Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

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

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a plane view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

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

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

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

Broken lines in the drawing figures are used to show unclaimed portions of the tire, and thus form no part of the claimed invention.

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)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type Takei; Ataka Tokyo N/A JP
Assignee:	Bridgestone Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/415,533
Filed:	March 12, 2012

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Sep 13, 2011 [JP]			2011-020828

Current U.S. Class:	D12/588
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/568-603,900-901,551-555 ;152/209.1,209.8-209.25,209.28,455

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D370444	June 1996	Ochi et al.
D492247	June 2004	Schmalix et al.
D612326	March 2010	Lo
D613239	April 2010	Harvey et al.
D635916	April 2011	Krier
D646627	October 2011	Takemoto
D648265	November 2011	Kim et al.

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