Modular display system
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsJoseph Louis Aull, Paul Bryan Maxwell, Jonathan James Shondel
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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.
Claims17
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.
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.
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.
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