Pneumatic tire tread and buttress

Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a pneumatic 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 a left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view of a pneumatic tire tread and buttress showing a second embodiment of our new design it being understood that the pattern is repeated uniformly throughout the circumference of the tread and buttress and is skewed on the left half thereof relative to the right half wherein the grooves match;

FIG. 7 is a left side perspective view of the tread in FIG. 6; and,

FIG. 8 is a right side perspective view of the tread in FIG. 6.

The broken line showing of environmental structure in FIGS. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 of the drawings is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D344054
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 20, 1990
Date of Patent: Feb 8, 1994
Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Akron, OH)
Inventors: John S. Attinello (Hartville, OH), William E. Glover (Akron, OH), Samuel P. Landers (Uniontown, OH), Paul B. Maxwell (Stow, OH)
Primary Examiner: James M. Gandy
Attorney: T. P. Lewandowski
Application Number: 7/616,305
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D12/151