Modular display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11127315-B2
Application number	US-201715689240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 29, 2017
Priority date	Aug 29, 2017
Publication date	Sep 21, 2021
Grant date	Sep 21, 2021

Abstract

A first tread pattern display system for new tread patterns includes a first upper sidewall part, a second upper sidewall part, a first tread shoulder part, a second tread shoulder part, and a middle tread part. The first upper sidewall part removably attaches to the first tread shoulder part by a plurality of projections extending from the first upper sidewall part to corresponding recesses in the first tread shoulder part.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A tread pattern display system for new tread patterns, the system comprising:
a first upper sidewall part;
a second upper sidewall part;
a first tread shoulder part;
a second tread shoulder part; and
a middle tread part, the first upper sidewall part removably attached to the first tread shoulder part by a plurality of projections extending from the first upper sidewall part to corresponding recesses in the first tread shoulder part.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first tread shoulder part removably attaches to the middle tread part by a plurality of projections extending from both the first tread shoulder part and the middle tread part, respectively, to the middle tread part and the first tread shoulder part, respectively, to corresponding recesses in the middle tread part and the first tread shoulder part, respectively.

3. The system as recited in claim 2 wherein the middle tread part removably attaches to the second tread shoulder part by a plurality of projections extending from both the middle tread part and the second tread shoulder part, respectively, to the second tread shoulder part and the middle tread part, respectively, to corresponding recesses in the middle tread part and the second tread shoulder part, respectively.

4. The system as recited in claim 3 wherein the middle tread part fixedly attaches to the second tread shoulder part by a plurality of projections extending from both the middle tread part and the second tread shoulder part, respectively, to the second tread shoulder part and the middle tread part, respectively, to corresponding recesses in the middle tread part and the second tread shoulder part, respectively.

5. The system as recited in claim 3 wherein the second tread shoulder part removably attaches to the second upper sidewall part by a plurality of projections extending from the second upper sidewall part to corresponding recesses in the second tread shoulder part.

6. A tread pattern display system for new tread patterns, the system comprising:
a first upper sidewall part having a first exterior design;
a second upper sidewall part having a second exterior design;
a first tread shoulder part having a third exterior design;
a second tread shoulder part having a fourth exterior design; and
a first middle tread part having a fifth exterior design, the first upper sidewall part removably attached to the first tread shoulder part by a plurality of projections extending from the first upper sidewall part to corresponding recesses in the first tread shoulder part, the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth exterior designs combining to form a complete tread and upper sidewall pattern.

7. The system as set forth in claim 5 further including a third tread shoulder part having a sixth exterior design, the third tread shoulder part having identical connecting structures to connecting structures of the first tread shoulder part.

8. The system as set forth in claim 5 further including a third tread shoulder part having a sixth exterior design, the third tread shoulder part having identical connecting structures to connecting structures of the second tread shoulder part.

9. The system as set forth in claim 5 further including a second middle tread part having a sixth exterior design, the second middle tread part having identical connecting structures to connecting structures of the first middle tread part.

10. The system as set forth in claim 5 further including a third upper sidewall part having a sixth exterior design, the third upper sidewall part having identical connecting structures to connecting structures of the first upper sidewall part.

11. A method for displaying multiple tread designs, the method comprising the steps of:
connecting a first upper sidewall to a first tread shoulder;
connecting the first tread shoulder part to a first middle tread part;
connecting the first middle tread part to a second tread shoulder part, the first middle tread part having a part of a first tread design;
connecting the second tread shoulder part to a second upper sidewall part;
disconnecting the first middle tread part from the first tread shoulder part and the second tread shoulder part; and
connecting a second middle tread part to the first tread shoulder part and the second tread shoulder part, the second middle tread part having part of a second tread design.

12. The method as set forth in claim 11 further including the steps of:
disconnecting the first tread shoulder part from the first upper sidewall part and the first middle tread part; and
connecting a third tread shoulder part to the first upper sidewall part and the first middle tread part, the first tread shoulder part having part of a tread design different from a part of another tread design of the third tread shoulder part.

13. The method as set forth in claim 11 further including the step of removably attaching the first tread shoulder part to the first middle tread part by a plurality of projections extending from both the first tread shoulder part and the first middle tread part, respectively, to the first middle tread part and the first tread shoulder part, respectively, to corresponding recesses in the first middle tread part and the first tread shoulder part, respectively.

14. The method as set forth in claim 11 further including the step of removably attaching the first middle tread part to the second tread shoulder part by a plurality of projections extending from both the first middle tread part and the second tread shoulder part, respectively, to the second tread shoulder part and the first tread shoulder part, respectively, to corresponding recesses in the first tread shoulder part and the second tread shoulder part, respectively.

15. The method as set forth in claim 11 further including the step of removably attaching the first middle tread part to the second tread shoulder part by a plurality of projections extending from both the middle tread part and the second tread shoulder part, respectively, to the second tread shoulder part and the middle tread part, respectively, to corresponding recesses in the middle tread part and the second tread shoulder part, respectively.

16. The method as set forth in claim 11 further including the step of removably attaching the second tread shoulder part to the second upper sidewall part by a plurality of projections extending from the second upper sidewall part to corresponding recesses in the second tread shoulder part.

17. The method as set forth in claim 11 further including the step of removably attaching the first tread shoulder part to the second middle tread part by a plurality of projections extending from both the first tread shoulder part and the second middle tread part, respectively, to the second middle tread part and the first tread shoulder part, respectively, to corresponding recesses in the second middle tread part and the first tread shoulder part, respectively.

Assignees

• Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Inventors

• Aull Joseph Louis
• Maxwell Paul Bryan
• Shondel Jonathan James

Classifications

• B60C11/03 Primary

  Tread patterns · CPC title

• B60C19/00

  Tyre parts or constructions not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• G09B25/02 Primary

  of industrial processes; of machinery · CPC title

• G09B1/36

  the elements being connectible by corresponding projections and recesses · CPC title

• G09F5/00

  Means for displaying samples (packaging per se B65) · CPC title