Vehicle tail light lens

- Ford
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Description

FIG. 1 is a frontal perspective view of a left vehicle tail light lens attached to a vehicle, no part of the vehicle is claimed;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the left vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 7 is a frontal perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the vehicle tail light lens illustrated in FIGS. 1-6, showing a right vehicle tail light lens attached to a vehicle, no part of the vehicle is claimed;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the right vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the right vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view of the right vehicle tail light lens;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the right vehicle tail light lens; and,

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of the right vehicle tail light lens.

The phantom lines are not a part of the claimed invention.

The stippling indicates the curvature of the vehicle tail light lens.

Claims

The ornamental design for a vehicle tail light lens as shown and described in FIGS. 1-12.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D494294 August 10, 2004 Pfeiffer
D502561 March 1, 2005 Metros et al.
D508746 August 23, 2005 Lai
D523976 June 27, 2006 Pfeiffer et al.
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Patent History
Patent number: D553766
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 27, 2005
Date of Patent: Oct 23, 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), Addam Ebel (Dearborn, MI), Sang Kim (Canton, MI), Garen Nicoghosian (Beverly Hills, MI)
Primary Examiner: Marcus A. Jackson
Attorney: Fredrick Owens
Application Number: 29/241,541
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