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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122650 | Concealed mounting system for columbarium shutters and the like A concealed mounting system for columbarium shutters and the like. The mounting system includes a top clip and bottom hangers secured to a back side of the shutter. Vertically spaced upper and lower tracks are disposed behind the shutter at its upper end and a lower... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7356891 | Concealed panel locking mechanism A concealed panel locking mechanism is provided which may be used to secure the contents of a container in a manner that is not discernable to an uninformed individual viewing the container. In one exemplary embodiment, the locking mechanism includes one or more cha... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7287306 | Method, system, and device for storing cremains Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a device comprising: a first wooden portion comprising a substantially rectangular and substantially planar face interlocked to an opposing pair of substantially rectangular and substantially planar sides and to an opposing pai... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7243405 | Method, system, and device for storing cremains Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a device comprising: a first wooden portion comprising a substantially rectangular and substantially planar face interlocked to an opposing pair of substantially rectangular and substantially planar sides and to an opposing pai... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7171733 | Chest of cinerary urns A chest of cinerary urns which has a simple structure capable of allowing convenient placing of cinerary urns therein, while minimizing decay and degradation of cremated remains stored in the placed cinerary urns. The chest of cinerary urns includes a chest body hav... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7108141 | Fragile article transportation, display and storage system An apparatus for holding a fragile item which includes a support frame and a support panel mounted within the support frame. The support frame includes at least one elongated, longitudinal channel on an exterior surface thereof to provide an area of attachment to th... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7089495 | Video enhanced gravemarker A tombstone for communicating audio and visual data related to the deceased from the tombstone to a user, the tombstone comprising an indicia bearing and viewing portion, a visual display, an audio transmitter for communicating sound waves to a user, data related to... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7024735 | Artificial underwater memorializing catacomb and reef system An artificial underwater memorializing catacomb and reef system and evocative environment for a visitor is made from one or more urns containing cremated remains imbedded at least partway within a plurality of concrete forms, whereby the concrete forms are interlock... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6918163 | Shrink-wrap casket shield The invention is directed to shrink wrapping a casket to be entombed, including an article of a shrink wrapped casket with a ventilation port including a filter and a method comprising steps of sealing the wrap with shrink wrap tape and providing two-way ventilation... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6681534 | Pyramid mausoleum and columbarium system and method A system and method for memorializing life is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a method includes storing human or other animal remains in a structure, such as an outer pyramid-shaped structure, wherein the remains are stored in vaults and ur... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6662416 | Artificial underwater memorializing catacomb and reef system An artificial underwater memorializing catacomb and reef system and evocative environment for a visitor is made from one or more urns containing cremated remains imbedded at least partway within a plurality of concrete forms, whereby the concrete forms ar... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6578323 | Columbarium 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 |
| 6553727 | Columbarium A columbarium for cremation remains constructed of at least one unit which includes a generally planar bottom surface and at least five vertical outer sides with each side having a corner. A cover supported by a plurality of walls which, along with said o... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6493911 | Cinerary urn forming an element of a funerary column and method for making such urns in stone A cinerary urn receptacle made of stone comprising a cylindrical block hollowed from one first end to a second end and a cover having a sealing portion and an assembling portion, the sealing portion closing the block first end, the assembling portion proj... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6474026 | Mausoleum A mausoleum, formed of stone pieces having a plurality of crypts. The mausoleum is formed of a plurality of vertical walls each formed of a stone piece engaged at selected ends to form vertically extending seams. A roof, comprising a plurality of elongate... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6414663 | Self-contained electronic memorial An electronic memorial comprising a programmable memory for storing data regarding a selected individual; a control unit for receiving and processing the data from the programmable memory; an electronic display configured to receive and visually display t... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6401409 | Underground storm shelter An underground storm shelter comprising a bottom section, expander section and a top section bolted together to form the shelter. The base section has a closed bottom while the top section has an access hatch formed in the upper end thereof. The base sect... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6347439 | Self-mountable niche for remains ashes A self-mountable niche for remain ashes has a substantially closed box, a receptacle for accommodating ashes and insertable in the box, a supporting element connected with the box and supporting the latter, and a fastening and locking element connected wi... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6253503 | Casket enclosure for use in mausoleum crypts A method and apparatus for hermetically sealing a casket in an enclosure to be entombed in a mausoleum crypt. The casket enclosure comprises a tray and a flexible cover. An adhesive material is used to affix the cover to the tray. The enclosure includes a... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6161268 | Modular niche construction A modular storage system for the internment of cremated human remains including interengaging construction blocks having a plurality of pre-formed recesses therein. Storage tubes each having a closure registerable within the recesses forms a self-supporti... