Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7263751 | Lightweight viewing casket A casket assembly includes a container and a two-piece lid. The two-piece lid includes a superior lid that covers the anterior end of the casket and an inferior lid that covers the opposite end. The container includes a bottom panel, an inferior end panel, a superio... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249403 | Lightweight viewing casket with handles A casket assembly includes a container and a two-piece lid. The two-piece lid includes a superior lid that covers the anterior end of the casket and an inferior lid that covers the opposite end. The container includes a bottom panel, an inferior end panel, a superio... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7213312 | Funerary container made of paper material, and assembly device employed therein A funerary container made of paper material comprises a predetermined number of laminar elements (2) flexibly connected to each other and defining in mutual cooperation a housing box (3) destined to contain a body and having at least a bottom wall, a p... | 05/08/2007 |
| 6499193 | Removable handle for casket The present invention concerns a removable handle assembly for a casket which can secure the handles from the inside of the casket for more solidity and, to provide removable handles such as to facilitate the casket's incineration. The removable handle as... | 12/31/2002 |
| 5898980 | Casket handle with separately demountable lug A casket handle and removable lug (escutcheon plate) combination frees the lug from a fixed connection to the casket wall in common with the connections of the handle. The lug instead is mounted separately upon the casket, employing spring-urged detents e... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5531000 | Slide locking externally removable casket hardware Casket hardware which may be quickly connected and disconnected without the use of tools and without necessitating access to the inside of the casket. The casket hardware essentially includes a mounting plate having an upper leg including a casket handle ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5522116 | Casket handling apparatus Handling apparatus for a casket has a first member for applying a laterally inwardly directed force to a wall of the casket, a second member for applying laterally outwardly and upwardly directed forces to a lower edge of the casket, a third member interc... | 06/04/1996 |
