Tire

Abstract

A pneumatic tire is provided with a decoration portion at a tire side portion. The decoration portion includes decoration elements, which include ridges, and gullies, which are inclined with respect to the tire circumferential direction and divide the decoration elements into at least two regions. Thus, the gullies make the ridges non-continuous in the tire circumferential direction. The ridges include first ridges and second ridges that are smaller than the first ridges in one or both of height and width. At least some of the first ridges are inclined with respect to the tire circumferential direction and are adjacent to one another. Thus, the gullies are formed between the adjacent first ridges.

1 . A tire comprising a decoration portion at a tire side portion, the decoration portion including a plurality of decoration elements, and the decoration elements including:
 first decoration elements that are formed only by first ridges forming decoration element outlines;   second decoration elements that are configured by the first ridges and second ridges that are arranged inside the first ridges; and   third decoration elements that differ from the second decoration elements in terms of arrangement of the second ridges.   
     
     
         2 . The tire according to  claim 1  wherein, in the first decoration elements, regions inside the first ridges are smooth surfaces. 
     
     
         3 . The tire according to  claim 1 , wherein directions of extension of the second ridges differ between the second decoration elements and the third decoration elements. 
     
     
         4 . The tire according to  claim 1 , wherein pitches of the second ridges differ between the second decoration elements and the third decoration elements. 
     
     
         5 . The tire according to  claim 1 , wherein the first decoration elements, the second decoration elements and the third decoration elements are arranged cyclically in the decoration portion. 
     
     
         6 . The tire according to  claim 1 , further comprising a marked portion at the tire side portion that displays marks, wherein the first decoration elements and second decoration elements are disposed in at least a portion of a periphery of the marked portion. 
     
     
         7 . The tire according to  claim 6 , wherein the ridges are arrayed in a peripheral region of the marked portion that does not include the marks, and the marks are presented as smooth surfaces.