Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091713 | Display for a casket selection room A display for a casket selection room comprises a base, a first display portion mounted to the base, a plurality of casket portions representing a plurality of casket choices from which a customer may select mounted to the first display portion, a second display por... | 01/10/2012 |
| D650965 | Vault | 12/20/2011 |
| 8060996 | Sheet metal casket A sheet metal casket comprises a casket shell having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, and a casket cap closable on the casket shell. At least a portion of at least one of the shell and cap are fabricated of clad sheet metal formed from f... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8046882 | Casket and memorialization accessory A casket and memorialization accessory combination comprises a casket comprising a casket shell having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls and a casket lid closable on the casket shell, a decorative ornament comprising a digital image display device, and a ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7954653 | Room display for funerary products A display system for casket selection comprises a back wall, actual utilitarian and ornamental casket features mounted to the back wall, and a display adjacent the back wall. The display is operable to display facsimiles of the actual utilitarian and ornamental cask... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7934299 | Casket incorporating image display device A casket comprises a casket shell having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, a casket lid closable on the casket shell, and a digital image display device mounted to an exterior of at least one of the shell and the lid for displaying digital images. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| D635735 | Casket shell corner | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913364 | Casket with combination shelf, drawer, and/or memorialization feature A casket comprises a shell, a cap closable on the shell, and a dish assembly mounted to an underside of the cap. The dish assembly comprises a cap panel, and either a) an alcove structure formed in the cap panel and adapted to receive an ornament for display when th... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7891505 | Display for a casket selection room A display for a casket selection room comprises a base, a first display portion mounted to the base, a plurality of casket portions representing a plurality of casket choices from which a customer may select mounted to the first display portion, a second display por... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7866014 | Casket with hidden hinge providing position adjustment of cap on shell A casket comprises a shell, a lid closable on the shell, and a hinge mounting the lid to the shell. The hinge comprises a first hinge leaf attached to the shell, a second hinge leaf attached to the lid, a first link having a first end pivoted to the first hinge leaf... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7854047 | Casket having memorabilia compartment A casket memorabilia compartment assembly adapted to couple to a casket to provide display and/or storage of pictures memorializing the deceased. The memorabilia compartment assembly comprises a panel mountable to the casket for swinging displacement between an inne... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7798337 | Method of mounting casket portion to display A display for displaying casket portions comprises a back wall, at least one wing wall, a shelf, a casket corner section having two cut sides at substantially a right angle to one another and having a bottom, a side panel attached to one of the cut sides of the cask... | 09/21/2010 |
| D623823 | Casket shell corner | 09/14/2010 |
| 7774908 | Casket having memorabilia compartment A casket is provided with an integral memorabilia compartment for the placement, display and storage therein of personal effects and mementos of memorialization of the deceased. In one form the casket comprises a shell, a cap pivoted to the shell, and an openable an... | 08/17/2010 |
| D621573 | Casket ornament | 08/10/2010 |
| 7698792 | Method of forming sheet metal casket A method of forming a sheet metal casket comprises providing a sheet metal casket shell having at least a portion of an end wall and at least a portion of a side wall and a round corner between the portion of the end wall and the portion of the side wall, and formin... | 04/20/2010 |
| D613475 | Casket shell corner | 04/06/2010 |
| 7681337 | Plow with blade wing A plow assembly comprises a blade, structure attached to the blade and adapted to be attached to a vehicle for mounting the blade to and supporting the blade from the vehicle, and a wing attached to an end of the blade. The wing has a first portion mounted to the bl... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7681334 | Snowplow and mount assembly A snowplow and mount assembly comprising a mount frame adapted to be secured to a vehicle, and a snowplow frame. One of the mount frame and the snowplow frame has first and second arms and the other of the mount frame and snowplow frame has first and second receiver... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7669302 | Casket having memorabilia compartment A casket memorabilia compartment assembly adapted to couple to a casket to provide display and/or storage of pictures memorializing the deceased. The memorabilia compartment assembly comprises a panel mountable to the casket for swinging displacement between an inne... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7661179 | Memorialization casket A casket comprises a casket shell having an upper edge, a casket lid closeable upon the shell, and a memorial shelf connected to the upper edge of the shell, the shelf adapted to support items of memorialization thereon. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7657981 | Casket with combination shelf, drawer, and/or alcove memorialization feature A casket comprises a shell, a cap closable on the shell, and a dish assembly mounted to an underside of the cap. The dish assembly comprises a cap panel, and either a) an alcove structure formed in the cap panel and adapted to receive an ornament for display when th... | 02/09/2010 |
