Snack food product

- General Mills, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a snack food product illustrating my new design with the bottom view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof; the rear elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is an end view thereof with the opposite end being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a sectional side view thereof taken along lines 4--4 of FIG. 2 showing an interior cavity containing a filling; and,

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a second embodiment of FIG. 1, taken along line 4--4 of FIG. 2, it being understood that the only difference in the second embodiment is the empty interior cavity.

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Patent History
Patent number: D391736
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 8, 1993
Date of Patent: Mar 10, 1998
Assignee: General Mills, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Inventor: Duane D. Oelke (Plymouth, MN)
Primary Examiner: Pamela J. Burgess
Attorneys: John A. O'Toole, L. MeRoy Lillehaugen, J. Ernest Kenney
Application Number: 0/5,698
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/1125; D1/128; Exerciser Or Toy (D30/160)
International Classification: 0101;