| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 027014000 |
Lids
| 26 |
| 027004000 |
Foldable sections
| 15 |
| 027006000 |
Metallic
| 12 |
| 027019000 |
Linings and coverings
| 8 |
| 027003000 |
Composite
| 7 |
| 027007000 |
Plastic material | 5 |
| 20100218350 | Injection Molded Modular Casket - A modular casket that is easy to assemble and can be assembled with few or no tools is disclosed. The casket comprises a number of injection molded plastic pieces that can be snap-fit together. The casket is relatively compact and lightweight and is conducive to shipping and storage, yet has sufficient strength for its intended purpose. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110041302 | CASKET ENCLOSURE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, an enclosure comprises: a cover comprising a plastic material, a base comprising a plastic material, and a guide configured to engage the cover and the base. The guide comprises a main body, a retaining portion, and a receiving portion. The enclosure is configured to receive a casket with the base under the casket and the cover over the casket. In another embodiment, the enclosure comprises: a cover comprising a plastic material, a base comprising a plastic material, and a guide configured to engage the cover and the base. The guide comprises a main body, a retaining portion, and a receiving portion. The retaining portion further comprises an anchor configured to engage an inner surface of the base if removal of the guide from the base is attempted. The enclosure is configured to receive a casket with the base under the casket and the cover over the casket. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20140090216 | COMBINATION CASKET AND BURIAL VAULT - A combination casket and burial vault for use in burying a deceased person that includes a polymeric lower casket portion and a polymeric upper casket portion. The polymeric lower casket portion is defined by an outer wall and an inner wall. The inner wall defines a recess that is adapted to receive the deceased person. The outer wall and the inner wall are attached together to define an enclosed region therebetween. An aperture extends through the outer wall. The polymeric upper casket portion is movable with respect to the polymeric lower casket portion to cover the recess. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140208553 | BURIAL VAULT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A concrete burial vault system having a layered construction of castable material encased in an inner liner and an outer casing of a thermoplastic polymer such as polypropylene utilizes the liner and casing as a mold for the concrete and enables monolithic molds with self-supporting securing tabs. This system allows the liner and casing to be manufactured at a central location and then transported to a plurality of use locations to be filled with concrete. The manufacturing method supports the system and provides an assembly advantage. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20150074962 | LOAD BEARING CONTAINER MADE FROM REINFORCED WRAP - A method and an article of manufacture are disclosed for making a load bearing structural container with a reinforced wrap, substantially without using additional structural reinforcements. In various embodiments, a fiber reinforced polymer sheet may be used as the reinforced wrap to make the reinforced wrap container having detailed patterns and complex shapes embedded therein using a molding technique. Once the wrap is set and cured, the container holds its shape permanently. The container may include burial caskets and coffins, various shaped boxes, and cases for musical instrument, jewelry technical or medical equipment, guns, camera equipment, and the like. The Container may also be used as shipping packaging for the same types of equipment enumerated above. | 03-19-2015 |
| 027010000 |
Corner structures | 5 |
| 20080196225 | Interment container - An interment container comprising at least one protrusion or at least one indentation, the protrusion or indentation being configured to approximately align with, engage with, or couple to at least one corresponding protrusion or indention of another interment container. The interment container may be configured to comprise at least one protrusion or indentation on any portion of the interment container. Also, a key or intermediate member may be used to approximately align, engage, or couple with corresponding indentations located on stacked, adjacent, proximate, or arranged interment containers. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20100077579 | 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 forming a generally planar corner oriented at about a 45° angle relative to the portion of the end wall and the portion of the side wall. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100077580 | Casket Incorporating Image Display Device - A casket comprises a casket shell having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, a casket lid closable on the casket shell, and a digital image display device mounted to an exterior of at least one of the shell and the lid for displaying digital images. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20150107068 | CASKET HARDWARE ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE - Hardware for a casket comprises a clevis having a pair of side walls, a back wall adapted to be attached to the casket shell wall, a pair of tabs each of which extends laterally outwardly from a respective one of the side walls and each of which is spaced forwardly from the rear wall, an arm pivoted at an upper end to the clevis, and a decorative ear having a downwardly facing recess in a lower edge thereof and a pair of tapered resilient arms each of which is located on a respective side of the recess, each resilient arm having a laterally inwardly projecting tab on a lower free end thereof, each resilient arm becoming progressively thicker from the free end toward a base thereof as measured in a direction generally normal to the casket shell wall. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20160008202 | MOVEABLE CORNER ELEMENT FOR A CASKET | 01-14-2016 |
