Tread of an automobile tire

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the tread 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;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. 5; and,

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 7-7 in FIG. 5.

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

Claims

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

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Inventors:	Hayashi; Shintaro (Tokyo, JP)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION Tokyo N/A JP
Assignee:	BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/519,889
Filed:	March 9, 2015

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Oct 24, 2014 [JP]			2014-023859

Current U.S. Class:	D12/604
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;D12/559,564,586,588,589,590,591,594,595,598,600,601,602,603

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

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Foreign Patent Documents

	1413265		May 2011		JP
	1407268		Feb 2014		JP
	30-0470268		Nov 2007		KR

Other References

JPO Office Action for Application No. 2014-023858 dated Feb. 3, 2015. cited by applicant.

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