Tire tread

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tire tread of this invention showing our new design, it being understood that the tread pattern repeats circumferentially throughout the outer circumference and shoulder of a tire, the opposite side perspective view being an inverted image thereto; and,

FIG. 2 is a full frontal elevation view of the tire tread thereof of FIG. 1.

In the drawings, the dark stippled surface shading represents the recessed groove portions of the tire tread having a depth as best illustrated along the top and bottom edge of FIG. 2. The broken line disclosure of the tire sidewall and inner bead depicts environmental subject matter that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a tire tread, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
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D330882 November 10, 1992 Hasegawa
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D446170 August 7, 2001 Williams
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D528499 September 19, 2006 Creech et al.
D571285 June 17, 2008 Ochi
Other references
  • Tread design Guide, 1992, p. 41, BGGoodrich Comp T/A ZR.
  • Tread design Guide, 1999, p. 13, Barum OR58 Bravura.
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Patent History
Patent number: D579407
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 8, 2006
Date of Patent: Oct 28, 2008
Inventors: Dean B. Creech (Easley, SC), Luz M. Restrepo (Taylors, SC), Joseph N. Brown, IV (Simpsonville, SC)
Primary Examiner: Robert M Spear
Assistant Examiner: George D Kirschbaum
Attorney: Carolyn G. Uldrick
Application Number: 29/269,777
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Uninterrupted Equatorial Circumferential Rib (D12/551)