Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

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

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary enlarged front view showing the details of the tread portion thereof;

FIG. 8 is a section view taken along line 8-8 in FIG. 7; and,

FIG. 9 is a section view taken along line 9-9 in FIG. 7.

Broken lines in the drawing figures are used to show portions of the tire that are not claimed, and thus form no part of the claimed invention. The dot dash line shows a border between claimed and unclaimed subject matter.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a tread portion of an automobile tire, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Nakamura; Takamitsu (Tokyo, JP)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type Nakamura; Takamitsu Tokyo N/A JP
Assignee:	Bridgestone Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/423,700
Filed:	June 4, 2012

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Dec 22, 2011 [JP]			2011-029855

Current U.S. Class:	D12/531
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/505-532,900-901 ;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

D340893	November 1993	Kobayashi et al.
D601952	October 2009	Shavers et al.
D630574	January 2011	Nakamura
D634263	March 2011	Irwin et al.
D677215	March 2013	Nakamura
D682774	May 2013	Nagayasu et al.
D686137	July 2013	Nakamura
D689428	September 2013	Kiwaki et al.

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