Automobile tire

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of the automobile tire, showing the new design, each of the rear view, the top plan view and the bottom plan view appearing the same as the front view;

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the automobile tire, the left side view appearing the same as the right side view;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary front view, showing in enlargement the portion 3--3 in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is a sectional view, taken on line 4--4 of FIG. 3.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D281151 October 29, 1985 Poque et al.
D283214 April 1, 1986 Sladky
D288192 February 10, 1987 Nakatani
D316690 May 7, 1991 Tagashira
4166490 September 4, 1979 Poque
Other references
  • Yokohama Y372 Tire, 1995 Tread Design Guide, p. 75, Jan. 1995.
Patent History
Patent number: D389103
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 1, 1996
Date of Patent: Jan 13, 1998
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (Tokyo)
Inventors: Yoshimasa Hashimoto (Kanagawa-ken), Tetsuya Kuze (Kanagawa-ken), Toshihiko Suzuki (Kanagawa-ken), Izumi Kuramochi (Tokyo), Kohtaroh Iwabuchi (Tokyo)
Primary Examiner: James Gandy
Assistant Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Law Firm: Nikaido, Marmelstein, Murray & Oram LLP
Application Number: 0/61,494
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D12/146; D12/143
International Classification: 1215;