Vehicle windshield

- Ford
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Description

The windshield as illustrated in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 includes a band of black or dark-colored glass frit. The size and placement of the band is intended to conceal an otherwise unsightly adhesive joint between the windshield and vehicle body and to more smoothly blend the windshield into the vehicle body.

FIG. 1 is a frontal perspective view of a vehicle windshield showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view, the right side being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is top plan view of the vehicle windshield.

The broken lines shown in FIG. 1 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D601064
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 4, 2005
Date of Patent: Sep 29, 2009
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, MI)
Inventors: Edward Golden (Pinckney, MI), Philip Simmons (Saffron Walden), Darrell Behmer (Novi, MI), Rob Laster (Wixom, MI), Brad Richards (Ann Arbor, MI), Christopher Walter (Walled Lake, MI), Tobias France (Detroit, MI), Addam Ebel (Dearborn, MI), Doyle Letson (Novi, MI)
Primary Examiner: Caron Veynar
Assistant Examiner: Abraham Bahta
Attorney: Damian Porcari
Application Number: 29/242,048
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Windshield (D12/182)