Tire tread

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a tire tread showing our new design, it being understood that the tread pattern is repeated throughout the circumference of the tire tread, the opposite side being the same as that shown;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the right side thereof, the opposite side being identical thereto; and,

FIG. 3 is a side perspective view thereof.

In FIGS. 1–3, the broken lines defining the sidewall and inner bead depict environmental subject matter that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Other references
  • Exhibit A is a brochure of Firestone entitled “Current Traction Field and Road”, showing a tire currently sold by the assignee of the present invention for irrigation tire purposes.
  • Exhibit B comprises four sheets of drawings entitled “Bridgestone Corporation AGS 650X100 C R25LM” showing a solid rubber non-directional tire.
  • Exhibit C1 comprises nine pages Of photographs of a Firestone 67X34.00-25 Flotation 23 Deep Tread Logger Tire. This tire has directional lugs and has a central circumferential lug connecting the directional lugs.
  • Exhibit C2 is a brochure page describing the Firestone Flotation 23 Deep Tread Logger Tire of Exhibit C1.
  • Exhibit D1 is a photograph of a Firestone 16.9R28 Radial Champ Spade Grip Tire. This tire has directional lugs and has a central circumferential lug joining the angled directional lugs.
  • Exhibit D2 is a brochure describing the Firestone Radial Champ Spade Grip Tire of Exhibit D1.
  • Exhibit E is a photograph of a Firestone 18.4-38 Champ Spade Grip Tire. This tire has directional lugs with a central circumferential lug joining the directional lugs.
  • Exhibit F1 comprises two pages Of photographs of a Firestone 5.00-15 Power Implement Tire having a non-directional lug pattern.
  • Exhibit F2 is a drawing of the Firestone 5.00-15 Power Implement Tire of Exhibit F1.
  • Exhibit F3 is a brochure describing Firestone Power Implement Tires with the tire depicted by A being the tire of Exhibits Fl and F2.
  • Exhibit G depicts two tires of interest: (1) Dico—Premium Wide Trac TL-N and (2) Dynastar—IndustrialDeep Lug TT-N.
  • Exhibit H depicts one tire of interest: General—Deep Mine Lug (Industrial)(NHS).
  • Exhibit I depicts one tire of interest: Toyo G-25EDT (E-4) TL-N.
Patent History
Patent number: D610072
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 6, 2008
Date of Patent: Feb 16, 2010
Assignee:
Inventors: Bill J. Wallet (Marshallville, OH), John J. Regallis (Akron, OH), Jeffrey D. Parker (Akron, OH), Nobuo Shimizu (Saitama Prefecture), Andrew T. Miklic (Akron, OH)
Primary Examiner: Caron Veynar
Assistant Examiner: George D Kirschbaum
Attorney: Thomas R. Kingsbury
Application Number: 29/319,298