ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,432, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to McCormick & Co. Inc..
"Grinder device" was invented by Morgan Le Roux (Avignon, France) and Olivier Rattin (Althen-des-Paluds, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grinder device is provided. The grinder device may include 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. The grinding mill may include a movable grinder portion and a fixed grinder portion that are rotatable relat...