Butter stick

- LAND O'LAKES, INC.
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Description

FIG. 1 is an illustration of an isometric view of a first embodiment of a butter stick;

FIG. 2 is an illustration of a top view of the butter stick of FIG. 1 with the bottom view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is an illustration of a front view of the butter stick of FIG. 1, with the back view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is an illustration of a right side view of the butter stick of FIG. 1, with the left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 is an illustration of an isometric view of a second embodiment of a butter stick;

FIG. 6 is an illustration of a top view of the butter stick of FIG. 5 with the bottom view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 7 is an illustration of a front view of the butter stick of FIG. 5, with the back view being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is an illustration of a right side view of the butter stick of FIG. 5, with the left side view being a mirror image thereof.

The evenly-spaced broken lines in FIGS. 1-8 illustrate portions of the butter stick that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines in FIGS. 1, 2, 5 and 6 illustrate the boundary of the claimed design which forms no part thereof. Any portions of the article between the break lines form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a butter stick, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D899726
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 12, 2019
Date of Patent: Oct 27, 2020
Assignee: LAND O'LAKES, INC. (Arden Hills, MN)
Inventors: Joseph V. Burger (Apple Valley, MN), Jonathan Anderson (Minneapolis, MN), Sharon K. Cody (Maple Grove, MN), Lisa Ryan (Lakeville, MN)
Primary Examiner: Katie Jane Stofko
Application Number: 29/712,907
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D1/100; D1/121