A tread wear indicator for a tire is provided. The tire includes a pair of sidewalls and a tread and the tread includes a plurality of circumferential grooves and a plurality of lateral grooves. The tread wear indicator is formed in a selected one of the lateral grooves adjacent a selected one of the circumferential grooves. The indicator includes a plurality of step elements descending from a radially outward surface of the tread toward the base of the selected one of the lateral grooves. Each step element includes an axially-extending surface that is approximately parallel to and is radially inward of the radially outward surface of the selected one of the tread elements, and a radially-extending surface that extends approximately perpendicular to the axially-extending surface. The axially-extending surface of each step element is formed with indicia visible to a user of the tire.


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    Title :

    TREAD WEAR INDICATOR



    Publication date :

    2018-11-15


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60C VEHICLE TYRES , Fahrzeugreifen



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