Tire tread

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tire tread showing our new design, it being understood that the pattern repeats uniformly throughout the circumference of the tread;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the opposite side thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view.

In the drawings, the broken lines defining the inner bead of the sidewall and the peripheral boundary between the tire tread and the sidewall are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a tire tread, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Lovell; Timothy Patrick (Peninsula, OH), Kunos; Andrew Arpad (Stow, OH), Marazzi; Eric John (Akron, OH), Weber; Michael Joseph (Mogadore, OH)
Assignee:	The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Akron, OH)
Appl. No.:	D/100,145
Filed:	February 5, 1999

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Current U.S. Class:	D12/521
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/136-152 ;152/209.1,209.8,209.9,209.11,209.13,209.16,209.28,901,902,903

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D294239	February 1988	Graas
D346142	April 1994	Consolacion et al.
D367025	February 1996	Faulk et al.
D381302	July 1997	Rohweder et al.
D400833	November 1998	Legge et al.
D402242	December 1998	Guspodin et al.
4982774	January 1991	Evertz
5407005	April 1995	Consolacion et al.

Other References

Goodyear Eagle RS-A Tire, Goodyear Performance Tire Brochure No. 006400, Jan. 1998. . Summit Mega Plus Tire, 1997 Tread Design Guide, p. 73, Jan. 1997. . Pending Patent Application filed Dec. 16, 1998, Ser. No. 29/097,880, our reference DN1998202..

Primary Examiner: Spear; Robert M.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lewandowski; T P