Automobile tire

Description

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

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary front view, showing in enlargement the portion of 5--5 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view, taken on line 6--6 in FIG. 5; and,

FIG. 7 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 as partial design is 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:	Kojima; Hiroyuki (Kanagawa-ken, JP)
Assignee:	The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/329,386
Filed:	December 15, 2008

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Current U.S. Class:	D12/594
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/592-601 ;152/209.1,209.8,209.9,209.12,209.18,209.25

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

5833779	November 1998	van der Meer et al.
D483322	December 2003	Knowles et al.
D606930	December 2009	Taylor et al.

Foreign Patent Documents

	952446		Jul 1987		JP
	1002410		Nov 1995		JP
	1051399		Feb 1997		JP
	1198120		Sep 2001		JP
	1154652		Mar 2002		JP
	1224020		Jun 2003		JP
	1249008		Mar 2004		JP
	1283701		Jan 2005		JP

Primary Examiner: Veynar; Caron D
Assistant Examiner: Kirschbaum; George D
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.