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

Claim 0:
1. A grinder device comprising:
a container;
a cap assembly configured to be friction-fit to the container such that the cap assembly is removably lockable to the container; and
a grinding mill disposed within the cap assembly to perform a grinding operation of condiment disposed in the container, wherein
the grinding mill includes a movable grinder portion and a fixed grinder portion that are rotatable relative to each other,
the fixed grinder portion is engageable with the container to permit relative rotation between the cap assembly and the container,
the cap assembly includes a cap assembly alignment indicator and the container includes a container alignment indicator,
when the cap assembly is secured to the container, and the cap assembly and container alignment indicators are aligned with each other, the cap assembly is switched from a cap assembly locked position to a cap assembly removal position, and
when the cap assembly is in the cap assembly removal position, and opposite pulling separation forces respectively act on the cap assembly and the container, the separation forces initiate separation of the cap assembly from the container.