Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the tread portion of an automobile tire that comprises my invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary enlarged view showing the details of the tread portion; and,

FIG. 7 is an end view taken along line 7-7 in FIG. 6.

Broken lines in the drawing figures show portions of the tire that are not being claimed 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:	Takei; Ataka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee:	Bridgestone Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Family ID:	46396215
Appl. No.:	D/393,502
Filed:	June 6, 2011

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Dec 7, 2010 [JP]			2010-029183

Current U.S. Class:	D12/552; D12/553
Current CPC Class:	B60C11/0302 20130101; B60C2011/0374 20130101; B60C2011/0388 20130101
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/533-567,586-588,900-901 ;152/209.1-209.9,209.11-209.19,209.21-209.28,455

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D390512	February 1998	Eromaki
D458894	June 2002	Ratliff, Jr.
D512958	December 2005	Allison et al.
D595639	July 2009	de Briey-Terlinden
D603327	November 2009	Chung et al.
D610964	March 2010	Dixon et al.
D612798	March 2010	Miyazaki
D640184	June 2011	de Briey-Terlinden

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