Shaped tortilla

- General Mills, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the shaped tortilla;

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

FIG. 3 is an end view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1, taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1.

The evenly-spaced broken lines in FIGS. 1-7 illustrate portions of the shaped tortilla that from no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot-dash broken lines in FIGS. 1-7 illustrate the boundary of the claimed design which forms no part thereof.

Claims

The ornamental design for a shaped tortilla, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D779151
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 13, 2013
Date of Patent: Feb 21, 2017
Assignee: General Mills, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Inventors: Robert G Clements (Plymouth, MN), Shivakumar Elayedath (Eden Prairie, MN), Amy R. Fleury (Arden Hills, MN), Zachary Harder (Crystal, MN)
Primary Examiner: Garth Rademaker
Assistant Examiner: Katie Stofko Mroczka
Application Number: 29/476,443
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D1/122; D1/125