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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7555819 | Coffin A coffin comprises a frame and a cover layer formed from a plurality of strands of a first material interlaced with a plurality of strands of a second material. The cover layer is attached to the frame by the second material to form a recess for receiving a cadaver.... | 07/07/2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7093396 | Record receptacle for a burial vault A metallic receptacle is embedded in the concrete material of a burial vault. The receptacle contains archival quality paper that records information identifying the person interred in the burial vault and the precise location at which the vault was buried. The rece... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7071252 | Plasticizer compositions for non-aqueous plastisols Monoesters derived from a dihydric alcohol and a carboxylic acid such as benzoic acid are secondary plasticizers for non-aqueous and solventless plastisols containing primary plasticizers that do not contain unreacted alkanol groups. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 5928599 | Method of forming articles of manufacture of various shapes including undercuts therein with generic tool A method of forming an article of manufacture which includes an undercut therein comprises the steps of providing a tool, removably positioning at least one consumable form adjacent to the tool, providing settable material from which to mold a finished pa... | 07/27/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5611125 | Concrete filled container burial vault A container with a lid sealed thereon wholly encloses a space which can contain a casket. The container wall, the lid wall, and the seal bar flow of matter into the space containing the casket. The container wall and the lid wall both also wholly enclose ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5381591 | Multi-tier burial system The invention provides a multi-tier burial system comprising a plurality of precast elements, a first plurality of the elements being aligned to form a first tier defining a plurality of spaced-apart burial niches, and a second plurality of the elements b... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5321873 | Burial container A burial container having a seamless single piece base with a bottom, sides and ends, each of which has an inner wall and an outer wall and a seamless single piece lid having an inner and outer wall, the lid sealably securable to the base. The lid, bottom... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5201980 | Method for making liner for interment container The invention comprises a liner for an interment container and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. A plastic layer and a layer including fiberglass are laminated to each other to provide advantages provided by neither material alone. An acryl... | 04/13/1993 |
| 4827581 | Metal casket containing a plastisol liner and method of making the same A metal casket having an impervious plastisol liner and method of producing the casket. A plastisol coating composition is prepared of a thermoplastic resin, a plasticizer for the resin, and a small amount of adhesion resin which is capable of bonding to ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4448826 | Casket coating A coating composition to be applied to a metal casket to prevent corrosion thereof. The coating comprises a film forming matrix containing dispersed particles of an alkaline material capable of neutralizing the finite amount of organic acids contained in ... | 05/15/1984 |
