Tread portion of an automobile tire

- Bridgestone Corporation

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a tread portion of an automobile tire, the tread pattern repeating uniformly around the circumference of the tire;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof, the right side being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged view showing the details of the tread portion thereof.

Broken lines in the drawing figures are intended to show environmental structure only, and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a tread portion of an automobile tire, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D390173 February 3, 1998 Aoki
D414449 September 28, 1999 Schuster
D477566 July 22, 2003 Nonaka
D485231 January 13, 2004 Nonaka
D609163 February 2, 2010 Buchinger-Barnstorf
D609165 February 2, 2010 Fujioka
Foreign Patent Documents
1338261 August 2008 JP
1351834 February 2009 JP
Other references
  • Notification of Refusal dated Sep. 16, 2009 (2 pages).
Patent History
Patent number: D637150
Type: Grant
Filed: May 29, 2009
Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation (Tokyo)
Inventor: Makoto Koshio (Tokyo)
Primary Examiner: Caron Veynar
Assistant Examiner: George D Kirschbaum
Attorney: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Application Number: 29/337,798