Tire tread

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tire tread showing our new design, 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;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevational view thereof.

In the drawings, the broken lines defining the sidewall, inner bead and the peripheral boundary between the tire tread and the sidewall are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

The dark stippled surface shading represents the recessed portion of the tread grooves having the depth shown at the top and bottom edges of FIG. 2; the depth of the lateral shoulder grooves tapers outwardly to the depth shown along the left edge of FIG. 1.

Claims

The ornamental design for a tire tread, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D546272
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 15, 2006
Date of Patent: Jul 10, 2007
Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Akron, OH)
Inventors: Kazunori Shinohara (Copley, OH), Erick Sigfried Espinosa Muller (Copley, OH), Iwao Uenoyama (Ibaraki)
Primary Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Attorney: Richard B. O'Planick
Application Number: 29/256,098