Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6324793 | Burial crypt A crypt lid with lifting means for applying a vertical force to lift the lid is provided. The lid is preferably cast of concrete with one or more lifting holes extending vertically through the lid. The holes may be lined with a corrosion resistant materia... | 12/04/2001 |
| 4967523 | Funeral vault A funeral vault having a dome and a base slidably received within a casket receiving hollow of the dome. The dome is preferably comprised of a plurality of components adhered together and covered with an outer protective cover or laminate. A sloped extens... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4845906 | Funeral vault A two piece burial vault comprised of a cooperating pair of high density, molded polystyrene members which are adapted to be frictionally, foricibly coupled together to surround, seal and enclose a conventional casket. A lower generally planar base unit s... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4154031 | Vault A burial vault having a base of rather planar configuration, a dome like portion extending thereabove, and capable of securing with the base by means of a seat provided around the periphery of the said base that accommodates the lower continuous edge of t... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4143494 | Vault liner reinforcement system A system of reinforcing gussets or strips is provided for strengthening a burial vault liner against flexure under the load presented by flowable cementitious vault forming material. The reinforcing gusset system prevents the parts of the vault liner, the... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4099353 | Burial crypt and method of installation A plurality of burial crypts of identical configuration are arranged in a pre-excavated burial area in side by side relation, leveled with respect to one another by interconnecting adjustable means and the areas therebetween and thereover back filled wher... | 07/11/1978 |
