Patent ID: 11930962
Assignee: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. The grinder device of claim 6, wherein
when the separation forces respectively act on the cap assembly and the container, the separation forces initiate separation of the cap assembly from the container to place the cap assembly in an initial separation position such that:
on a front side of the grinder device, one of the plurality of lock protrusions on the inner circumferential surface of the grinder housing contacts the upper annular shoulder of the annular neck and slides upwardly and radially outwardly toward an outermost circumferential edge of the upper annular shoulder to remove the one of the plurality of lock protrusions from the recessed groove and position the cap assembly in a tilted position relative to the container, and
on a rear side of the grinder device, opposite to the front side thereof, a lower peripheral rim portion of the grinder housing is urged downward to abut into an upper surface of the lower annular shoulder and another of the plurality of lock protrusions is retained in the recessed groove so as to restrict the cap assembly from being removed from the container.