Patent CA-120146-S (CA)
Title: Automobile
Filed: 2007-04-02
Granted: 2008-07-11
Abstract: The said industrial design consists of the shape, configuration and ornamentation of an automobile as shown in the drawings; the automobile has 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, 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 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 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 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 bottom surface and generally flat top and side surfaces with rounded corners between the top and side surfaces; the side surfaces of the central grill area are generally vertical and meet the bottom surface at rounded lower corner areas; the central recessed grill area has a series of spaced-apart vertical 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 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 an outwardly and rearwardly angled inner side surface 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 is generally aligned with the bottom surface of the central recessed grill area; each recessed area has a generally flat slightly oblong inner surface; the generally symmetrical grill is situated between the top edge of the front bumper and the front edge of the bonnet; the grill has a forwardly projecting central shield-like area; the grill has downwardly converging straight sides which merge into downwards and inwards angled straight surfaces which in turn merge into angled straight sections which meet a generally straight lower surface; the grill has a recessed inner surface having a diamond-like pattern of openings therein; the headlights are situated on either side of the grill and between the front bumper and the adjacent front fender; each headlight has an inner large circular area and an outer smaller circular area spaced slightly above the inner large circular 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 in plan view; the roof curves outwardly 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; the lower portion of the rear surface of the trunk lid has a forwardly angled recessed surface which extends the width 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 symmetrically situated generally identical curved recesses which extend part of the height of the inverted U-shaped recessed area and are situated close to the ends of the rear bumper; 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 forward on either side of the front 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; each rear combination lamp has angled inner and outer edges, a generally straight lower edge, and a curved upper edge; 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 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 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.Representations of the design are shown in the figures wherein:Fig. 1 is a front perspective view from the right side of the design of an automobile; Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view from the right side thereof;Fig. 3 is a right side elevation view thereof;Fig. 4 is a front elevation view thereof;Fig. 5 is a rear elevation view thereof; andFig. 6 is a top view thereof.The portions of the drawings in stippled lines do not form part of the design.Diagrams of the design are included.