Patent ID: 7665496

Claim:
A pneumatic tire comprising a cylindrical crown portion, and a pair of sidewalls and a pair of bead portions, the sidewalls and the bead portions being continuous from both sides of the crown portion, in which a continuous decorative portion and protruding portions are arranged on at least one of the sidewalls, wherein the continuous decorative portion comprises serrations having a pattern of tops and bottoms which continue with each other, the tops of the serrations protruding higher than the bottoms of the serrations with respect to a direction of protruding from the sidewall on which the decorative portion is arranged, and the tops and bottoms of the serrations extend continuously along the length thereof from a first region to a second region, wherein the bottoms of the serrations in the first region are formed at a root groove line, wherein the protruding portions protrude higher than the tops of the serrations with respect to the direction of protruding from the sidewall, the protruding portions including at least one of a character and a mark, and wherein each protruding portion adjoins the serrations at the second region of the serrations to provide a joined portion around the protruding portion, wherein bottoms of the adjoined serrations in the second region at the joined portion are higher than the root groove line defined by the bottoms of the same adjoined serrations in the first region with respect to the direction of protruding from the sidewall.