| 027012000 |
Corpse-raising devices | 1 |
| 20120174356 | ECOLOGICALLY FRIENDLY, FURNITURE QUALITY CASKET - A casket is provided that is made entirely from ecologically friendly materials, yet still provides a furniture quality appearance. The casket includes a box having a bottom, a front wall, a rear wall, and a pair of end walls. A lid is pivotally supported relative to the box by a hinge assembly for movement between a closed position and an opened position. The casket also includes a locking mechanism that is operable to secure the lid in the closed position. The box, the lid, the hinge assembly, and the locking mechanism are made entirely from naturally occurring materials. | 07-12-2012 |
| 027005000 |
Metal and wood | 1 |
| 20090188089 | Metal Coffin with Wooden Structure and the Method of Producing the same - The present invention provides a coffin, in particular a metal coffin with wooden structure. According to the present invention, a metal coffin has a coffin body ( | 07-30-2009 |
| 027013000 |
Headrests | 1 |
| 20150067997 | Casket With Moveable Bottom Panels - A casket comprises four sides, a cover, a plurality of fixed bottom beams extending across the bottom width of the casket, and at least one moveable bottom panel located inside the casket and on top of the fixed bottom beams. At least one rope is affixed to each moveable bottom panel and, the rope extends through the casket to the outside. The inventive casket places the body of the deceased person in closer contact with the earth to promote natural disintegration of the body and in accordance with burial customs of religious faiths requiring such intimate contact of the body with the earth. | 03-12-2015 |
| Entries |
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| 20080263840 | MEMORIALIZATION CASKET - A casket comprises a casket shell, a casket lid closeable upon the shell, and a memorial shelf pivoted to the lid and movable to and between an extended position at which the shelf is adapted to support items of memorialization and a retracted position. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090113679 | CASKET HARDWARE - A casket comprises a casket shell, a casket lid closeable on the shell, and casket hardware. The casket hardware comprises an arm having first and second ends, the first end attached to the shell. A handle bar is attached to the second end. The arm has a first structural load carrying portion for transmitting loads between the handle bar and the shell, and a second nonstructural decorative portion overlying the first portion. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090119893 | 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 and the shell to obstruct rotation of the ornament relative to the shell. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090241309 | Environmentally safe fantasy coffin/caskets - This invention is that a specific object is manually or by machine hot wire cut, die cut, hand carved and/or sculpted out of a block of earth friendly material preferably but not limited to (GCE) Biodegradable Water Resistant Green Cell foam for creating a burial casket. The casket is then painted with Green Seal Certified paints. The casket is then cut or carved into a top and bottom piece. A tongue and groove is carved into the top and bottom pieces for a secured closure. An organic unbleached calico cotton mattress filled with organic wool is inside the casket for the cadaver. Before burial the casket is sealed with organic biodegradable glue. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090282657 | Casket With Combination Shelf, Drawer, And/Or Alcove Memorialization Feature - A casket comprises a shell, a cap closable on the shell, and a dish assembly mounted to an underside of the cap. The dish assembly comprises a cap panel, and either a) an alcove structure formed in the cap panel and adapted to receive an ornament for display when the cap is open, a shelf mounted to the cap panel which projects forwardly and is adapted to support an ornament for display when the cap is open, and a drawer assembly mounted to the cap panel for display and storage of items of memorialization of a deceased, or b) an alcove structure and a shelf, or c) an alcove structure and a drawer assembly, or d) a shelf and a drawer assembly. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100031482 | Edged non-horizontal burial containers - Burial containers to be power installed in non-horizontal positions without the need to dig large holes and subsequently replace the dug out material, and which greatly save land area, plus can be interred in high water table areas and even under shallow water. