Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a tread portion of an automobile tire, the tread pattern repeating uniformly around the circumference of the tire;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof, the right side being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged view showing the details of the tread portion thereof.

Broken lines in the drawing figures are intended to show environmental structure only, and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a tread portion of an automobile tire, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Hagiwara; Teruhiko (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee:	Bridgestone Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/337,804
Filed:	May 29, 2009

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Dec 10, 2008 [JP]			2008-031417

Current U.S. Class:	D12/602; D12/583
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/564-567,568,582-603,900-901 ;152/209.1,209.8-209.19,209.25-209.28

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

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D420956	February 2000	Rodicq et al.
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Foreign Patent Documents

	1170859		Apr 2003		JP
	1353687		Mar 2009		JP

Primary Examiner: Cadmus; Stacia
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC