Tire tread
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tire tread, it being understood that the pattern repeats uniformly throughout the circumference of the tread;
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof, the opposite side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of a second embodiment of a tire tread, it being understood that the pattern repeats uniformly throughout the circumference of the tread and that the side elevational view thereof are the same as shown and described in FIG. 3; and,
FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of a third embodiment of a tire tread, it being understood that the pattern repeats uniformly throughout the circumference of the tread and that the side elevational view thereof are the same as shown and described in FIG. 3.
In the drawings, the broken lines defining the inner bead of the sidewall and the peripheral boundary between the tire tread and the sidewall are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 7, 1997
Date of Patent: Feb 3, 1998
Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Akron, OH)
Inventors: Graham Stanley Ball (Staffordshire), Christopher Paul Johenning (Wadsworth, OH), John Janis Taube (Tallmadge, OH), Terry John Waibel (Wadsworth, OH), Christopher Alan Mantheiy (Akron, OH), Thomas Carl Evans (Copley, OH)
Primary Examiner: James Gandy
Assistant Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Attorney: T. P. Lewandowski
Application Number: 0/66,232
International Classification: 1215;
