Proposed is a tire including a pattern forming area provided on a sidewall to display a pattern of predetermined shape, wherein the pattern forming area is formed by continuously arranging a plurality of hexagon-shaped unit patterns, and the unit patterns existing on the edges of the pattern forming area are cut off in shapes to correspond to the shape of the pattern forming area.

A tire for displaying at least one indicium includes a label affixed to the tire at a mounting location. The label has a first side facing away from the tire and a second side connected to the tire. The label's first side is configured to receive at least one adhesive appliqué having at least one indicium. The mounting location is a location on a sidewall of the tire where the label undergoes a strain equal to or less than a threshold strain under pre-defined conditions.

A method of manufacturing a rubber member includes forming a mask on which pattern structures are arranged at a constant pitch, arranging the mask on a substrate of a mold made of a metal or a semiconductor material and etching the substrate. The method further includes adhering unvulcanized rubber to the substrate, vulcanizing the unvulcanized rubber to form vulcanized rubber, and transferring a fine ridged/grooved structure to a surface of the vulcanized rubber. The fine ridged/grooved structure is formed on at least a part of the surface of the vulcanized rubber as the rubber member, the fine ridged/grooved structure having fine ridged/grooved portions arranged at the constant pitch. A region in which the fine ridged/grooved structure is provided is visually recognizable by a structural color different from colors of other regions.

A mark indicating portion arranged on a sidewall portion is provided with a reference surface provided on a surface of the sidewall portion and one or more marks formed on the reference surface. A surface of the or each mark is provided with a ridge line extending obliquely with respect to a tyre radial direction, a first surface portion positioned on an outer side in the tyre radial direction of the ridge line, and a second surface portion positioned on an inner side in the tyre radial direction of the ridge line. Each of the first surface portion and the second surface portion is inclined in a direction in which a height thereof from the reference surface is decreased as it goes away from the ridge line.

Provided is a tire including: a decorative portion that is formed on an outer surface of the tire and has a base surface; and a pattern region that is provided at the decorative portion and includes plural projections projecting from the base surface and formed at an interval of from more than 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, the plural projections having a height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, in which at least in the pattern region, the plurality of projections is inclined in one direction with respect to a normal line perpendicular to the base surface.

A mold for vulcanizing and molding a tire is provided herein. The tire includes a tread delimited by two sidewalls, the mold including a ring for molding the tread of the tire and two shells for molding the sidewalls. The mold includes an annular groove extending in a recessed manner in one of the shells and an insert housed in the groove, this insert having tire marking elements and being formed from a plurality of insert parts that are positioned one after another in the annular groove.

A method of mounting an object on a tire includes providing a tire having a sidewall, wherein the sidewall includes a mounting portion configured to receive an object. The method further includes mounting the object on the mounting portion of the sidewall, such that the object is visible without extending outwardly beyond the mounting portion.

A pneumatic tire includes a surface and is rotatable about a center axis. The surface of the pneumatic tire includes a ground colored region including a surface of rubber, and an image recognition belt region including a colored region provided in a circumferential direction of the center axis.

At least one mark in the form of a character or a figure and a surface geometry arrangement region can be disposed on a surface of a sidewall portion. The surface geometry arrangement region can include a first region formed adjacent to the mark outside the mark. The first region can have a plurality of first micro projections disposed therein. The first region can extend radially from a vanishing point on the surface of the sidewall portion toward the mark so as to allow the mark to be stereoscopically viewed.

At least one mark formed by a character or a figure and a surface geometry arrangement region disposed adjacent to the mark outside the mark can be formed on a surface of a sidewall portion of a tire. The surface geometry arrangement region can have a plurality of micro projections. The surface geometry arrangement region can include a first region formed in at least a part of the surface geometry arrangement region such that the greater a distance from the mark is, the less a height of the micro projection can be.