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6105315 | Modular mausoleum and crypt structure and methods of constructing same A mausoleum and method of constructing a mausoleum. The mausoleum may include plurality of vertically extending walls supportable on a surface, wherein at least one vertically extending wall has a plurality of cells integrally formed therein. At least one... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6098350 | Crypt form and liner for a mausoleum A thin-walled, light weight crypt form/liner is provided for use in making monolithic mausoleums. The crypt form/liner includes a first side, a second side, and a top defining an open-ended chamber having a front edge. The top, first side, and second side... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6098349 | Collapsible structures Collapsible structure are provided having a first base panel and a second panel, each having a foldable frame member that has a folded and an unfolded orientation, and a material partially covering the frame member when the frame member is in the unfolded... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6088973 | Monuments, markers and columbariums with improved display indicia In a first aspect of the disclosure, a monument is shown having a movable element mounted in an opening therein for displaying information. The movable element may be partially or fully recessed in the opening but is constructed so as to be accessible for... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5979124 | Door system for columbarium A columbarium which includes a pair of end walls disposed along substantially vertical planes resting on a base and supporting a top forming an enclosed open area. A plurality of containers which are arranged in horizontal and vertical rows are positioned... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5899045 | Mausoleum A mausoleum (10) formed from a plurality of crypt structures (12) each having a generally tubular plastics crypt liners (14) surrounded at side, roof and floor portions thereof by set concrete (81).... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5894699 | Crypt construction A crypt system comprising a front frame, a rear frame and a plurality of cells received between the front and rear frames, inclined longitudinally to form a column of cells. Drain and ventilation headers communicate with each cell and an attachment system... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5765269 | Columbarium A columbarium in the form of a structure includes a plurality of components forming urn chambers for receiving at least one urn. The front opening of each component is closed by a door. The components are arranged in horizontal rows with the side walls of... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5622014 | Columbarium with movable element A columbarium structure comprising several niche units, each of which is of a door hingably attached to it. Within each such door, a rotatable element is rotatably mounted.... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5419091 | Positive-lock slab support A locking screw feature provides lockable adjustability for the slab-supporting ledge member which supports the heavy slabs used to form the face-wall of mausoleum crypts. The lockability permits the ledge member to be made to be freely slidable in its re... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5408787 | Mausoleum construction An hermetically sealed module for a mausoleum is disclosed having a bottom member of predetermined dimensions, a cover member having dimensions which are complementary with respect to the bottom member, and a door member having predetermined dimensions wh... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5408786 | Tomb The tomb has a bone accommodating chamber inside it and the overall structure is formed like a house. The bone accommodating chamber is enclosed by the wall section on four sides and by the roof section that can be removed from the top of the wall section... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5394693 | Pneumatic/hydraulic remote power unit Apparatus for supplying high pressure hydraulic fluid to a hand tool comprises an intensifier having a first relatively large diameter pneumatic cylinder and a second relatively small diameter hydraulic cylinder containing hydraulic fluid. A first piston ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5287603 | Storage container for human remains and method therefor This disclosure is directed to a storage container for human remains which comprises a bottom portion, a plurality of walls each having a bottom edge coupled to the bottom means, a rim portion, a cover which fits into a recessed portion of the rim portion... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5217622 | Process and apparatus for treatment of cemetary liquids, gases and vapors from stanch interment units An apparatus for the treatment of liquids, gases and vapors originating from water impervious interment units comprises a plurality of vertical passages in the vertical walls between units. The upper ends of the vertical passages are connected to an exhau... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5157817 | Plastic lined concrete structure A concrete structure, such as a burial vault, having an integrally bonded thermoplastic resin liner. The liner is a rigid molded product having a bottom wall and side walls and an open top. A thermosetting resin adhesive is applied to the outer surface of... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5134758 | Niche construction and method A niche construction comprised of a wall of reinforced concrete which has a surface with recesses formed therein which have openings which extend to the surface, box liners of non-combustible plastic material which have fiberglass fibers disposed therein,... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5115607 | Casket enclosure and method of storing same in a burial crypt A method of storing an enclosed entombment casket in the chamber of an above-ground burial crypt is provided wherein a compact, lightweight casket enclosure made from a thermoplastic resinous material which is impervious to gases and liquids and which is ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5076151 | Burial monument vault air circulation and filtration system A system for promoting air circulation through the crypts of a burial monument vault in which coffins are exposed, and for treating the air evacuated therefrom by an activated charcoal-based filter panel wherein the odors from the decomposing body in the ... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5010697 | Mausoleum construction An improved mausoleum includes a support frame made of fiberglass structural members and a plurality of sealed fiberglass caskets which are proof against deterioration. The mausoleum according to the invention eliminates the need for venting and drainage,... | 04/30/1991 |
