Automobile tire

Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of an automobile tire, showing the new design;

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

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 7 is a left side perspective view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 8 is a right side perspective view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 9 is a partial front elevational view of the automobile tire, shown at an enlarged scale;

FIG. 10 is a cross-section view of the automobile tire, taken along line 10-10 of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 11 is a partial front elevational view of the automobile tire, with grooves shown in black.

The evenly-spaced broken lines shown in the drawings are for the purpose of showing environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design. The dashed-dotted broken lines in the drawings are used to show the boundary between claimed and unclaimed subject matter and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Inventors:	Mita; Masaya (Hiratsuka, JP), Watanabe; Koji (Hiratsuka, JP), Endo; Kenichiro (Tokyo, JP), Kuramochi; Izumi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee:	The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/343,406
Filed:	September 11, 2009

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Mar 16, 2009 [JP]			2009-005801

Current U.S. Class:	D12/517
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/500,502,505,515-532,604 ;152/209.1,209.8,209.9,209.18,209.19,209.21,209.22,209.25,209.27

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D593931	June 2009	Fontaine et al.
D606002	December 2009	Yamakawa et al.
D606924	December 2009	Bervas et al.
D609627	February 2010	Frappart et al.
D612327	March 2010	Yonetsu
D634699	March 2011	Fontaine et al.
2010/0212792	August 2010	Mita

Foreign Patent Documents

	D 1163495		Jan 2003		JP
	D 1213702		Aug 2004		JP
	D 1236667		Apr 2005		JP
	D 1248496		Aug 2005		JP
	D 1254716		Oct 2005		JP
	D 1303140		Jun 2007		JP
	D 1308168		Aug 2007		JP
	D 1333616		Jun 2008		JP
	D 1334386		Jun 2008		JP
	D 1335503		Jul 2008		JP
	D 1335791		Jul 2008		JP

Other References

Continental ContiSportContact 2 Tire; 2005 Tread Design Guide, p. 13, Row 1, Item 1. cited by examiner . Continental CrossContact LX Tire; 2005 Tread Design Guide, p. 64, Row 2, Item 5. cited by examiner . Continental VancoContact 2 Tire; 2006 Tread Design Guide, p. 63, Row 4, Item 2. cited by examiner.

Primary Examiner: Rademaker; Garth
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.