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 A-A and B-B in FIG. 2;

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

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

The intermediate and dark stippled shading in FIGS. 1-6 represent tread grooves having the depth shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

Claims

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

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Inventors:	Odakura; Masato (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/493,920
Filed:	June 16, 2014

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Dec 20, 2013 [JP]			2013-030065

Current U.S. Class:	D12/602
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/568-604

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D533498	December 2006	Scheuren
D599281	September 2009	Scheuren
D604228	November 2009	Le
D604229	November 2009	Le
D641309	July 2011	Takada
D721031	January 2015	Wang

Other References

Nokian NTR45 Tire. Found online [Oct. 9, 2015]. http://tiresaddict.com/vendor/nokian/ntr45/. cited by examiner.

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