Non-pneumatic tire Patent Grant Martin , et al. April 21, 2 [Caterpillar Inc.]

Non-pneumatic tire

Martin , et al. April 21, 2

Patent Grant D727247

U.S. patent number D727,247 [Application Number D/449,654] was granted by the patent office on 2015-04-21 for non-pneumatic tire. This patent grant is currently assigned to Caterpillar Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Caterpillar Inc.. Invention is credited to Maria Cristina Herrera de Kontz, Kevin L. Martin.

United States Patent	D727,247
Martin , et al.	April 21, 2015

Non-pneumatic tire

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a non-pneumatic tire, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Martin; Kevin L. (Washburn, IL), Herrera de Kontz; Maria Cristina (Chillicothe, IL)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Caterpillar Inc.	Peoria	IL	US

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)

Appl. No.:

D/449,654

Filed:

March 15, 2013

Current U.S. Class:	D12/570; D12/605
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/568-603 ;152/209.1-209.28

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Primary Examiner: Kirschbaum; George D
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Saidman DesignLaw Group, LLC

Description

FIG. 1 is perspective view of a non-pneumatic tire showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side view thereof, the right side, top, and bottom views being identical;

FIG. 3 is front view thereof, the rear view being identical; and,

FIG. 4 is an enlargement of the bracketed area in FIG. 3.

The dotted broken lines illustrate environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines represent unclaimed boundaries and form no part of the claimed design.

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