Tread of an automobile tire

- BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a 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 portion thereof; and,

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

No claim is made to the unshaded portions of the tread of the automobile tire.

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

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

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D313582 January 8, 1991 Tsutsumi
D370440 June 4, 1996 Kuwazima
D459293 June 25, 2002 Baker
D489317 May 4, 2004 Yamane
D490362 May 25, 2004 Salvan
D511134 November 1, 2005 Oh
D512014 November 29, 2005 Ishida
D512959 December 20, 2005 Fukunaga
D577658 September 30, 2008 Murata
D584219 January 6, 2009 Sato
D610527 February 23, 2010 Youn
D676799 February 26, 2013 Sanae
D719083 December 9, 2014 Hayashi
Foreign Patent Documents
1330848 May 2008 JP
Other references
  • Bridgestone Potenza RE-714 Tire found online [Jun. 21, 2016] http://www.1010tires.com/Tires/Reviews/Bridgestone/Potenza+RE-71R.
  • Communication dated Jan. 5, 2015, issued by the Japanese Patent Office in counterpart Application No. 2014-220.
Patent History
Patent number: D781777
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 17, 2014
Date of Patent: Mar 21, 2017
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION (Tokyo)
Inventor: Shintaro Hayashi (Chuo-ku)
Primary Examiner: Robert M Spear
Assistant Examiner: John Voytek
Application Number: 29/494,059
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Notchless (D12/556)