Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

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

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary enlarged front view surrounded by line 6-6 in FIG. 2;

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

FIG. 8 is a reference view taken from FIG. 6 with the solid black shading used as contrast to highlight the tread grooves.

In the drawings, the broken lines defining the sidewall, inner bead and the peripheral boundary between the claimed tire tread and the unclaimed sidewall depict environmental subject matter that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

---

Inventors:	Kitajima; Hiroyuki (Chuo-ku, JP)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION Chuo-ku, Tokyo N/A JP
Assignee:	BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/493,832
Filed:	June 13, 2014

---

Foreign Application Priority Data

---

Dec 16, 2013 [JP]			2013-029516

Current U.S. Class:	D12/588
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/568-603

---

References Cited [Referenced By]

---

U.S. Patent Documents

D414446	September 1999	Kemp, Jr.
D484092	December 2003	Okamoto
D642974	August 2011	Koshio
D651556	January 2012	Westaway
D656891	April 2012	Yokomakura
D732465	June 2015	Yamada

Primary Examiner: Kirschbaum; George D
Assistant Examiner: Watkins; Jennifer
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC