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Class 27/11 - Corpse preserving


Subclass of Class 27 - Undertaking
Definition: Coffins or burial-caskets having structures, chambers, or
No. of patents: 25
Last issue date: 04/01/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7350278Rental casket with removable end panel
A rental casket system includes a casket with a recessed side panel for ease of viewing. The casket includes a removable end piece which is one embodiment is located within grooves formed in the side panels of the casket. The grooves widen near the upper portion of ...
04/01/2008
7337511Biological hazard protection body bag
A biological hazard protection body bag comprises an non-transparent outer bag case and a transparent inner bag case, which transparent inner bag case provides a vacuum filtration device formed by a check valve and medical grade filter screen for achieving a vacuum ...
03/04/2008
7257871Dead human body embalming method
According to the present invention, for a dead human body in which the blood contains a predetermined ratio or more of bilirubin, which causes discoloration of the body, before the primary embalmment processing employing the perfusion type antiseptic fixing method u...
08/21/2007
7251869Burial device
A burial device that resembles a coffin and has an extra compartment that allows two bodies to be buried at the same time and in the same grave. The burial device essentially allows two family members or acquaintances to be buried in the same grave at the same time....
08/07/2007
7228603Containment system
A body bag is provided comprising a substantially planar, optically transparent envelope defining an interior and having an opening extending substantially along a length dimension thereof. A closure for sealing the opening is provided comprising a rib and groove st...
06/12/2007
7204003Burial bell and tray
A rental casket system includes a casket with a recessed side panel for ease of viewing. The casket includes a removable end piece which is one embodiment is located within grooves formed in the side panels of the casket. The grooves widen near the upper portion of ...
04/17/2007
7131237Record receptacle for a burial vault
A metallic receptacle is embedded in the concrete material of a burial vault. The receptacle contains archival quality paper that records information identifying the person interred in the burial vault and the precise location at which the vault was buried. The rece...
11/07/2006
7028623Treatment of carbonaceous material
A process for the treatment of organic matter, comprises the steps of preliminary microwave irradiation in an oxygen-depleted atmosphere to give a black ash-like residue, followed by combustion of the residue to give a white ash. Hence the emissions of carcinogens s...
04/18/2006
6693148Humidity sensitive composition
A humidity responsive control device consists of a package having at least one face that is a permeable to liquid and gases and water vapor and is formed by mixing together a) 5 to 50% by weight of a hygroscopic polyacrylate and/or PVA polymer, b) 10 to 6...
02/17/2004
6578323Columbarium and niche unit therefor
A columbarium suitable for indoor or outdoor placement includes a plurality of niche units carried by a supporting framework, the niche units being independently assembleable and disassembleable from the supporting framework as often as desired prior to a...
06/17/2003
5926929Venting system for above ground casket
A one-way valve is mounted on a wall of a casket for venting gas and vapor pressure build up interiorly of the casket incident to body decomposition....
07/27/1999
5924181Method and apparatus for conserving a cadaver
In the method, cadaver (50) is kept at low temperature and sterilized in casket (1, 2) or disaster pouch (51), which prevents cadaver (50) from putrefying and bacteria from propagating therein. In the apparatus, casket (1, 2) constructed of casket body (1...
07/20/1999
5715583Apparatus for preserving a cadaver and method therefor
The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for preserving cadavers. The apparatus is preferably comprised of a container that receives a cadaver, which cadaver has first been placed into a multi-layered plastic bag of the type used in th...
02/10/1998
5685987Method for recycling formalin
A formalin fluid recycler has a combination triple pipe nozzle for introducing dirty fluid into the recycler and for expelling concentrate and permeate fluid therefrom. Dirty fluid is pumped through a strainer, filtration module and charcoal filter to pur...
11/11/1997
5615464Liquid retaining system for casket
A combination of a casket and a liquid retaining system for the casket comprises a casket shell, a body support structure mounted in the casket adapted to support a deceased thereon and a tray positioned atop the body support structure and adapted to be p...
04/01/1997
5586679Disposable body container
A collapsible, disposable body container is disclosed for safely and sanitarily transporting, storing or disposing heavy, dense, fluid-containing contents such as a dead body. The container comprises a container base and a container lid which are foldable...
12/24/1996
4949439Drip pan for caskets
A drip pan is at the bottom of the casket for trapping and collecting body liquids during decomposition....
08/21/1990
4924565Body container
Body container and processes for use with the bodies of the deceased. The body container comprises an enclosure. The enclosure is sealable to form a seal, and is effective to prevent gases from being transmitted freely into or out of the body container. T...
05/15/1990
4879789Mortuary display platform
A mortuary display platform is provided with a transparent dome and refrigeration for viewing and for temporary preservation of a corpse prior to burial. A wheeled housing base containing a refrigeration unit, a dehumidifier, and a conditioned air control...
11/14/1989
4773230Self-contained refrigerated mobile mortuary
A mobile mortuary comprising an elongated container defining an interior compartment for cadavers. Cadaver trays are supported in the compartment for movement through an opening in the front wall of the container to an extended position. An evaporator is ...
09/27/1988
4584841Artificial hibernator and process for cold preservation of a human being or animal in a predetermined position
The invention relates to a hibernator suitable for keeping under permanent refrigeration a cadaver placed in a desired position and constantly visible from the outside. The hibernator consists essentially of a structure whose refrigerated and fluid-tight ...
04/29/1986
4448826Casket coating
A coating composition to be applied to a metal casket to prevent corrosion thereof. The coating comprises a film forming matrix containing dispersed particles of an alkaline material capable of neutralizing the finite amount of organic acids contained in ...
05/15/1984
3964140Coffin
A coffin has at its bottom two parellel corrugated sheets which are spaced apart from each other and also spaced above and parallel to the bottom of the coffin. Cellulose wool or sawdust is disposed between the sheets, which are perforated for the passage...
06/22/1976
3945094System for the inhumation of corpses
An improved system for the inhumation of corpses which comprehends the use in combination of a group of drawers, honeycomb shaped, prefereably of reinforced concrete, waterproof, with calculated foundations and with inclination to unload; a drainage throu...
03/23/1976
3938287Mausoleum
A mausoleum comprises a plurality of prefabricated concrete modules each comprising a plurality of niches for individual coffins, each niche having a closed end and an open end and being defined between horizontal and vertical walls. Tubing is embedded in...
02/17/1976
 
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