Container for food products

- General Mills, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a container for food products showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation of the container for food products, the rear and side elevations are the same;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the bottom of the container exploded from the container body.

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Patent History
Patent number: D426463
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 15, 1997
Date of Patent: Jun 13, 2000
Assignee: General Mills, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Inventor: Henry J. Landis, II (Orland Park, IL)
Primary Examiner: Lucy Lieberman
Attorneys: John A. O'Toole, Alan D. Kamrath, Everett G. Diederiks, Jr.
Application Number: 0/77,026
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9500; D9/520; D9/428
International Classification: 0903;