Tread portion of an automobile tire

Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of the tread portion of an automobile tire showing my new design, it being understood that the pattern repeats uniformly throughout the circumference of the tread;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side view thereof; the opposite side being identical thereto;

FIG. 4 is a perspective 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.

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:	Fujita; Shungo (Chuo-ku, JP)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION Chuo-ku, Tokyo N/A JP
Assignee:	BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION (Tokyo, JP)
Family ID:	55521992
Appl. No.:	D/492,063
Filed:	May 28, 2014

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Nov 29, 2013 [JP]			2013-028122

Current U.S. Class:	D12/585
Current CPC Class:	Y02T10/34 20130101; Y02T10/30 20130101
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/568-603,605

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D392226	March 1998	Howald
D470102	February 2003	Shirouzu
D481991	November 2003	Graas
D581350	November 2008	Froger
D665730	August 2012	Yoshimura
D667363	September 2012	Kudo
D673109	December 2012	Miyazaki
D688196	August 2013	Fujita

Primary Examiner: Matharu; Manpreet
Assistant Examiner: Tehrani; Mojtaba
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC