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Tire tread

Granted 19 Aug 1997 · no office action yet

Current assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · originally Goodyear Tire and Rubber

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Inventors: Michael Alois Kolowski, Keith Carl Trares, Andy Ngoc Hoang, Anthony John Scarpitti +3 · Examiner: James Gandy · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 4 Mar 1996
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US D382517
granted 19 Aug 1997

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

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

FIG. 2 is a left front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary front view of the tire of FIG. 1.

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

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D12/142D12/146

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