Automobile tire

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of an 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 it being understood that the tread pattern repeats uniformly throughout the circumference of the tire;

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 an enlarged fragmentary front view, showing in enlargement the portion of 3--3 in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is a sectional view, taken on line 4--4 and in the direction of arrows in FIG. 3.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D364368 November 21, 1995 Van Der Meer et al.
D369764 May 14, 1996 Himuro et al.
D387711 December 16, 1997 Shirai et al.
D400136 October 27, 1998 Heinen et al.
Patent History
Patent number: D416522
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 16, 1998
Date of Patent: Nov 16, 1999
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (Tokyo)
Inventor: Shoichiro Matsuda (Kanawaga-ken)
Primary Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Law Firm: Nikaido, Marmelstein, Murray & Oram LLP
Application Number: 0/90,794
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D12/147
International Classification: 1215;