Butter stick

- LAND O'LAKES, INC.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, front and left side perspective view of a butter stick;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a is a front elevation view thereof, the bottom plan view being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view, the right side elevation view being a mirror image thereof.

The evenly-spaced broken lines in FIGS. 1-4 illustrate portions of the butter stick that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines in FIGS. 1-3 illustrate the boundary of the claimed design which forms no part thereof. Any portion of the article between those breaks forms 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: D977218
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 21, 2021
Date of Patent: Feb 7, 2023
Assignee: LAND O'LAKES, INC. (Arden Hills, MN)
Inventors: Sharon K. Cody (Maple Grove, MN), Joseph V. Burger (Apple Valley, MN), Jonathan Anderson (Minneapolis, MN), Lisa Ryan (Lakeville, MN)
Primary Examiner: Katie Jane Stofko
Application Number: 29/779,850
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D1/100