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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318262 | Casket and urn display A casket and urn display has a floor, a top, and a perimeter sidewall. A viewable portion in the top or sidewall includes a recess in which a memorial display is mounted. The display includes a mounted butterfly mounted in a container having a viewable display panel... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305781 | Picture frame assembly A weatherproof gravesite picture frame assembly displays photographs, letters, cards, and other flat memorabilia at a gravesite. The assembly has a planar frame, an elongated stake, and an elastomeric collar. The frame has an inner recess for receiving a picture, a ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7287345 | Memorial display A gravesite memorial display is provided which includes a display rack and support post. The display rack displays items that depict hobbies, interests, and achievements of the deceased. The gravesite memorial display also includes an anti-theft bar that prevents th... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7269884 | Incinerable article of funerary ornamentation The purpose of the invention is an article of funerary ornamentation, characterized in that it includes a receptacle adapted to receive mementos, which is of a combustible material and is covered by a display layer with personalized themes. In particular, the recept... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7231733 | Display frame A display device made of transparent flexibly resilient plastic having a pair of nestable members forming a weather resistant framed area for holding flat planar display material such as a photograph or memorabilia or advertising material or the like. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226247 | Method and apparatus for creating soil or rock subsurface support A subsurface support includes a protective outer member that encases an interior support member. The inner support member may typically be a steel or iron rod which is held within the outer tube as by grout or cement. The outer tube is preferably emplaced by forcing... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7191499 | Memorial urn A combination memorial and storage urn for cremated remains is disclosed, and may include a separate container/support and a pedestal for displaying the memorial. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175507 | Method of providing a dual use gravesite marker A temporary gravesite marker for use in identifying a gravesite until a permanent gravestone is available includes a marker tablet which has a generally rectangular solid form with an upper surface to be marked with alphanumeric characters providing information rega... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7131237 | 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... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117570 | Cross-shaped urn A cross shaped container includes a cross shaped member having four arms which are communicably connected at a central portion, wherein the arms are generally hollow and each arm has a cap for sealing a terminal end thereof. A pedestal base supportively connects to ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7090557 | Ornamental display using wind motion A mobile constructed from a single sheet of material having alternating cut lines and fold lines so that wind striking the mobile causes the intervening panels to undulate. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7056860 | Print protection, embedded print protected page, embedded text page, embedded text kit, and methods relating thereto As a writing surface, the invention provides a waterproof solid sheet that has been formed from a polyvinyl chloride and that has at least one writing face that receives controllably semi-permanent ink writing. The writing is only controllably removable from the wri... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7025016 | Anchoring marker post An anchoring marker post comprising a hollow elongated member, the elongated member composed of a flexibly resilient polymer plastic and having a first end and a second end, integrally attached to the elongated member is a set of anchoring flaps, the anchoring flaps... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6949010 | Method of providing a dual use gravesite marker A temporary gravesite marker for use in identifying a gravesite until a permanent gravestone is available includes a marker tablet which has a generally rectangular solid form with an upper surface to be marked with alphanumeric characters providing information rega... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6925740 | Gravesite memorial display with flower holder feature A gravesite memorial display includes a shell structured to provide a weathertight interior. The shell is constructed of at least one fixed portion, at least one movable portion, and a transparent portion. The transparent portion enables items placed within the inte... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922927 | Holder for and method for holding memorial material A holder for memorial material includes a display panel with a front and rear surface, and an upper ledge attached to the display panel. The display panel has between the front surface and the rear surface a material space for the memorial material. One can insert t... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6904721 | Cremated remains holder and marker combination A cremated remains holder and marker combination device includes a panel having a top side and a bottom side. The panel has at least one opening extending through the top and bottom sides. Indicia are selectively engraved in the top side for identifying cremated rem... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6898879 | Memory marker for a gravesite A gravesite memory marker made of transparent flexibly resilient plastic having a pair of nestable members forming a weather resistant framed area for holding a photograph or other memorabilia and a pointed stake for insertion into the ground at the gravesite. ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6800167 | Printing system for generating personalized memorial items, and method for generating such items A funeral home director or other party who wishes to generate a personalized memorial item (for example, a casket display) is provided with stock display sheets, which are most preferably formed of adhesive label sheets having easily peelable/removable precut displa... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6729078 | Tombstone repair frame A frame designed to hold worn or broken historical tombstones together indefinitely. The preferred stainless steel frame includes an integrated back panel on which the original inscription is engraved, thereby preserving the original inscription that may have faded ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6678975 | Decorative apparatus A decorative apparatus comprising a frog, a frog holder, a decorative attachment, and a means of attaching, positioning and orienting the decorative attachment.... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6627315 | Artificial stone The following artificial stone having a deep color tone and a glaze and having a luminousness is provided at low costs. An artificial mixture in which a fine powder component of an inorganic material having a size of from 5 to 70 mesh is used, the sum of this ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6427367 | Memorial cross marker A cross shaped marker that includes an elongated vertical member having an aperture near one of the ends of the vertical member. The aperture extending through the elongated vertical member. The aperture further having an engagement mechanism for securing... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6418676 | Memorial accents A sturdy and lightweight decorative frame cover for upper edge corners of monument type headstones. The frame cover has an upper top frame member that pivotally is attached to a lower backing frame member with each member formed from wire type members tha... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6389664 | Portable burial system for cremation remains A portable burial system for interment of cremated remains of humans and/or pets that provides for complete underground burial in keeping with traditional burial practices is disclosed. The present burial system includes an ornamental marker structure, wh... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6363635 | Memorial markers and method for producing the same A low cost, repairable memorial marker for marking a gravesite. The marker is created from a top sheet of bronze and a mating bottom sheet of bronze that are formed individually via a sheet metal forming process into the desired shape for the marker and t... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6351905 | Commemorative book tiles A system for providing recognition to donors includes a plurality of tiles configured to simulate the appearance of book spines. Each of the tiles carries the name of a particular donor. Certain tiles can also include a medallion signifying special inform... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6341437 | Memorial stand A memorial assembly is provided including a post, an encasement mounted on the post with a compartment therein, and a photograph mount situated in the compartment of the encasement for holding a photograph therein.... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6338211 | Memorial marker for staking in a grave A memorial marker that includes a cap, that is attached to the uppermost end of a rod and is a conventionally-oriented five point star that has a pair of lowermost pointed arms that depend skewly outwardly from the rod, and which equidistantly straddle, a... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6264032 | Memorial family finder and method of use A memorial family finder has a container having an opening shaped to receive a message having contact information. The container is positioned in proximity to a headstone of an ancestor, thereby allowing the message to be left in proximity to the headston... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6203643 | Method of placing markings on a polymer plastic grave marker A method of placing markings on a polymer plastic grave marker. Firstly, providing a polymer plastic grave marker of a known polymer composition. The polymer plastic grave marker is of a first color. Secondly, removing material from a surface of the polym... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6199327 | Memorial plaque with removable marker block The invention provides a memorial plaque adapted for detachable mounting to a forward surface of a base, such as a cover slab of a crypt, a headstone or grave marker. The plaque includes a marker block having an exposed face adapted to receive memorial in... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6173539 | Metal memorial monument markers and method of making the same The present invention is a metal memorial marker and a method of making the same. The invented marker is made of metal, preferably 1/8" to 1/2" thick, preferably with steel-chromium alloys, such as stainless steel, or a non-ferrous metals, such as aluminu... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6105287 | Outdoor display system A photograph display assembly and method which has particular application for outdoor use in combination with memorials or tombstones. The design utilizes a double-sided acrylic tape to hermetically seal a covering lens and to affix a frame assembly to a ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105288 | Tombstone picture display A tombstone picture display for displaying photos, pictures, and other images on a tombstone. The tombstone picture display includes a holder for mounting to a tombstone which has front, back, and top faces. The holder also has a slot in the top face of t... | 08/22/2000 |
