Patent ID: 8631847

Claim:
A pneumatic tire comprising protruding ridges on a surface of a side wall portion extending in a tire radial direction for a predetermined range in the tire radial direction and being provided in a plurality in a row arrangement in a tire circumferential direction, wherein the ridges are formed continuously in the predetermined range from a first edge in the tire radial direction to a second edge; characters are formed by reference parts of the ridges provided on a reference line that connects the first edge of the ridges in the tire radial direction to the second edge, and curved parts that depart from and return to the reference line by bending or curving; individual of the ridges are formed as a single stroke from the first edge to the second edge; an individual of the characters is represented by a combination of a plurality of the ridges; the curved parts bend or curve across the surface of the sidewall; and the reference line is a straight line or a curved line formed having a prescribed curvature from the first edge of the ridges to the second edge.