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 is 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; and,

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

Broken lines in the drawing figures are used to show unclaimed portions of the tire, 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:	Otani; Shunsuke (Tokyo, JP)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type Otani; Shunsuke Tokyo N/A JP
Assignee:	Bridgestone Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/413,816
Filed:	February 21, 2012

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Aug 22, 2011 [JP]			2011-018944

Current U.S. Class:	D12/604; D12/601
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/568-603 ;152/209.1-209.28

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D464614	October 2002	Irimiya
D640627	June 2011	Durand
D647041	October 2011	Kojima

Foreign Patent Documents

	966526		Oct 1996		JP
	1356967		Apr 2009		JP
	1383916		Mar 2010		JP

Other References

Japanese Design Gazette issued in Japanese Design Application No. D2011-18944 dated May 27, 2013. cited by applicant.

Primary Examiner: Kirschbaum; George D
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC