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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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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 |
| 7992727 | Method of mounting casket 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... | 08/09/2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7793792 | Death care merchandise display system A display system for death care merchandise. A display unit includes a vertical center post and a plurality of wall panels which are attachable to the center post at right angles to each other. Another display unit includes a freestanding, two-sided, portable displa... | 09/14/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7404243 | Bier A bier having a base including a base top surface. A first side is attached to the base top surface. The first side has a first side inside surface. A second side is attached to the base top surface. The second side has a second side inside surface. A cross member e... | 07/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7191906 | Casket display system A casket display system has a ⅛ corner casket portion and a feature display disposed with an enclosure. The casket corner portion includes a full set of hardware and the feature display stand includes a name and photograph and with the description of the casket co... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7107222 | Death care merchandising system The invention generally relates to the merchandising of death care products and death care related products, such as caskets, coffins, vaults, bronzes and other metallic adornments, personalized exteriors and interiors of caskets and coffins, urns, keepsakes and var... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7036196 | Display for a casket selection and/or viewing room A selection room display facilitates a casket selection by a customer of a funeral home. The display includes a vertical back wall and a pair of vertical, spaced apart wing walls cooperating with the back wall to form an alcove. A plurality of casket portions are di... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6585118 | Display system for death care merchandise A modular display system for death care merchandise includes a pair of vertically extending, free-standing, laterally spaced, side wall members. Each side wall member comprises a pair of lateral spaced, parallel side panels connected to one another to for... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6467634 | Casket display system A casket display system has a 1/8 corner casket portion and a feature diplay disposed with an enclosure. The casket corner portion includes a full set of hardware a the feature display stand includes a name and photograph and with the description of the c... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467635 | Portable casket display apparatus The portable display apparatus of the invention is used to display caskets, urns, burial vaults and related materials. The portable casket display apparatus is made from a number of extrusions which have channels along the extrusion exterior. The display ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467637 | Death care merchandising system The present invention includes a method for fabricating, and installing, a death care merchandising system and a method for displaying death care merchandise and a death care merchandising display system having low cost of fabrication in addition to ease ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6343701 | Death care merchandise display unit A death care merchandise display unit comprises two vertical, parallel, spaced wing wall panels, a vertical back wall means having lateral edges secured to the rear edges of the wing wall panels and optionally at least one decedent confinement chamber pos... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6276034 | Slat wall death care merchandise display unit with category delineator A slat wall death care merchandise display unit comprising a back wall with a plurality of slats attached such that a plurality of parallel, uniform slots are created. A category delineator can be inserted to divide and organize the display of death care ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6257423 | Casket display system The present invention provides a display system for caskets, both for display prior to casket selection, e.g., in a showroom prior to purchase, and for display in actual use, e.g., in a viewing room and/or during a funeral or memorial service. The casket ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6161705 | Death care merchandise display unit A death care merchandise display unit comprises two vertical, parallel, spaced wing wall panels, a vertical back wall means having lateral edges secured to the rear edges of the wing wall panels and optionally at least one decedent confinement chamber pos... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6145671 | Integrated display system for death care merchandise A death care merchandise display unit maximizes the display of miniature death care merchandise products. The display unit has two vertical, parallel, spaced wing wall panels and a vertical back wall having lateral edges secured to the rear edges of the w... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6145672 | Memorial display unit and method for displaying memorials A memorial merchandise display unit and method of displaying the unit that maximizes the types and styles of memorial merchandise comprising two vertical, parallel, spaced wing walls and a vertical back wall attached to a rear end of each wing wall. Attac... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6105793 | Death care merchandise display unit A death care merchandise display unit comprises two vertical, parallel, spaced wing wall panels, a vertical back wall means having lateral edges secured to the rear edges of the wing wall panels and at least one sectional decedent confinement chamber posi... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6073320 | Casket display structure A casket display structure has a floor-supported casket support adapted to support and display a casket. At least one standard is connected to and extends upwardly from the casket support. A decorative panel is hung on the standard. A rearward facing deco... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6070741 | Memorial death care merchandise display unit and method for displaying death care merchandise A memorial death care merchandise display unit and method of displaying the unit that maximizes the types and styles of death care merchandise comprising two vertical, parallel, spaced wing walls and a vertical back wall attached to a rear end of each win... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5960966 | Modular walls for death care merchandise display unit A death care merchandise display unit comprises two vertical, parallel, spaced wing wall panels, a vertical back wall means having lateral edges secured to the rear edges of the wing wall panels and optionally at least one decedent confinement chamber pos... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5901862 | Death care merchandise display unit A death care merchandise display unit comprises two vertical, parallel, spaced wing wall panels, a vertical back wall means having lateral edges secured to the rear edges of the wing wall panels and optionally at least one decedent confinement chamber pos... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901863 | Casket display system The present invention provides a display system for caskets, both for display prior to casket selection, e.g., in a showroom prior to purchase, and for display in actual use, e.g., in a viewing room and/or during a funeral or memorial service. The casket ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 4669157 | 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,... | 06/02/1987 |
