# US 2021/0329970 A1 · Configurable herb grinder > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0329970 A1 - Document ID: US20210329970A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/856,097 - Filed: 2020-04-23 - Published: 2021-10-28 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-23 - Inventors: David Aliko - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210329970A1 ## CPC - A24F 23/04: combined with other objects, e.g. with filling devices for pipes - A24B 7/00: Cutting tobacco - B26B 27/00: Hand cutting tools not provided for in the preceding groups, e.g. finger rings for cutting string, devices for cutting by means of wires - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - A24B: MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF - B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H) ## Abstract A configurable herb grinder that is operable to provide grinding of a desired herb wherein the configurable herb grinder of the present invention includes a first configuration and a second configuration. The configurable herb grinder of the present invention includes a first grinding member module and a second grinding member module that are rotatably coupled and arranged in a vertically stacked orientation. The herb grinder further includes a container member module and a bottom member module that are beneath the first grinding member module and the second grinding member module in a vertically stacked orientation. The first grinding member module and the second grinding member module comprise the upper portion of the herb grinder and the container member module and the bottom member module comprise the lower portion. The herb grinder is configured to interchange the upper portion and lower portion utilizing latches and latch receptacles. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A configurable herb grinder that is operable to provide grinding of herbs for a user wherein the herb grinder comprises: a body, said body having four modules, said four modules being operably coupled in a vertically stacked orientation, said four modules being organized into an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion consisting of a first module and a second module, said lower portion consisting of a third module and a forth module, said first module and said second module configured to be rotatably engaged with each other, said first module having a plurality of teeth in an interior volume thereof, said second module having a plurality of teeth in an interior volume thereof; at least one latch receptacle, said at least one latch receptacle configured to releasably couple the upper portion and lower portion of the body, said at least one latch receptacle configured to have a latch disposed therein, said latch configured to be depressed by a user to release said upper portion from said lower portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The configurable herb grinder as recited in claim 1, wherein the second module further includes a bottom in the interior volume thereof, said bottom of the interior volume of the second portion having a plurality of apertures. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The configurable herb grinder as recited in claim 2, wherein the at least one latch further includes a biasing element holder, said biasing element holder configured to house a biasing element that is operable to provide movement control of the at least one latch. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The configurable herb grinder as recited in claim 3, wherein the fourth module includes a bottom surface, said bottom surface being distal to said third module, said bottom surface of said fourth module further including at least one latch receptacle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The configurable herb grinder as recited in claim 4, wherein the body of the configurable herb grinder is configurable between a first configuration and a second configuration. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The configurable herb grinder as recited in claim 5, wherein in the first configuration of the herb grinder the first module and second module comprise the upper portion of the body and the third module and fourth module comprise the lower portion of the body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The configurable herb grinder as recited in claim 6, wherein in the second configuration of the herb grinder the third module and the fourth module comprise the upper portion of the body and the first module and second module comprise the lower portion of the body. ### Claim 8 An herb grinder that is operable to provide grinding of herbs wherein the herb grinder is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration wherein the herb grinder comprises: a body, said body having an upper end and a lower end, said body being comprised of a bottom member module, a container member module, a second grinding member module and a first grinding member module, wherein the bottom member module, the container member module, the second grinding member module and the first grinding member module are arranged in a vertically stacked orientation, said first grinding member module and said second grinding member module being organized into an upper portion, said bottom member module and said container member module being organized into an upper portion, said first grinding member module being rotatably coupled to said second grinding member module, said first grinding member module having a plurality of teeth in an interior volume thereof, said second grinding member module having a plurality of teeth in an interior volume thereof; two latch receptacles, said two latch receptacles being opposedly located on said body, said two latch receptacles configured to releasably couple the upper portion and lower portion of the body, said two latch receptacles configured to have a latch disposed therein, said latch configured to be depressed by a user to release said upper portion from said lower portion; and wherein the upper portion and lower portion are comprised of alternate modules in the first configuration and second configuration. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The herb grinder as recited in claim 8, wherein said bottom member module further includes an interior volume, said interior volume of said bottom member module configured to receive and retain herb particles from said container module. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The herb grinder as recited in claim 9, and further including at least two magnets, wherein one of said at least two magnets is disposed in said first grinding member module and wherein one of said at least two magnets is disposed in said second grinding member module. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The herb grinder as recited in claim 10, wherein said two latch receptacles include two guide members, said guide members being formed on opposing sides of said latch receptacles. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The herb grinder as recited in claim 11, wherein said latch further includes opposing slots, said opposing slots being opposedly located on a upper portion of a body of the latch, said opposing slots configured to be mateable with said two guide members. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The herb grinder as recited in claim 12, wherein said latch further includes a lower lip member, said lower lip member configured to engage an adjacent module therebeneath. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The herb grinder as recited in claim 13, wherein said bottom member module further includes a bottom surface, said bottom surface further having a first latch receptacle and a second latch receptacle, said first latch receptacle and said second latch receptacle being diametrically opposed on said bottom surface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The herb grinder as recited in claim 14, wherein in the first configuration of the herb grinder the first grinding member module and the second grinding member module comprise the upper portion of the body and the container member module and bottom member module comprise the lower portion of the body. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The herb grinder as recited in claim 15, wherein in the second configuration of the herb grinder the container member module and the bottom member module comprise the upper portion of the body and the first grinding member module and the second grinding member module comprise the lower portion of the body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The herb grinder as recited in claim 16, wherein in said second configuration, said the two latches are operable to engage the first latch receptacle and the second latch receptacle located on the bottom surface of the bottom member module.