Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tread portion of an automobile tire according to our 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 rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary enlarged front view showing the details of the tread portion thereof; and,

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

In the drawings, the dark gray shading represents the recessed portions of the tire tread, having the depths shown 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.

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), Kato; Keiichi (Tokyo, JP)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type Otani; Shunsuke Kato; Keiichi Tokyo Tokyo N/A N/A JP JP
Assignee:	BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/424,516
Filed:	June 13, 2012

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Dec 21, 2011 [JP]			2011-029691

Current U.S. Class:	D12/587; D12/901; D12/588
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/586,587,588,600 ;152/209.3,209.9,209.18,209.19,209.25

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D528500	September 2006	Le et al.
D555081	November 2007	Feider et al.
D647040	October 2011	Mathonet et al.
D667781	September 2012	Georges et al.
D674741	January 2013	Mathonet et al.
D686973	July 2013	Otani
D702180	April 2014	Le et al.

Primary Examiner: Spear; Robert M
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC