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

FIG. 8 is a reference enlarged front view of FIG. 6, showing deep grooves by coloring with black.

In the drawings, the broken lines defining portions of the tread, 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 claim. The unevenly dashed broken lines are for the purpose of illustrating the claim boundary which forms no part of the claim.

Claims

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

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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/506,957
Filed:	October 22, 2014

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Apr 23, 2014 [JP]			2014-008912

Current U.S. Class:	D12/583
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/568-603 ;152/209.1-209.28

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D548174	August 2007	Souchet
D614122	April 2010	Seibert
D645398	September 2011	Kiwaki
D645399	September 2011	Kiwaki
D674742	January 2013	Krier
D713782	September 2014	Krier

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