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100146752 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING POST-BURIAL AUDIO COMMUNICATIONS IN A BURIAL CASKET - An apparatus and method for generating post-burial audio communications from surviving family members, friends, and loved ones by adapting a burial casket with an electronic audio communication system that automatically generates post-burial communications in the casket. The burial casket is thus adapted with an audio message system containing electronically stored audio and music files that are automatically played in accordance with a programmed schedule thereby allowing surviving members means for communicating to the deceased for a period of time after burial. An electronic device having a data storage system for storing recorded audio, such as messages from family and friends, music, or any other suitable audio file is provided. A date tracking timer allows for the selective broadcast of audio content automatically in accordance with user programmed and selected scheduling. A battery power source provides electrical power for the system. The present invention thus provides surviving family and friends with a means of automatically communicating messages and sounds to the deceased after burial. The apparatus has a housing that includes a relatively thin projecting peripheral lip sized to fit on the back of a conventional picture frame such that it may be concealed behind a photograph of the deceased when affixed in the casket. A wireless update device is further provided to allow surviving family members the ability to update, revise, and edit, stored audio files and programming after burial. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110314647 | CREMATION CONTAINER - A cremation container may comprise a cover and a base. The base may comprise a corrugated fiberboard portion and a frame. The corrugated fiberboard portion may encase the frame and may form a bottom of the base. Consequently, the base may be provided with a combined structural strength of both the frame and corrugated fiberboard portion. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120000044 | Self boring vertical burial containers - A space saving burial container that bores its own hole and efficiently guides the cut away receiving material up and out of the hole to inter a fully secured body in a permanently natural upright position. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20130160258 | Casket Insert Roller System - A casket system includes a casket container and a movable platform. The casket container has a bottom, and includes a plurality of rollers supported by said bottom. The movable platform is displosed within the casket container. The movable platform including slots extending through the platform and aligned horizontally with the plurality of rollers, the movable platform having a raised position and a lowered position, wherein at least a portion of a first number of the plurality of rollers extend through the slots and stand proud the movable platform in the lowered position, and a portion of fewer than the first number of the plurality of rulers stand proud the movable platform in the raised position. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20140366342 | BODY CONTAINMENT CONSTRUCTION SUITABLE FOR USE WITHIN BIO-CREMATION PROCESSES - Body containment constructions, materials, and methods of use for bio-cremation processes are disclosed. Preferably, the containment constructions of the present invention provide the functionality of liquid containment and also the functionality of body presentment for viewing purposes, if desired, in addition to bio-degradability. Advantageously, liquid containment is provided in a body containment construction that is sufficiently liquid impervious, allows for body transport by sufficient structural support, and is decomposable within the time period for a bio-cremation process. More preferably, the containment construction will dissolve or decompose within a normal procedural time period without leaving any component remaining from the containment construction. According to an aspect of the present invention, a body containment bag is provided that is made from a structural material that is combined with a liquid containment material and one or more closures, wherein the body containment bag is effectively usable for bio-cremation during which all components of the body containment bag can effectively decompose by alkaline hydrolysis. Methods of making and of utilizing a body containment bag for decomposition are also disclosed. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20160000632 | COFFIN FOR HOLDING AN INNER COFFIN AND HAVING A BASE AND A COVER - A coffin is constructed to hold an inner coffin for holding the mortal remains therein or thereon. The inner coffin has a bottom, opposing first and second ends and opposing first and second sides extending in a longitudinal direction of the inner coffin between the first and second ends. The coffin comprises a base for supporting the inner coffin; and a cover to provide at least partial covering of the inner coffin when arranged on the base. The coffin allows displacement of the inner coffin over the base by allowing passage of the inner coffin from the base at one end or side. The coffin further allows access to at least one other one of the ends and sides of the inner coffin from lateral directions along a support plane comprising the bottom of the inner coffin for getting hold on the inner coffin to move it along the support plane over the base in the direction of the one of the ends and sides of the inner coffin. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160136029 | CAP PANEL SHELF - A casket may include a casket shell, at least one casket cap pivotally mounted on the casket shell, a cap panel inserted in a cavity formed by a bottom surface of the at least one casket cap, a plurality of puffing members attached to the edges of the cap panel, and a cap panel shelf mounted on the bottom surface of the casket cap. The cap panel shelf may be mounted on the casket cap by using wooden dowels. The cap panel shelf may be mounted on the casket cap by using mounting brackets positioned in between a puffing member on the bottom edge of the cap panel and the cap panel. A hinged support may be fastened to the bottom surface of the cap panel shelf to retain the cap panel shelf at a desired position. | 05-19-2016 |
