Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a tread portion of an automobile tire according to our 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 fragmentary enlarged front view showing the details of the tread portion thereof;

FIG. 6 is a section view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. 5; and,

FIG. 7 is a section view taken along line 7-7 in FIG. 5.

The dash-dash broken lines are intended to show portions of the tire that are not being claimed and thus form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot-dash broken lines represent boundaries of the claim.

Claims

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

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Inventors:	Ono; Hiroaki (Chuo-ku, JP), Ogane; Shun (Chuo-ku, JP), Kawakami; Yuki (Chuo-ku, JP)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type Ono; Hiroaki Ogane; Shun Kawakami; Yuki Chuo-ku Chuo-ku Chuo-ku N/A N/A N/A JP JP JP
Assignee:	BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/440,046
Filed:	December 18, 2012

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Nov 21, 2012 [JP]			2012-028569
Nov 21, 2012 [JP]			2012-028570

Current U.S. Class:	D12/601; D12/599
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/584,586,588,590,591,599,600,601,602,603,604,605,900,901

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Foreign Patent Documents

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Other References

Design Gazette dated Aug. 10, 2015 from the Japanese Patent Office in counterpart design application No. 1477503. cited by applicant . Design Gazette dated Aug. 10, 2015 from the Japanese Patent Office in counterpart design application No. 1477133. cited by applicant.

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