Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a tread portion of an automobile tire;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary enlarged view showing the details of the tread portion thereof;

FIG. 6 is an end view taken along line A--A in FIG. 5; and,

FIG. 7 is an end view taken along line B--B in FIG. 5.

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:	Nakamura; Takamitsu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee:	Bridgestone Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/362,327
Filed:	May 24, 2010

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Current U.S. Class:	D12/531; D12/514
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/500-532,900 ;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

D311890	November 1990	Covert et al.
D383103	September 1997	Ratliff, Jr.
D551612	September 2007	Maxwell et al.
D558662	January 2008	Dumigan et al.
D592586	May 2009	Maxwell et al.
D601941	October 2009	Ashton et al.
D619955	July 2010	Ashton et al.

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