rear bumper; and,

FIG. 7 is the rear view of the vehicle lower rear 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 rear bumper, as shown and described.

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D508880 August 30, 2005 Minami
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Patent History
Patent number: D542195
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 27, 2005
Date of Patent: May 8, 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)
Primary Examiner: Melody N. Brown
Attorney: Fredrick Owens
Application Number: 29/241,538
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