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Sidewalls of a tire

Granted 16 Jul 2002 · no office action yet

Assignee: Michelin

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Inventors: Danny Austin Thrasher, Joseph George Hoover, Sylvain Leynaert · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/152,417
filed 18 Dec 2001
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US D460410
granted 16 Jul 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of sidewalls…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of sidewalls of a tire showing our new design, it being undestood that the surface pattern repeats circumferentially throughout the side portion of the tire, the opposite side perspective view being identical thereto;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevation view of a tire showing portions of the surface pattern of the tire sidewalls of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation view of one tire sidewall thereof, the surface pattern being repeated throughout the sidewall area, the opposite side elevation view being identical thereto.

The broken line disclosure of the tire tread and inner bead is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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D12/605

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