(12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.:
Clements et al.

USO0D759342S

US 
(45) Date of Patent: Jun. 21, 2016

 

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SHAPED TORTILLA

Applicant: General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
(US)

Inventors: Robert Clements, Plymouth, MN

Shivakumar Elayedath, Eden

Prairie, MN (U Amy Fleury, Arden

Hills, MN Zachary Harder,

MN (US)

Assignee: General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN

(US)

Term: 15 Years

Appl. N0.: 29/541,114

Filed: Sep. 30, 2015

Related US. Application Data

Division of application No. 29/476,459, ?led on Dec.
13, 2013.

LOC (10) Cl. .. 01-01
US Cl.

USPC .. 
Field of Classi?cation Search

USPC .. 199; 509, 510,

524, 555, 566, 568, 5847587, 602,
300.1, 629, 653, 654, 402, 667,
426/92, 94, 95,
426/99, 101, 1387139, 143, 279, 282, 283,
426/391, 514; 151, 154, 164;
484.1; 47/72; 
229/400; 
See application ?le for complete search history.

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Primary Examiner Garth Rademaker
Assistant Examiner 7 Katie Mroczka

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm 7 Rachel A. Kahler; Everett
G. Diederiks, Jr; Annette M. Frawley

(57) CLAIM
The ornamental design for a shaped tortilla, as shown and
described.

DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shaped tortilla showing our
design;

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

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the shaped tortilla of FIG.
1, taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1; and,
FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1.

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