Tread, with improved groove design
CA 2054424 A1 · Owner: Crump, Robert Lester · Inventors: Crump, Robert Lester; Hurst, Lawrence Bernard; Montgomery, Edward Leroy
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Abstract of the Invention An improved tire tread having a net-to-gross ratio greater than 50% and a plurality of grooves defined by a base spaced between road contacting ribs is described herein. The improved tread is characterized by at least one circumferentially extending radially deep groove having a circumferentially continuous projection in the base of the groove. The projection has a height measured from the base of the groove radially outward of less than one-sixth of the depth of the groove. The projection has a thickness of greater than one-half the height of the projection. The projection is axially spaced from the adjacent road contacting ribs. The projection is connected to the …
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- Filed October 29, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 29, 2011.
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