Shaped tortilla

Clements , et al. June 21, 2

Patent Grant D759342

U.S. patent number D759,342 [Application Number D/541,114] was granted by the patent office on 2016-06-21 for shaped tortilla. This patent grant is currently assigned to General Mills, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is General Mills, Inc.. Invention is credited to Robert G Clements, Shivakumar Elayedath, Amy R Fleury, Zachary Harder.


United States Patent D759,342
Clements ,   et al. June 21, 2016

Shaped tortilla

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a shaped tortilla, as shown and described.
Inventors: Clements; Robert G (Plymouth, MN), Elayedath; Shivakumar (Eden Prairie, MN), Fleury; Amy R (Arden Hills, MN), Harder; Zachary (Crystal, MN)
Applicant:
Name City State Country Type

General Mills, Inc.

Minneapolis

MN

US
Assignee: General Mills, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Appl. No.: D/541,114
Filed: September 30, 2015

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29476459 Dec 13, 2013

Current U.S. Class: D1/122; D1/130
Current International Class: 0101
Field of Search: ;D1/100-130,199 ;D7/504,509,510,523,524,555,566,568,584-587,602,672,300.1,629,653,654,402,667,400 ;D21/386 ;D19/91 ;426/92,94,95,99,101,138-139,143,279,282,283,391,514 ;D11/146,151,154,164 ;D14/480.5,484.1 ;47/72 ;D26/113,134 ;229/400 ;D9/425

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Primary Examiner: Rademaker; Garth
Assistant Examiner: Mroczka; Katie
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Kahler; Rachel A. Diederiks, Jr.; Everett G. Frawley; Annette M.

Description



FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shaped tortilla showing our design;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1, taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1.

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