Perforated taco shell

- General Mills, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a perforated taco shell according to an embodiment of the present design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the perforated taco shell, with the rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the perforated taco shell;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the perforated taco shell;

FIG. 5 is right side elevational view of the perforated taco shell, with the left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a perforated taco shell according to another embodiment of the present design;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of the perforated taco shell of FIG. 6, with the rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top view of the perforated taco shell of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the perforated taco shell of FIG. 6; and,

FIG. 10 is right side elevational view of the perforated taco shell of FIG. 6, with the left side view being a mirror image thereof.

The evenly-spaced broken lines shown in FIGS. 1-10 illustrate portions of the perforated taco shell that form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot broken lines in FIGS. 1, 2, 6 and 7 illustrate the boundary of the claimed design that forms no part thereof.

Claims

The ornamental design for a perforated taco shell, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D851355
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 27, 2018
Date of Patent: Jun 18, 2019
Assignee: General Mills, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Inventors: John J Fenske (Shoreview, MN), Shivakumar Elayedath (Eden Prairie, MN), Sean Igo (Minnetonka, MN), Andrew David King (St Neots), David Morrison Russell (Sheffield), Samuel Whitmore (Cambridge), Mark Anthony Zentile (Heidelberg)
Primary Examiner: Katie Jane Stofko
Application Number: 29/638,498
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D1/122