US 2022/0087477 A1 · GRINDER SAFETY CAP

Abstract

The invention involves a grinder safety cap suitable for medicinal items such as herbs or other consumable substances that may be desirably restricted from children, and which may require grinding and/or homogenizing before ingestion. The grinder safety cap is comprised of a cover shell and base shell, wherein the cover shell fits snugly over an upwardly extending top wall of the base shell. The base shell may have upwardly extending grinding protrusions, having sharp and/or serrated edges, capable of grinding, cutting, or otherwise reducing the particle size of a consumable substance. The cover shell may also have downwardly extending grinding protrusions. A consumable substance may be placed within a cavity or receptacle of the base shell, the cover shell may be placed over the top wall of the base shell so as to close the grinder safety cap, and the consumable substance may be ground by turning the cover shell.

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Dependent claims

A grinder safety cap, comprising:

a base shell including a top surface and a bottom surface encircled by a wall, wherein:
an interior of the wall includes child-safety ridges that removably register the base shell directly to a child-safe container;
and
the top surface is devoid of openings and includes upwardly extending grinding protrusions;
and
a cover shell removably coupled to the base shell, the cover shell including an interior bottom surface with downwardly extending grinding protrusions, wherein the cover shell is configured to freely rotate about an axis on the top surface of the base shell.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Grinder safety cap

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Grinder safety cap

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Abstract

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