Center tread for a tire

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a center tread for a tire 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; the opposite side elevational view being identical thereto; and,

FIG. 4 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 in FIGS. 1 through 4 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

In the drawings, the broken lines defining the sidewall, inner bead and the peripheral boundary between the claimed tire tread and the unclaimed sidewall depict environmental subject matter that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D601948
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 11, 2008
Date of Patent: Oct 13, 2009
Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Akron, OH)
Inventors: Mark Leonard Bonko (Uniontown, OH), Joshua Randall Elsass (Wadsworth, OH), John David Renner (Uniontown, OH), Max Harold Dixon (Kent, OH)
Primary Examiner: Stacia Cadmus
Attorney: Richard B. O'Planick
Application Number: 29/324,357