Tear strip access on packaging
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This application incorporates by reference U.S. Patent Application No. 11/233,502 for all that it discloses. All material from the U.S. Patent Application that is essential to the claimed design is included in this application. Any material in the U.S. Patent Application that is not present in this application forms no part of the claimed design.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a packaging having tear-strip and access according to the invention; and,
FIG. 2 is an end view thereof.
The lines depicted as “- - - - ” represent a perforated line forming part of the claimed design and defining the outer boundary of the claim while lines depicted as “.. — .. —” represent environmental structure forming no part of the claimed design.
Claims
I claim the ornamental design for tear strip access on packaging, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 14, 2005
Date of Patent: Jan 9, 2007
Assignee: General Mills, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Inventor: Ali El-Afandi (Maplewood, MN)
Primary Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Assistant Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan
Attorney: Arlene L. Hornilla
Application Number: 29/242,645
