U.S. patent number D472,203 [Application Number D/159,161] was granted by the patent office on 2003-03-25 for automobile tire.
This patent grant is currently assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Masahiro Ebiko, Kenichiro Endo, Yukio Kuroda, Takeshi Masatomo, Mitsutoshi Saeki.
United States Patent |
D472,203 |
Endo , et al. |
March 25, 2003 |
Automobile tire
Claims
The ornamental design for an automobile tire, as shown and
described.
Inventors: |
Endo; Kenichiro (Tokyo,
JP), Masatomo; Takeshi (Tokyo, JP), Saeki;
Mitsutoshi (Hiratsuka, JP), Kuroda; Yukio
(Hiratsuka, JP), Ebiko; Masahiro (Hiratsuka,
JP) |
Assignee: |
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
(Tokyo, JP)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/159,161 |
Filed: |
April 17, 2002 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
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Oct 23, 2001 [JP] |
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2001-030948 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
D12/587 |
Current International
Class: |
1215 |
Field of
Search: |
;D12/551,553,555,556,586,588,590,591,600
;152/209.1,209.9,209.13,209.25,209.28 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Other References
Continental Contitrac SUV Tire, 2001 Tread Design Guide, Jan. 2001,
p. 22. 4/5..
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Primary Examiner: Spear; Robert M.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Rader Fishman & Grauer
Description
FIG. 1 is a front view of an automobile tire, showing the new
design, the rear view, the top plan view and the bottom plan view
each appearing the same as the front view;
FIG. 2 is a right side view of the automobile tire, the left side
view appearing the same as the right side view;
FIG. 3 is a fragmentary front view, showing in enlargement the
portion of 3--3 in FIG. 1; and,
FIG. 4 is a sectional view, taken on line 4--4 in FIG. 3.
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