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

Claim 15:
16. The grinder device of claim 12, wherein
when the closure is in a locked position such that the cap assembly is secured to the container:
one of the plurality of protrusions provided on the inner circumferential surface of the grinder housing faces one of the plurality of lock beads in a position radially outward from the same, and
the closure is configured to resist separation such that when the separation force is generated to separate the cap assembly from the container:
on a side of the closure receiving the separation force, the one of the plurality of lock protrusions contacts a lower surface of the upper annular shoulder and becomes wedged in the recessed groove between an upper surface of the one of the plurality of lock beads and the lower surface of the upper annular shoulder, and
on another side of the closure opposite of the side receiving the separation force, another one of the plurality of lock protrusions is pressed downwardly and radially inwardly to contact another one of the plurality of lock beads, and a lower peripheral rim portion of the grinder housing is urged downward to abut into an upper surface of the lower annular shoulder thereby preventing the one of the plurality of lock protrusions on the side of the cap assembly receiving the separation force sufficient space to slide upwardly and radially outward over the upper annular shoulder and permit separation of the closure and removal of the cap assembly from the container.