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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Bacher, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Jeffrey J Corpstein, Marion, IA (US);
Assignee:
Bandag Licensing Corporation, Muscatine, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3316 / ; 3317 / ; 33558 ;
Abstract
A tread depth probe for measuring the depth of a tread groove in a tire comprising a retaining and release mechanism to retain the probe pin in a retracted position when not in use and a release mechanism to release the probe pin when in use and having a measuring system permitting multiple tire groove depth readings while permitting the tread depth probe to be in the released position.