Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tread portion of an automobile tire according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged view showing the details of the tread portion; and,

FIG. 5 is an end view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 4.

Broken lines are used to show portions of the tire other than the tread portion, and thus 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:	Kiwaki; Yukihiro (Chuo-ku, JP)
Assignee:	Bridgestone Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/387,548
Filed:	March 15, 2011

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Sep 16, 2010 [JP]			2010-022376

Current U.S. Class:	D12/602
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/568-603,900-901,564-567 ;152/209.1-209.28,455

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