Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tread portion of an automobile tire;

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 fragmentary enlarged front view showing the details of the tread portion thereof;

FIG. 7 is a section view taken along line 7-7 in FIG. 6; and,

FIG. 8 is a section view taken along line 8-8 in FIG. 6.

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.

---

Inventors:	Kato; Keiichi (Tokyo, JP)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type Kato; Keiichi Tokyo N/A JP
Assignee:	Bridgestone Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/423,648
Filed:	June 4, 2012

---

Foreign Application Priority Data

---

Dec 5, 2011 [JP]			2011-028141

Current U.S. Class:	D12/519
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

---

References Cited [Referenced By]

---

U.S. Patent Documents

D515018	February 2006	Umstot et al.
D559766	January 2008	Hirai
D562757	February 2008	Iwai
D582339	December 2008	Kang
D622655	August 2010	Ohashi
D622656	August 2010	Ohashi
D664083	July 2012	Scheifele
D668598	October 2012	Hughes et al.
D675151	January 2013	Kuwano
D709819	July 2014	Herbst

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