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 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; and,

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

In FIG. 5, the intermediate and dark stippled shading correspond to the groove depths shown in FIG. 6.

The broken lines are used to show portions of the tire that are not being claimed, and thus form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Inventors:	Kato; Keiichi (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/493,917
Filed:	June 16, 2014

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Feb 27, 2014 [JP]			2014-004139

Current U.S. Class:	D12/584
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/515-604

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D578471	October 2008	Guspodin
D647033	October 2011	Murata
D648675	November 2011	Kiwaki
D729725	May 2015	Kato
D731405	June 2015	Fujita
D737200	August 2015	Kato
D740209	October 2015	Parr

Other References

Bridgestone Escopia EP 150 Tire. Found Online [Oct. 19, 2015] http://tiresaddict.com/vendor/bridgestone/ecopia.sub.--ep150/. cited by examiner.

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