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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8046882 | Casket and memorialization accessory A casket and memorialization accessory combination comprises a casket comprising a casket shell having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls and a casket lid closable on the casket shell, a decorative ornament comprising a digital image display device, and a ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7908720 | Casket and memorialization accessory A casket and memorialization accessory combination comprises a casket comprising a casket shell having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls and a casket lid closable on the casket shell, a decorative ornament, and a keepsake box adapted to receive keepsake i... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7904998 | Casket and memorialization accessory A casket and memorialization accessory combination comprises a casket comprising a casket shell having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls and a casket lid closable on the casket shell, a decorative ornament, and a planter adapted to receive a plant therein... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7698792 | Method of forming sheet metal casket A method of forming a sheet metal casket comprises providing a sheet metal casket shell having at least a portion of an end wall and at least a portion of a side wall and a round corner between the portion of the end wall and the portion of the side wall, and formin... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7591052 | Quick change casket ornament attachment mechanism A casket comprises a casket shell, a casket lid closeable on the shell, an ornament, a magnet attached to one of the ornament and the shell, a magnetic object attached to the other of the ornament and shell, and a rotation obstruction on at least one of the ornament... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7448117 | Corner trim assembly A corner trim assembly includes a first panel having a first panel first end. A second panel has a second panel first end. The second panel first end is attached to the first panel first end. A first trim screw is attached to the first panel. A second trim screw is ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7343653 | Funerary article having lighted ornament A funerary article comprises a container having a pair of side wide walls, a pair of end walls and a bottom wall. The container is adapted to contain remains of a deceased. A lid is closeable upon the container. The container has external surfaces defining an exteri... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340810 | Quick change casket corner attachment mechanism An ornamental corner piece for attachment to a casket includes a back plate which is adapted to mount to the corner of a casket. An attachment clip is operatively mounted within an elongated groove in the back plate. The clip member has at least one keyhole groove c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7283722 | Apparatus and method for reproducing video signals as they are recorded Video signals received on TV channels are recorded and reproduced with time-division compression and decompression to and from a storage medium to allow the video signals to be reproduced while the signals are being recorded. A channel-switching signal is generated ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7260872 | Casket ornament attachment system and method A decorative ornament is attached to a casket having an ornament attachment plate. The ornament may be attached to corner member or other portion of the casket. Each ornament attachment plate has a pair of grooves including a straight groove and a curved groove for ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7222400 | Modular casket system A modular casket assembly is defined by an exterior casket box which is created from composite wood scraps ground to a fine wooden composite grind and dried. These are then mixed with a dry glue which is heat or pressure activated. This mixture is then placed in a p... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210204 | Personalized casket ornament display plaque A casket ornament display plaque and associated methods for memorializing a deceased individual. The casket ornament display plaque comprises a decorative board, a casket ornament attached to the board, and indicia attached to the board identifying a deceased to be ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200905 | Casket having lighted corners The present invention is an ornamental light assembly for a casket. The casket has a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls. The light assembly comprises a back plate adapted to be mounted to at least one of the walls of the casket shell. A base ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7176530 | Configuration and fabrication of semiconductor structure having n-channel channel-junction field-effect transistor A semiconductor technology combines a normally off n-channel channel-junction insulated-gate field-effect transistor (“IGFET”) (104) and an n-channel surface-channel IGFET (100 or 160) to reduce low-frequency 1/f noise. The channel-junction ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7121050 | Fascias A connecting piece is provided to be fitted where fascia boards are intended to meet, especially at corners of conservatory roofs. The connecting piece has a front face and a rear face, edges of the rear face being shaped to correspond to the outer profile of the fa... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113694 | Apparatus for creating and managing navigation information in rewritable recording medium and method therefor An audio recording apparatus provides a method of managing the video and audio navigation data for a rewritable recording medium, such as DVDs. The recording medium contains video and audio files in either originally recorded or user defined sequence. During recordi... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7001319 | Candy box construction and method A method of making a candy box by forming a side element and placing inside it a closure element, depositing a single glue fillet or a plurality of spaced-apart glue fillets in the interior corner defined by them. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6928706 | Quick change casket corner attachment mechanism An ornamental corner piece for attachment to a casket includes a back plate which is adapted to mount to the corner of a casket. An attachment clip is operatively mounted within an elongated groove in the back plate. The clip member has at least one keyhole groove c... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6904651 | Burial casket with curved-corner through-fitting and method of manufacture A burial casket with a through-fitting on a curved corner of the casket has a hole in the curved corner of the casket with a rim that has a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface. The through-fitting disposed within the hole has a body portion with a throu... