Automobile tire

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Description

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

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

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary front view of the automobile tire, showing in enlargement the portion of line 3—3 and in the direction of arrows in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the automobile tire taken along line 4—4 and in the direction of the arrows in FIG. 3; and,

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the automobile tire.

In the drawings, the even broken lines represent environmental structure only; the dash-dot-dash lines represent the boundary between the claimed design and the tire sidewall. All broken lines represent subject matter that forms no part of the claim.

Claims

The ornamental design for automobile tire, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D531571
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 13, 2005
Date of Patent: Nov 7, 2006
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (Tokyo)
Inventor: Takayuki Suzuki (Kanagawa)
Primary Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Attorney: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC
Application Number: 29/238,159