Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Andrew T Miklic

John J Regallis

Nobuo Shimizu

Jeffrey D Parker

Bill J Wallet

Kevin E Scheifele

Richard S Parr

Keith A Dumigan

David M Severyn

Paul B Wilson

John D Rensel

Sheel Agarwal

Terence Eugene Wei

Douglas B Costlow

Zachary A Sterba

Hans R Dorfi

Adam Karl Nesbitt

Domenic Giampaolo

Ross W Widenor

Dennis W Snyder

Kevin J Kosmac

Reubin R Close

Edward L Smeltzer

Surya V Pothula

Paul D Rockwell

William J Wallet

Terrence E Wei

A non directional pneumatic tire is provided for an agricultural irrigation system. The tire includes first and second side walls and a radially outer wall defining an internal inflation chamber. A non directional tread pattern is defined on the tire and includes a plurality of longitudinal protrusions positioned substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the tire. The longitudinal protrusions are arranged in first and second rows extending from the first and second side walls toward and across the equatorial plane of the tire. The longitudinal protrusions of the first and second rows circumferentially alternate with each other and there is a circumferential spacing between adjacent longitudinal protrusions at the equatorial plane so that no portion of one longitudinal protrusion circumferentially coincides with or overlaps another.

Irrigation tire

Tire

A method of mounting an object on a tire includes providing a tire having a sidewall, wherein the sidewall includes a mounting portion configured to receive an object. The method further includes mounting the object on the mounting portion of the sidewall, such that the object is visible without extending outwardly beyond the mounting portion.

Tire structure for externally mounted device

Tire tread

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Akron, OH, United States of America

Andrew T Miklic