Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC

Bridgestone Corporation

Jeffrey D Parker

John J Regallis

Nobuo Shimizu

Andrew T Miklic

Bill J Wallet

Keith A Dumigan

Andrea Kindig

Francis J Byrne

Bradley J Harris

Dennis W Snyder

Kevin J Kosmac

Samuel O Givens

Masataka Uchiyama

Steven M Sawyer

Leonard M Shoun

Matthew T Schreiner

William J Wallet

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

A tire includes a circumferential tread constructed of a base material. The circumferential tread has a plurality of bars, each of the plurality of bars having a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces. The circumferential tread further has a plurality of valleys disposed between the plurality of bars. A reinforcement layer covers at least some of the plurality of valleys and an outer layer covers at least a portion of the reinforcement layer.

Tire with reinforced tread

Tire tread

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Akron, OH, United States of America

Jeffrey D Parker