Automobile tire

Description

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

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

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary front view, showing in enlargement the portion of 3--3 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view, taken on line 4--4 in FIG. 3; and,

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

In the drawing figures, 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 dash-dot-dash lines.

Claims

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

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Inventors:	Honda; Naruhiko (Kanagawa-ken, JP)
Assignee:	The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/306,734
Filed:	April 15, 2008

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Nov 2, 2007 [JP]			2007-030460

Current U.S. Class:	D12/587; D12/901
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/583-603,900-901 ;152/209.1,209.8-209.18,209.25-209.28,455

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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Primary Examiner: Cadmus; Stacia
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.