Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398582 | Burial casket with security lock The invention is a lockable burial casket. The lockable burial casket contains a lockable obstruction device for blocking the movement of the bar. The bar is supported by a bracket mounted on the casket. This bracket may contain a groove along the path of movement o... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7386923 | Casket latch assembly A casket latch assembly has a strike plate attached to a casket lid. The strike plate has a strike plate edge and a strike plate surface. A flexible latch arm is attached to a casket lower shell. The latch arm has a latch edge for engaging the strike plate surface o... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377016 | Coffin A coffin (10) according to a first aspect has a base portion comprising a plurality of base panels (14), each base panel (14) being connected to the or each adjacent base panel (14) by a joint (16). Each base panel (14) is f... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7360801 | Door latching system A latching system comprising a base having a first keeper secured thereto, a closable member adapted to engage the base, an elongated member rotatably secured to the closable member, said elongated member including a first connector adapted to engage the first keepe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7243406 | Casket with combination hinge, brace, and lock A casket comprises a casket shell having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, a casket lid pivoted to the casket shell for movement to an open position and to a closed position, and a combination hinge, brace, and lock mechanism connecting t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7195131 | Drum closure A drum closure which establishes a connection between the body of a drum and lid, wherein the connection will prevent separation of the lid from the body under severe loading conditions such as dropping the drum from a height of thirty (30) feet. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7181814 | Burial casket with wedge bar lock A burial casket has a base portion with a plurality of locking element openings and a top having a plurality of locking elements depending downwardly. A hanger-supporting member is affixed to a lower surface of the top rim of said base, and has a plurality of lockin... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7090263 | Door latching device and method An apparatus for latching a door against a frame has a door pin extending from the door and a handle lever rotatably mounted to the door and having an extending handle pin. A latch bar is mounted for reciprocating travel relative to the frame, the latch bar having a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7069627 | 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 upper edge of the shell, a lid closeable upon the edge of the shell and a cover securable to the shell and concealing the edge when the lid is open,... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7044495 | Hitch assembly Disclosed herein is a hitch assembly for a vehicle, comprising a support portion, an engaging pin and an actuating portion movably mounted in the support portion along spaced substantially parallel axes, the engaging pin being movable between disengaged and engaged ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7014227 | Wedge bar locking mechanism A wedge bar locking mechanism is provided including a locking pin, a bracket and a wedge bar. In operation, the locking pin and wedge bar are mechanically coupled such that rotation of the locking pin results in translational motion of the wedge bar. The wedge bar a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7003855 | Collapsible cardboard cremation casket A collapsible cremation casket is formed of cardboard and has the appearance of a typical wood or plastic casket. The casket is assembled by folding along pre-scored lines to form a two-piece domed lid having a plurality of slots on the bottom and a set of slots in ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6154938 | Wedge bar locking mechanism for a casket A casket having a body and a lid hinged to the body along a hinged edge, and an unhinged edge opposite the hinged edge, includes a wedge bar locking mechanism for locking the lid to the body in a closed position. The locking mechanism includes a wedge bar... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6018853 | Knockdown coffin structure A knockdown coffin structure includes a bottom plate made of a plurality of layers of paper sheet which has a honeycomb structure. The bottom plate has four edges, each having an arc slot coextensive therewith. Four side plates, made of a plurality of she... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5966786 | Latch mechanism for a casket A latch mechanism (10) for burial or cremation caskets (12) includes a stud (22) which is press-fit in the lower edge (18) of the casket lid (16), and a latch plate (24) which resides within a transverse recess (40) in an upstanding wall (20) of the caske... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5870862 | Burial vault A hollow plastic burial vault having a base and a cover moulded as an integral unit and having a peripheral flange extending about the vault. The flange includes a first sealing surface portion, a first joint portion, a second sealing surface portion, and... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5784768 | Casket having quickly interchangeable and adjustable interior A casket having a quickly interchangeable and adjustable interior comprises a casket shell, an elongated fastening device having first and second portions, the first portion being secured to the casket shell, and decorative fabric secured to the second po... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5722133 | Combination burial vault and casket having a sealed interior A combination casket and burial vault comprising a lid and base, the base defining an interior, and a seal being disposed between the lid and the base. A substantially horizontally extending drive pin attaches the lid to the base without extending into th... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5709016 | Ready-to-assemble casket A casket is assembled from prefabricated components to provide an attractive and aesthetically appealing casket design with a minimum amount of metal components so that the casket is adapted for cremation. A shell of the casket is constructed from upstand... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5692277 | Sealing device of cinerary urn A sealing device of a cinerary urn includes a sealing strip and a photo frame. The sealing strip is a flexible thin strip having a length at least equal to the circumference of the cinerary urn for firmly adhering onto the junction of the cover and the bo... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5620208 | Boltless flange A boltless, reusable flange system for joining metal piping includes a circular, wedge-shaped tongue on an upper flange for mating with a groove containing a fusible alloy in a lower flange. The lower flange includes a heating element for melting the fusi... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5568677 | Environmentally safe and economical burial casket A burial casket so configured of a non-biodegradable, corrosion-proof material to obtain the required mechanical strength with a minimum of material. The self-sealing gasket made of resilient material helps hold the cover on the casket and compresses at r... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5495648 | Snap-in recessed insert for dish of burial casket A snap-in, recessed insert removably attaches to a casket lid, and a dish removably attaches to the recessed insert, to facilitate the display of different decorative interiors for the casket lid. The recessed insert has a shape which spans the interior o... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5485661 | Environmentally-protective combination burial/shipping/cremation case An environmentally-protective body container comprises a burnable double-walled utility case which can be used either as a shipping container and/or as a casket for burial or for cremation. The case is blow-molded from an organic thermoplastic which does ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5471718 | Burial vault A burial vault formed of a polymeric material is disclosed. The burial vault includes a generally rectangular lower box portion and a generally rectangular upper lid portion. Each of the lid and box portions of the vault include substantially parallel lat... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5448810 | Metal casket construction A metal casket shell will include sides, ends, bottoms and lids blanked and formed from pre-painted or pre-finished material. The connections of these parts employing prongs or tabs or both thereby eliminating the need to weld and grinding these joints.... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5093968 | Gasket and one-way valve for a casket A gasket for a casket is an endless integral rubber element that extends around the perimeter of the casket and seals the lid to the shell. The gasket has a wide base and at its outer edge an upwardly-projecting ridge which is approximately triangular in ... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5058248 | Coffin A coffin consists of a trough (1) and of a lid (2) which can be placed onto the trough (1). All elements (3 to 7) forming the trough (1) and all elements (8 to 12) forming the lid (2) are pivotably interconnectred to each other by means of hinge means (13... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4882821 | Magnetic casket seal assembly A casket is provided including a one-piece upwardly opening tub or base and a pair of hingedly supported head and foot end covers. The head and foot end covers include horizontally opposing marginal portions extending between opposite sides of the tub, th... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4868957 | Gasket seal A transverse rubber gasket at the joint between the head and foot sections of a cut top casket. The gasket has a pair of longitudinal ribs on one surface and aligned grooves on the opposed surface to provide space for rubber flow as the gasket is compress... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4758004 | Casket sealing gasket having sealing ridges of different heights A casket gasket wherein sealing is provided by a plurality of pointed and rounded contact points disposed on a plurality of deformable sealing ridges disposed within joints between the casket lid and body.... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4555119 | Casket sealing gasket An improved casket sealing gasket system wherein sealing is provided by a plurality of contact points disposed on a plurality of deformable sealing ridges disposed within joints between the casket lid and body, and between upper and lower lid sections in ... | 11/26/1985 |
| 3981054 | Burial casket with improved sealing system The base section of a burial casket supports an internal latch mechanism which is effective to engage keepers projecting downwardly from a pivotally supported cover section and to draw the cover section firmly against a resilient gasket member disposed be... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3962761 | Casket having improved corner brackets A casket, such as a readily assemblable knock-down casket, has side and end panels which are held together, to form an enclosure, by a plurality of metal straps in tensions, crimped together to form continuous belts, located interiorly of the enclosure. T... | 06/15/1976 |
