Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

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

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

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

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

Broken lines in the drawing figures are intended to show portions of the tire that are not being 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:	Takei; Ataka (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/492,075
Filed:	May 28, 2014

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Nov 29, 2013 [JP]			2013-028125

Current U.S. Class:	D12/545; D12/563
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/533-567 ;152/209.1,209.8,209.18,209.25,209.28

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D589435	March 2009	Ashton et al.
D721324	January 2015	Matsumoto et al.
D721325	January 2015	Matsumoto et al.
D723453	March 2015	Knispel et al.
D734244	July 2015	Matsumoto et al.
2015/0059942	March 2015	Takei

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