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Tread for a tire

Granted 20 Jan 1998 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Timothy Michael Rooney · Examiner: James Gandy · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 18 Jul 1996
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US D389441
granted 20 Jan 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tread for a tire showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary view of a portion of the tread as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.

The tread pattern is understood to be repeated uniformly throughout the circumference of the tire and the sides opposite to those shown in the drawing are mirror images thereof.

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