Vehicle mirror

- Ford
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Description

FIG. 1 is a frontal orthographic view of a left vehicle mirror;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the left vehicle mirror;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view of the left vehicle mirror;

FIG. 4 is a top down plan view of the left vehicle mirror;

FIG. 5 is bottom up plan view of the left vehicle mirror;

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the left vehicle mirror; and,

FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view of the left vehicle mirror.

The vehicle mirror is designed to blend with surfaces of adjacent vehicle panels. To the extent that any feature lines are illustrated, they are intended to illustrate the crest and valley of the feature and are not necessarily sharp bends in the part. Shading is used to illustrate the curvature of the part and not color.

Illustrated in FIGS. 1-7 is a left vehicle mirror. The right vehicle mirror is similar to the left vehicle mirror and is not illustrated. The right vehicle mirror is an alternative embodiment and covered by the views illustrated in FIGS. 1-7.

The broken line showing of environment is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D545740
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 21, 2005
Date of Patent: Jul 3, 2007
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, MI)
Inventors: Patrick Schiavone (Bloomfield, MI), Gordon Platto (Troy, MI), Michael Smith (Plymouth, MI), Albert Debusschere (Brighton, MI)
Primary Examiner: Stacia Cadmus
Attorney: Damian Porcari
Application Number: 29/246,020
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Rear View Mirror (35) (D12/187)