Automobile bumper cover

- Ford
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Description

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

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

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

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the automobile bumper (the left side view is a mirror of the right side view and is not shown); and,

FIG. 5 is a top view of the automobile bumper.

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

Claims

The ornamental design for an automobile bumper, as shown and described FIG. 1-5.

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Patent History
Patent number: D544413
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 30, 2005
Date of Patent: Jun 12, 2007
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, MI)
Inventors: Edward Golden (Pinckney, MI), Philip Simmons (Saffron Walden), Darrell Behmer (Novi, MI), Robert Laster (Wixom, MI), Hak Ha (Northville, MI), Kyle Evans (Dearborn, MI)
Primary Examiner: Melody N. Brown
Attorney: Frank A. MacKenzie
Application Number: 29/239,464
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Vehicle-attached Front Or Rear Type (D12/169)