ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,774, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Lifted Ltd. LLC (Boulder, Colo.).
"Device and method for grinding herbs and tobacco" was invented by Matthew Robert Bodenchuk (Boulder, Colo.) and Leslie Renea Bodenchuk (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grinder is provided that generally comprises a rotor that is at least partially disposed within a housing. Materials such as tobacco, herb, spices, or food is loaded into the housing, and a user turns the rotor relative to the housing to drive protrusions such as blades extending from a shaft of the rotor into the tobacco, herb, spices, or food. This grinds the contents into smal...