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USO0D496890S1 (12) United States Design Patent (10) Patent N0.2 US D496,890 S Metros et al. (45) Date of Patent: =1<=1< Oct. 5, 2004 (54) VEHICLE GRILL Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “Tough Ford pickups: America’s No. 1 sellers.*”; (75) Inventors: Craig Metros, Bloom?eld, MI (US); published circa 1977. Patrick J. Schiavone, Birmingham, MI Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure (US); Tyler Jon Blake, Dearborn, MI entitled “1978 Ford Recreation Vehicles”. (US) Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1978 Ford 4—Wheelers”. (73) Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Dearborn, MI (US) entitled “1978 Ford Bronco”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure (**) Term: 14 Years entitled “1978 Ford Club Wagons”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure (21) Appl. No.: 29/190,199 entitled “Free Wheelin’ Ford Trucks”; published circa 1977. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure (22) Filed: Sep. 19, 2003 entitled “1978 Ford Econoline”. (51) LOC (7) Cl. ......... .. 12-16 Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1978 Ford Courier”. (52) US. Cl. .. D12/163 Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure (58) Field of Search .............................. .. D12/163, 171, entitled “1979 Ford Recreation Vehicles”. D12/173, 9092, 296/1801, 180.2; 180/681, Ford Motor Company; excerpts from article entitled “Ford 68.6, 69.21, 69.22 Club Wagon Van”; published circa 1978. (56) References Cited (List continued on next page.) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS Primary Examiner—Melody N. BroWn (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—David B. Kelley D447,100 S * 8/2001 An .......................... .. BIZ/163 D472,854 S * 4/2003 Weber et al. BIZ/163 (57) CLAIM D479,166 S * 9/2003 Tanaka et a1. .. D12/163 D486,101 S * 2/2004 Sun et al. ................ .. BIZ/163 The ornamental design for a vehicle grill, as shoWn and described. OTHER PUBLICATIONS DESCRIPTION Photographs of commercial parts, 6 pages. FIG. 1 is a perspective vieW of a grill for a vehicle in Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure accordance With an embodiment of the present invention; entitled “1978 Ford Pickups”. FIG. 2 is a front vieW of the vehicle grill of FIG. 1; Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure FIG. 3 is a top vieW of the vehicle grill of FIG. 1; and, entitled “’78 Ford Pickups. Tough All Over”. FIG. 4 is a side vieW of the vehicle grill of FIG. 1. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure The grill is intended for attachment to the front of a vehicle, entitled “Ford Truck Accessories and Specialties Catalog”; and the broken lines in the drawings are not part of the published 1978. claimed design. The bottom and rear vieWs of the grill are Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure not part of the claimed design. The side vieWs of the vehicle entitled “Nuovo Ford Transit”; published circa 1978. grill are mirror images of one another. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “’78 Ford Courier”. 1 Claim, 2 Drawing Sheets US D496,890 S Page 2 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1981 Ford Bronco”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1979 Ford 4—Wheelers”. entitled “1981 Ford—The leadership lineup.”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1979 Ford Club Wagons”. entitled “1981 Ford Trucks”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “’79 Free Wheelin’ Ford Trucks”. entitled “1981 Ford Club Wagon”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from rnail advertisernent Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “Ford Explorer Special Edition Sale”; published entitled “1981 Ford Courier”. circa 1978. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1981 Ford Pickup”. entitled “1979 Ford Courier”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1981 Ford 4—Wheeler”. entitled “1979 Ford Econoline”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1981 Ford Recreation Vehicles”. entitled “Ford Truck Accesories”; published circa 1978. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1981 Ford Econoline Chassis”. entitled “1979 Ford Bronco”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1981 Ford Econoline”. entitled “1979 Ford Pickups”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1981 Ford Courier”. entitled “Ford 1980 Econoline Chassis”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “Econoline/Club Wagon—1981 Con?dential Pre entitled “Pickup 4—Wheeler Bronco”; published circa 1979. vieW”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1980 Bronco”. entitled “1981 Econoline Van/Club Wagon”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “Econoline/Club Wagon—1980 Con?dential Pre entitled “1981 F—Series”. vieW”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1981 Bronco”. entitled “Ford 1980 Bronco”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “F—Series—1981 Con?dential PrevieW”. entitled “Ford 1980 Pickup”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “Ford Truck Accessories and Specialties Catalog”; entitled “Ford 1980 Courier”. published circa 1982. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1980 Free Wheelin’ Fords”. entitled “’82 Ford Trucks”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “Ford 1980 4—Wheeler”. entitled “’82 Ford 4—Wheeler”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “Ford 1980 Econoline”. entitled “’82 Ford Club Wagon”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “The Captain’s Club Wagon”; published circa 1979. entitled “’82 Ford Econoline”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “Courier—1980 Con?dential PrevieW”. entitled “’82 Ford Bronco”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1980 Ford Courier”. entitled “Ford 3000 1—Tonner”; published circa 1981. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1980 F—Series”. entitled “Ford 2400 Diesel 1—Tonner”; published circa 1981. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1980 Ford Bronco”. entitled “’82 Ford F—Series Pickups”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1980 Ford Econoline”. entitled “’82 Ford Econoline Chassis”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1980 Ford Bronco”. entitled “1983 Ranger”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “Ford 1980 Club Wagon”. entitled “Arnerica’s Truck”; published circa 1982. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “Ford A—Serie”; published circa 1980. entitled “1983 F—Series”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “Pickups Ford”; published circa 1980. entitled “1983 Bronco”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1981 Ford 4—Wheeler”. entitled “1983 Econoline Van/Club Wagon”. US D496,890 S Page 3 Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “’83 Ford Bronco”. entitled “1985 Ford Trucks”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “’83 Ford Trucks”. entitled “1985 Ford Trucks”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “’83 Ford 4—Wheelers”. entitled “1985 Ford Econoline Van”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “1983 Ford Recreation Vehicles”. entitled “1985 Ford Club Wagon”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “’83 Ford Chassis Cab”. entitled “1985 Ford Bronco”. Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure Ford Motor Company; excerpts from product brochure entitled “’83 Ford Econoline”. entitled “The Aussie Ute”; published circa