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Tire tread

Granted 18 Nov 2025 · no office action yet

Assignee: Bridgestone

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Inventors: Keigo Saito, Takaaki Kojima, Shungo Fujita · Examiner: John A Voytek · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/957,951
filed 16 Aug 2024
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US D1102361
granted 18 Nov 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

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

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, the back view being identical;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof, the bottom view being identical;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary enlarged front view thereof taken along line 6 - 6 in FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 7 is a cross sectional end view taken along line 7 - 7 in FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 8 is a cross sectional end view taken along line 8 - 8 in FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 9 is a cross sectional end view taken along line 9 - 9 in FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 10 is a cross sectional end view taken along line 10 - 10 in FIG. 6 ; and,

FIG. 11 is a cross sectional end view taken along line 11 - 11 in FIG. 6 .

The broken lines in the drawings illustrate features of a tire tread that are not being claimed, and form no part of the claimed design. The light stippled surface shading represents the surface of the tire tread, and the dark stippled surface shading represents the recessed portion of the tread grooves, having the depth as shown in FIGS. 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 and 11 .

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D12/579

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