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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tire showing my new design;
FIG. 2 is an elevational view of the side shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view thereof taken along line 3--3 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view thereof showing the side opposite to that shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is an elevational view of the side shown in FIG. 4; and
FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken along line 6--6 in FIG. 4.
The characteristic feature of my design resides in the plurality of sequentially-adjacent modules along the sidewall of the tire defined by a pair of spaced circumferential ribs, connected by predetermined angularly-spaced substantially radial ribs, all of said ribs depending from the base surface of the sidewall and being of the same color as said surface.
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D222216 | October 1971 | Overstreet et al. |
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1784118 | December 1930 | Smithers |
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 25, 1981
Date of Patent: Sep 27, 1983
Assignee: The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company (Akron, OH)
Inventor: Peter McDonald (Hudson, OH)
Primary Examiner: James M. Gandy
Attorney: Ernst H. Ruf
Application Number: 6/247,474
International Classification: D1215;