U.S. patent number D557,656 [Application Number D/260,750] was granted by the patent office on 2007-12-18 for tread portion of an automobile tire.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Bridgestone Corporation. Invention is credited to Sotaro Iwabuchi.
United States Patent |
D557,656 |
Iwabuchi |
December 18, 2007 |
Tread portion of an automobile tire
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a tread portion of an automobile
tire, as shown and described.
Inventors: |
Iwabuchi; Sotaro (Chuo-ku,
JP) |
Assignee: |
Bridgestone Corporation (Tokyo,
JP)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/260,750 |
Filed: |
June 1, 2006 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
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Dec 1, 2005 [JP] |
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2005-035552 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
D12/587;
D12/588 |
Current International
Class: |
1215 |
Field of
Search: |
;D12/587,588,583,585,589,590,591
;152/209.1,209.18,209.25,209.26,209.27 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
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D275473 |
September 1984 |
Baus et al. |
D417175 |
November 1999 |
Kimishima et al. |
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Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Spear; Robert M.
Assistant Examiner: Kile; Katrina A
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sughrue Mion Pllc.
Description
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile tire, it being
understood that the tread pattern repeats uniformly throughout the
circumference of the tire.
FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof. A top plan view, a bottom
plan view, and a rear elevation view are identical with the front
elevation view.
FIG. 3 is a left side elevation view thereof. A right side
elevation view is identical with the left side elevation view.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary front view thereof; and,
FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view thereof taken along line
5--5 in FIG. 4.
The portion of the article shown in broken lines is for
illustrative purpose only and forms no part of the claimed
design.
In the drawings, the dark stippled surface shading represents the
recessed portion of the tread grooves, having the depth shown in
FIG. 5.
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