Patent CA-111922-S (CA)
Title: Automobile
Filed: 2005-07-19
Granted: 2007-11-27
Abstract: The said industrial design consists of the shape, configuration and ornamentation of an automobile having a pair of front fenders, a bonnet, a grill, a front bumper, headlights, a windshield, a roof, a rear window, a trunk lid, rear fenders, outer rear combination lamps, a rear bumper, and side doors; each front fender has a side surface and an upper surface; the upper surface has a pointed front end portion and a rear end projection; a smooth curved inner edge extends downwards from the rear end projection to the pointed front end portion; the curved inner edge conforms to the adjacent converging side edge of the bonnet; the pointed front end portion of the upper surface of each fender has an adjacent generally V-shaped recess having a rounded bottom; the rear end projection has an adjacent rounded recess; a smooth curved ridge extends rearwardly from the rounded bottom of the generally V-shaped recess to the rear edge of the fender and separates the upper surface and side surface of the front fender; the side surface of each front fender has a large curved front edge and a ridge which is spaced outwardly from the curved front edge and follows the curvature of the front edge of the side surface; the side surface has a lower portion which is separated from the remainder of the side surface by a laterally extending ridge; the lower portion has a wide generally L-shape; the generally symmetrical bonnet has curved forwardly converging sides, a slightly convex curved front edge and a concave curved rear edge in plan view; the bonnet curves gradually downwards from the rear edge toward the front edge and then curves more steeply downwards near the front edge of the bonnet; the generally symmetrical front bumper has side surfaces and a front surface having a central recessed grill area therein; the central recessed grill area has rearwardly extending beveled top, bottom and side surfaces with rounded corners between the top, bottom and side surfaces; the side surfaces of the central grill area diverge downwards towards the bottom surface and meet the bottom surface at rounded lower corner areas; the central recessed grill area has a series of spaced-apart horizontal ribs; the front surface of the bumper above the central recessed grill area curves smoothly outwards and rearwards and merges through curved corner areas into the side surfaces of the front bumper; the front surface extends upwards and rearwards above the grill area; the upper edge of the front surface is slightly concave; the front surface has a recessed area on each side of and situated close to the central recessed grill area; each recessed area has rearwardly extending beveled top, bottom and side surfaces with rounded corners between the top, bottom and side surfaces; the top surface of each recessed area is situated below the top surface of the central recessed grill area and the bottom surface of the recessed area generally follows the contour of the bottom surface of the central recessed grill area; each recessed area has a generally flat inner surface with a slightly oblong area therein; the generally symmetrical grill has a forwardly projecting central area, a pair of outwardly extending upper members and a pair of outwardly extending lower members; the central area has flared side surfaces which curve outwardly and rearwards away from the front portion and merge into the upper members; the lower members are spaced apart from the upper members; and the upper and lower members and the central area define elongated openings in the grill; the headlights are situated on either side of the grill and between the front bumper and the front fender; each headlight has an inner large circular area and an outer irregular shaped area; the windshield has a surface which is curved from one side to the other and has a forward edge which conforms to the rear edge of the bonnet, a pair of generally straight side edges which diverge in plan view from the rear edge to the front edge thereof, and a slightly concave rear edge; the roof curves upwardly between the forward and rear edges thereof; the forward edge of the roof conforms to the rear edge of the windshield while the rear edge of the roof is convex and conforms to the front edge of the rear window of the automobile; the rear window is curved from one side to the other and has a rear edge which is convex in plan view and conforms to the forward edge of the trunk lid; the trunk lid has a smooth curved upper surface and a downwardly extending rear surface with an upper corner area between the upper surface and the rear surface; the rear surface has side edges which curve downwards and inwards to rounded lower corners which merge into a generally straight lower edge of the trunk lid; rear bumper has a front surface and side surfaces; the front surface has a smooth curved lower surface section which extends outwards and rearwards and merges with the side surfaces through smooth curved corner areas; the lower surface section of the front surface extends downwards and slightly rearwards and has an elongated inverted U-shaped recessed area which extends most of the width of the rear bumper; the inverted U-shaped recessed area has a curved recess which extends part of the height of the inverted U-shaped recessed area and is situated close to the right end thereof; the front surface has an upper section which curves upwards and rearwards and has an elongated central U-shaped recessed area which conforms to the lower portion of the trunk lid; the upper section of the front surface has curved surfaces situated on either side of the elongated central U-shaped recessed area, the curved surfaces merging into the upper side surfaces of the rear bumper; the side surfaces extend forwards on either side of the front surface; each side surface has a central ridge which widens from adjacent the curved corner area to the curved forward edge of the side surface; a pair of rear combination lamps are situated above the rear bumper and adjacent the rear fender; each rear combination lamp has a front surface which merges into a forwardly extending side surface; the side doors have laterally extending upper ridges and laterally extending lower ridges; the upper ridges are a continuation of the ridge separating the upper and side surfaces of the front fender and continue across the rear fenders of the automobile; the laterally extending lower ridges are a continuation of the ridge which separates the lower portion of the side surface of the front fender from the remaining portion of the side surface thereof; the laterally extending lower ridges continue across the lower portions of the rear fenders of the automobile; the rear fenders are situated between the rear edges of the side doors, the side edges of the upper surface of the trunk lid, the outer edges of the rear combination lamps and the upper and outer edges of the rear bumper; each rear fender has a smooth curved lower edge which follows the contour of the wheel and a side surface having a ridge which is spaced upwardly from the curved lower edge and follows the curvature of the lower edge of the side surface.The portion of the drawings shown in stippled lines does not form part of the design.Diagrams of the design are shown in the figures wherein:Fig. 1 is a right side elevation view of the design of an automobile;Fig. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;Fig. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;Fig. 4 is a top view thereof; andFig. 5 is a front perspective view from the right side thereof.Diagrams of the design are included.