Tire tread and buttress

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of a tire tread and buttress showing our new design, it being understood that the pattern is repeated uniformly throughout the circumference of the tread and buttress;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a first perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of one side thereof;

FIG. 5 is a second perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation view of the opposite side thereof.

The broken line showing of environmental structure in FIGS. 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D325015
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 9, 1990
Date of Patent: Mar 31, 1992
Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Akron, OH)
Inventors: Paul B. Maxwell (Stow, OH), Darrell E. Covert (Uniontown, OH)
Primary Examiner: James M. Gandy
Attorneys: T. P. Lewandowski, L. R. Drayer
Application Number: 7/550,788
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D12/147