Tread portion of an automobile tire

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tread portion of an automobile tire showing my design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary enlarged front view surrounded by line A-A and B-B in FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line 7 - 7 in FIG. 6 ; and,

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

The dark gray stippled shading represents tread grooves having the depths shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 .

The broken lines in the drawings are intended to show portions of the tread portion of an automobile tire that are not being claimed, and thus form no part of the claimed design.