Automobile tire

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of an automobile tire, showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 7 is a left side perspective view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 8 is a right side perspective view of the automobile tire;

FIG. 9 is a partial front elevational view of the automobile tire, shown at an enlarged scale;

FIG. 10 is a cross-section view of the automobile tire, taken along line 10-10 of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 11 is a partial front elevational view of the automobile tire, with grooves shown in black.

The evenly-spaced broken lines shown in the drawings are for the purpose of showing environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design. The dashed-dotted broken lines in the drawings are used to show the boundary between claimed and unclaimed subject matter and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D593931 June 9, 2009 Fontaine et al.
D606002 December 15, 2009 Yamakawa et al.
D606924 December 29, 2009 Bervas et al.
D609627 February 9, 2010 Frappart et al.
D612327 March 23, 2010 Yonetsu
D634699 March 22, 2011 Fontaine et al.
20100212792 August 26, 2010 Mita
Foreign Patent Documents
D 1163495 January 2003 JP
D 1213702 August 2004 JP
D 1236667 April 2005 JP
D 1248496 August 2005 JP
D 1254716 October 2005 JP
D 1303140 June 2007 JP
D 1308168 August 2007 JP
D 1333616 June 2008 JP
D 1334386 June 2008 JP
D 1335503 July 2008 JP
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Other references
  • Continental ContiSportContact 2 Tire; 2005 Tread Design Guide, p. 13, Row 1, Item 1.
  • Continental CrossContact LX Tire; 2005 Tread Design Guide, p. 64, Row 2, Item 5.
  • Continental VancoContact 2 Tire; 2006 Tread Design Guide, p. 63, Row 4, Item 2.
Patent History
Patent number: D650734
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 11, 2009
Date of Patent: Dec 20, 2011
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (Tokyo)
Inventors: Masaya Mita (Hiratsuka), Koji Watanabe (Hiratsuka), Kenichiro Endo (Tokyo), Izumi Kuramochi (Tokyo)
Primary Examiner: Garth Rademaker
Attorney: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
Application Number: 29/343,406
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Straight Sides (D12/517)