Tire tread

Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a tire tread, showing the new design, a rear view thereof, a top plan view thereof, a bottom plan view thereof appearing the same as the front view;

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the tire tread, a left side view thereof appearing the same as the right side view;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary front view of the tire tread, showing in enlargement the portion of the line 3--3 and in the direction of arrows in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional enlarged view of the tire tread taken along line 4--4 and in the direction of arrows in FIG. 3; and,

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the tire tread.

In the drawing figures on the enclosed drawing sheets, in which the even broken lines represent environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design, the claimed design being the tread pattern shown by solid lines, up to the peripheral boundary between the tread and the sidewall of the article, represented by dot-dash broken lines.

The dot-dash broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Inventors:	Suzuki; Takayuki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee:	The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/231,707
Filed:	June 9, 2005

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Mar 24, 2005 [JP]			2005-008586

Current U.S. Class:	D12/600
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/583,587,599,600,602,900 ;152/209.1,209.9,209.16,209.18,209.25

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

4676290	June 1987	Tansei et al.
D308189	May 1990	Hinrichsen et al.
D379607	June 1997	Lurois et al.
D383713	September 1997	Grosskopf
D397970	September 1998	Le et al.
D432960	October 2000	Feider et al.
D442124	May 2001	Takada
D488123	April 2004	Ooyama
D488433	April 2004	Umstot et al.
D500472	January 2005	Campana et al.
D501446	February 2005	Wage
D507520	July 2005	Oyama

Other References

Hankook RA08 Tire, 2004 Tread Design Guide, Jan. 2004, p. 30. 3/2. cited by examiner . Michelin 4x4 Agilis Tire, 2004 Tread Design Guide, Jan. 2004, p. 90. 2/5. cited by examiner . Monarch Trail Mark Radial LT Tire, 2004 Tread Design Guide, Jan. 2004, p. 91. 4/4. cited by examiner . Spartan A/S Tire, 2004 Tread Design Guide, Jan. 2004, p. 99. 4/4. cited by examiner . Sumitomo Sonora Tire, 2004 Tread Design Guide, Jan. 2004, p. 101. 2/5. cited by examiner . Wanli S-2040 Tire, 2004 Tread Design Guide, Jan. 2004, p. 105. 2/5. cited by examiner . Yokohama Y356 Tire, 2004 tread Design Guide, Jan. 2004, p. 106. 4/3. cited by examiner . General LMT 400 Tire, 2004 Tread Design Guide, Jan. 2004, p. 120. 4/2. cited by examiner.

Primary Examiner: Spear; Robert M.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC