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Tire tread

Granted 23 Dec 2003 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. · originally Bridgestone

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Inventors: Andrea Kindig, Jeffrey D. Parker · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/172,512
filed 12 Dec 2002
Publication
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US D484090
granted 23 Dec 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of a tire tread showing our new design, it being understood that the tread pattern is repeated throughout the circumference of the tire tread, the opposite side being the same as that shown;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a reduced scale side elevational view of the right side thereof, the opposite side being identical thereto; and,

FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary side perspective view thereof.

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

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/579

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AUAU-152703-SS13 Aug 20034 Jun 2003publishedTire
CACA-103362-SS7 Apr 200412 Jun 2003grantedTire

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