Patents by Inventor Denise Monk Munday

Denise Monk Munday has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • TREAD WEAR INDICATOR
    Publication number: 20200331301
    Abstract: A tread wear indicator for a tire is provided. The tire includes a pair of sidewalls and a tread and the tread includes a plurality of tread elements defined by circumferential grooves and lateral grooves. The tread wear indicator is formed in a selected one of the tread elements adjacent a selected one of the circumferential grooves. The indicator includes a plurality of step elements descending from a radially outward surface of the selected one of the tread elements toward the base of the selected one of the circumferential grooves. Each step element includes an axially-extending surface that is approximately parallel to and is radially inward of the radially outward surface of the selected one of the tread elements, and a radially-extending surface that extends approximately perpendicular to the axially-extending surface. The axially-extending surface of each step element is formed with indicia visible to a user of the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jesse Brian Serva, Thomas Andrew Laurich, Denise Monk Munday, Marc Christopher Nowacki, Jason David Rismiller, Warren Lee Croyle
  • TREAD WEAR INDICATOR
    Publication number: 20180207996
    Abstract: A tread wear indicator for a tire is provided. The tire includes a pair of sidewalls and a tread and the tread includes a plurality of tread elements defined by circumferential grooves and lateral grooves. The tread wear indicator is formed in a selected one of the tread elements adjacent a selected one of the circumferential grooves. The indicator includes a plurality of step elements descending from a radially outward surface of the selected one of the tread elements toward the base of the selected one of the circumferential grooves. Each step element includes an axially-extending surface that is approximately parallel to and is radially inward of the radially outward surface of the selected one of the tread elements, and a radially-extending surface that extends approximately perpendicular to the axially-extending surface. The axially-extending surface of each step element is formed with indicia visible to a user of the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Jesse Brian Serva, Thomas Andrew Laurich, Denise Monk Munday, Marc Christopher Nowacki, Jason David Rismiller, Warren Lee Croyle