Food dispenser

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective view of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines represent portions of the structure that forms no part of the claim. The stippling represents contrasting color.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a food dispenser, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D891872
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 14, 2018
Date of Patent: Aug 4, 2020
Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLC (Germantown, WI)
Inventors: Thomas Mitchell (Chicago, IL), Anders Olof Rostlund (Chicago, IL), David Mucci (Chicago, IL)
Primary Examiner: Cynthia R Underwood
Application Number: 29/653,390
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/589