Tread portion of an automobile tire

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tread portion of an automobile tire according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary enlarged font view showing the details of the tread portion thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a section view taken along line 8 - 8 in FIG. 7 .

Broken lines in the drawing figures are used to show portions of the tire that are not claimed, and thus form no part of the claimed invention.