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6883212 | Personalized casket ornament display plaque A casket ornament display plaque and associated methods for memorializing a deceased individual. The casket ornament display plaque comprises a decorative board, a casket ornament attached to the board, and indicia attached to the board identifying a deceased to be ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6745442 | Ready to assemble metal casket A metal casket that is readily assembled at a location remote from the location of manufacture. The casket has several different potential embodiments. For example, first and second tabs on respective first and second side walls are overlapped to form a joint connec... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6691385 | Personalized casket corner piece display pedestal A casket corner piece display pedestal and associated methods for memorializing a deceased individual. The casket corner piece display pedestal has a center piece having first and second ends with a casket corner piece receiving surface disposed therebetw... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6591466 | Quick change casket corner attachment mechanism An ornamental corner piece for attachment to a casket includes a back plate which is adapted to mount to the corner of a casket. An attachment clip is operatively mounted within an elongated groove in the back plate. The clip member has at least one keyho... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6557222 | Personalized casket ornament display plaque A casket ornament display plaque and associated methods for memorializing a deceased individual. The casket ornament display plaque comprises a decorative board, a casket ornament attached to the board, and indicia attached to the board identifying a dece... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6557221 | Cremation container foldable into compact configuration for shipping A cremation container foldable into a compact configuration for shipping purposes and unfoldable and erectable at its destination comprises a bottom, a pair of side walls pivoted relative to the bottom, a pair of end walls pivoted relative to the bottom, ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6543103 | Thematic casket and urn assembly A thematic assembly for a casket, including a casket, an urn, a panel to be placed on a crown of the casket, a display shelf and at least one removable corner ornament for a casket including fasteners allowing the corner ornament to be readily removed fro... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6317945 | Casket hardware with interchangeable components A trim piece for attachment to a casket to provide both decoration and concealment of mounting hardware. The trim piece includes a frame member which is adapted to be fixedly secured to a portion of the casket. The frame member has a lip which defines an ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6317942 | Casket and method of manufacture A casket comprises a shell including a floor, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls. A pair of caps are closable upon the shell. At least one of the walls is constructed of at least two panels having adjacent abutting edges forming a joint between ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6138335 | Casket with snap-on applique A casket 10 includes a four sided casket box 15 and a lid 16. A pair of appliques 40 may be fitted within a respective recess at the end of each side between a top framing strip 26 and a bottom framing strip 28. The pair of appliques together form a corne... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6094789 | Casket and method of manufacture A casket comprises a shell including a floor, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls. A pair of caps are closable upon the shell. At least one of the walls is constructed of at least two panels having adjacent abutting edges forming a joint between ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6029326 | Casket construction A metal casket is provided with stabilizing braces at each corner secured to neighboring surfaces of a side panel, end panel and bottom panel to assure and maintain the integrity of the squareness of the casket body, and, consequently, the alignment of th... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5970590 | Burial containers A burial container comprising a seamless base unit of unitary construction having a bottom, opposing side walls and opposing end walls and a seamless lid unit of unitary construction, said base unit and lid unit being formed of a cured polyurethane resin.... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5964014 | Structure of an environmental friendly coffin An improved structure of an environmental friendly coffin including a lid, faceplates, a U-shaped coffin body, and a reinforcing bottom board made from kraft boards formed by adhering multiple layers of kraft together and applying thermal pressure thereto... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5960524 | Burial container assembly and method for constructing the same A burial container assembly with a lid constructed of a top and a plurality of sides extending from the top and which defines a first shell having a hollowed interior and a downwardly facing perimeter edge. A base is likewise provided with a bottom and bo... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5875529 | Sheet metal casket A sheet metal casket comprises a pair of side panels, a pair of end panels, a rounded corner between adjacent ends of the adjacent side and end panels, at least one rounded corner having a flat formed thereon, the flat having a hole formed therethrough, a... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5813100 | Casket assembly from pre-finished parts A metal casket shell will includes sides, ends, bottoms and lids blanked and formed from pre-painted or pre-finished material. Corner connectors fasten the sides thereby eliminating the need to weld and grind these joints.... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5771549 | Casket shell structures A casket shell comprises an elongated inner box and an elongated outer box. The inner box is congruently disposed in the interior region of the outer box and a core is sandwiched between the inner and outer boxes. The core includes a top surface attached ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5604965 | Decorative hardware for casket A casket includes a plurality of walls. An attaching device is connected to at least one of the walls for non-removably attaching decorative hardware to the exterior of the casket without accessing the interior of said casket. The decorative hardware incl... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5457861 | Locking tube for a burial casket A locking device for a rounded wall casket is sealable or weldable to the rounded wall casket, while maintaining the aesthetic appearance of the burial casket due to attaching the locking device from the inside of the casket. The sealable locking device h... | 10/17/1995 |
