Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tread portion of an automobile tire;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a plane view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary enlarged view showing the details of the tread portion thereof;

FIG. 6 is an end view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. 5; and,

FIG. 7 is an end view taken along line 7-7 in FIG. 5.

Broken lines in the drawing figures are used to show environmental structure as well as a boundary between the claimed and unclaimed subject matter, and thus form no part of the claimed invention.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a tread portion of an automobile tire, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Yamada; Seiji (Tokyo, JP)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type Yamada; Seiji Tokyo N/A JP
Assignee:	Bridgestone Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/399,096
Filed:	August 9, 2011

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Feb 10, 2011 [JP]			2011-002907

Current U.S. Class:	D12/579
Current International Class:	1216
Field of Search:	;D12/505-532,596,594 ;152/209.1-209.28

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D500285	December 2004	Ikeda
D557654	December 2007	Yamaguchi
D662464	June 2012	Dixon et al.

Foreign Patent Documents

	3447641		May 2005		CN
	3000942492		Jun 2009		CN
	796810		Oct 1990		JP
	954173		May 1996		JP
	30-0518417		Feb 2009		KR

Other References

Japanese Design Gazette dated Dec. 12, 2011 issued in the counterpart Japanese Design Application No. D2011-2907. cited by applicant.

Primary Examiner: Kirschbaum; George D
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC