Automobile bumper

- 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 elevational view of the automobile bumper;

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

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the automobile bumper; and,

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view of the automobile bumper (the right side view is a mirror of the left side view and is not shown).

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.

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Patent History
Patent number: D545731
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 21, 2005
Date of Patent: Jul 3, 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), Stuart Jamieson (Chelsea, MI), Hak Ha (Northville, MI), Doyle Letson (Novi, MI)
Primary Examiner: Melody N. Brown
Attorney: Damian Porcari
Application Number: 29/238,763
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