ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,962, issued on July 1, was assigned to LENGJER METAL & PLASTIC Co. LTD (Dongguan, China).
"Pepper mill" was invented by Ming-Feng Wu (Tainan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pepper mill includes a receiving unit, a grinding unit, and an adjusting mechanism. The receiving unit includes a stationary seat and a rotatable seat. The grinding unit includes inner and outer grinding seats. The adjusting mechanism includes an operating base mounted in the rotatable seat and operable to rotate about a rotary axis, and a movable seat disposed between the operating base and the inner grinding seat. The operating base includes a threaded r...