Vehicle running board

- Ford
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Description

FIG. 1 a perspective view of a right vehicle running board (both the left and right vehicle running board being mirror images and only one is shown);

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the vehicle running board;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the vehicle running board;

FIG. 4 is bottom plan view of the vehicle running board;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the vehicle running board; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the vehicle running board.

The vehicle running board is styled independently of adjacent vehicle panels. Shading is used to illustrate the curvature of the part and not color. Any functional features of the vehicle running board are not claimed. Areas surrounded in dashed lines are not claimed. Views are orthogonal projections rendered from computer aided design data. The various views are not necessarily to scale in order to better illustrate the design.

The vehicle running board is shown on an enlarged scale in FIGS. 5 and 6.

Claims

An ornamental design for a vehicle running board, shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D588514
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 29, 2008
Date of Patent: Mar 17, 2009
Assignee: Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI)
Inventors: Conrad Michael Kudelko (Livonia, MI), Michael Henry Maj (Livonia, MI), Adrian Nicholas Alexander Elliott (Dearborn, MI), James Krizman (Dearborn, MI)
Primary Examiner: Stacia Cadmus
Attorney: Damian Porcari
Application Number: 29/322,092
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