| D608524 | Casket ornament | 01/19/2010 |
| 7634416 | Method of planning a funeral or other memorial service A method of assisting a loved one of a deceased in planning a funeral or other service which memorializes the deceased. The method may be initiated with the “planner,” i.e. a funeral director or computer and software, querying the loved one as to various aspects... | 12/15/2009 |
| D606275 | Casket shell corner | 12/15/2009 |
| 7591052 | Quick change casket ornament attachment mechanism A casket comprises a casket shell, a casket lid closeable on the shell, an ornament, a magnet attached to one of the ornament and the shell, a magnetic object attached to the other of the ornament and shell, and a rotation obstruction on at least one of the ornament... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7584529 | Casket with alcove memorialization feature in vertical puffing of cap dish assembly A casket comprises a shell, a cap closable on the shell, and a cap dish assembly mounted to an underside of the cap. The dish assembly comprises a cap panel having opposite sides and opposite ends, a puffing member positioned at each of the opposite sides and each o... | 09/08/2009 |
| D599525 | Casket shell corner | 09/01/2009 |
| 7520395 | Display for a casket selection room A display for a casket selection room comprises a base, a first display portion mounted to the base, a plurality of casket portions representing a plurality of casket choices from which a customer may select mounted to the first display portion, a second display por... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7472462 | Decorative cover for casket shell flange A casket comprises a shell having a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls, the walls defining an upwardly facing flange of the shell, a lid closeable upon the flange of the shell, and a cover removably positioned on the shell when the lid is ope... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7458137 | Casket having memorabilia compartment A casket memorabilia compartment assembly adapted to couple to a casket to provide display and/or storage of pictures memorializing the deceased. The memorabilia compartment assembly comprises a panel mountable to the casket for swinging displacement between an inne... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7401391 | Dish assembly for casket cap and method A dish assembly for a casket cap comprises a cap panel having a pair of opposed sides, a puffing member attached to each side of the pair of sides of the cap panel along respective adjacent edges of the puffing member and cap panel side, a cap panel insert having a ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7392574 | Memorialization casket A casket comprises a casket shell, a casket lid closeable upon the shell, and a memorial shelf pivoted to the lid and movable to and between an extended position at which the shelf is adapted to support items of memorialization and a retracted position. ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7343653 | Funerary article having lighted ornament A funerary article comprises a container having a pair of side wide walls, a pair of end walls and a bottom wall. The container is adapted to contain remains of a deceased. A lid is closeable upon the container. The container has external surfaces defining an exteri... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340810 | Quick change casket corner attachment mechanism An ornamental corner piece for attachment to a casket includes a back plate which is adapted to mount to the corner of a casket. An attachment clip is operatively mounted within an elongated groove in the back plate. The clip member has at least one keyhole groove c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322080 | Memorialization casket A memorialization casket comprises a shell, a lid closable upon the shell and an alcove structure mounted to an under side of the lid. The casket lid may include a dish mounted to the under side of the casket lid, with the alcove structure being mounted to the dish.... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320162 | Casket with memorabilia mounting and display devices A casket comprises a casket shell having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a floor, at least one lid securable to the casket shell, a memorabilia mounting device secured to the at least one lid and extending along at least a portion of a perimeter there... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316054 | Sealable casket having memorabilia compartment A sealable casket having a memorabilia compartment comprises a shell and at least one cap pivoted to the shell. The shell and cap have respective confronting flanges. A gasket is disposed between the flanges of the shell and the cap forming a seal therebetween. A me... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316053 | Memorialization casket A casket comprises a casket shell, a casket lid close able upon the shell and deployable structure, operably associated with either the shell or the lid, and integrally formed therewith, which, when deployed, defines a memorial surface adapted to have placed thereon... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7272875 | Decorative cover for casket shell flange A casket comprises a shell having a pair of opposed side walls, a pair of opposed end walls, and an upwardly facing flange, a lid closeable upon the edge of the shell, and a cover securable to the shell and concealing the flange when the lid is open, the cover being... | 09/25/2007 |
