Patents by Inventor Daniel G. Meiser
Daniel G. Meiser has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230117017Abstract: A product bag suspension assembly includes a rod having a first end, a second end, and a body extending between the first end and the second end. A platform is operatively coupled to the second end of the rod and defines an aperture arrangement configured to receive a mounting device of a product bag. The rod is configured to suspend the product bag in an upright position when the product bag is coupled to the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Donna Weaver, Daniel G. Meiser
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Patent number: 10867332Abstract: A method of merchandising caskets by a casket seller at the point of purchase of a casket purchaser comprises displaying a plurality of untrimmed caskets from which the purchaser may select, each casket of the plurality of caskets being of a different material, color, or design, displaying a plurality of packaged casket interior trim component sets from which the purchaser may select, each set of the plurality of sets containing trim components being of a different material, color, or design, and installing the casket interior trim components of the purchaser selected set into the purchaser selected casket. The casket interior components can include one or more, or all, of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow, in any combination.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Christopher C. Bovard, Paul Holzman, Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev, Christopher M. Wessel
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Patent number: 10470960Abstract: A method of memorializing a deceased comprises the steps of receiving, subsequent to the death of the deceased and prior to a funeral or other memorial service for the deceased, a selection of a personal item of personal significance to the deceased, attaching the personal item to an ornament base, and attaching the ornament base, with the personal item attached thereto, to a casket for the deceased.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Christopher C. Bovard, Charles A. Malcomb, Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev, Christopher M. Wessel, Paul Holzman
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Publication number: 20190066180Abstract: A method of merchandising caskets by a casket seller at the point of purchase of a casket purchaser comprises displaying a plurality of untrimmed caskets from which the purchaser may select, each casket of the plurality of caskets being of a different material, color, or design, displaying a plurality of packaged casket interior trim component sets from which the purchaser may select, each set of the plurality of sets containing trim components being of a different material, color, or design, and installing the casket interior trim components of the purchaser selected set into the purchaser selected casket. The casket interior components can include one or more, or all, of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow, in any combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Christopher C. Bovard, Paul Holzman, Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev, Christopher M. Wessel
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Publication number: 20190066179Abstract: A method of merchandising caskets by a casket seller at the point of purchase of a casket purchaser comprises displaying a plurality of untrimmed caskets from which the purchaser may select, each casket of the plurality of caskets being of a different material, color, or design, displaying a plurality of packaged casket interior trim component sets from which the purchaser may select, each set of the plurality of sets containing trim components being of a different material, color, or design, and installing the casket interior trim components of the purchaser selected set into the purchaser selected casket. The casket interior components can include one or more, or all, of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow, in any combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Christopher C. Bovard, Paul Holzman, Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev, Christopher M. Wessel
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Patent number: 10111798Abstract: A method of forming a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls of a sheet metal casket shell from a single piece of sheet metal. The piece of sheet metal has opposite ends and a length equal to the combined length of the pair of side walls and the pair of end walls of the casket shell to be formed. The opposite ends of the piece of sheet metal are secured together to form a tube. A roll forming roller is positioned in an interior of the tube. A female die configured to produce a desired profile for the side walls and the end walls of the casket shell is positioned around an exterior of the tube. The roller is moved outwardly so as to contact an interior surface of the tube and deform the tube toward a die cavity of the female die. The roller is rolled around a perimeter of the interior of the tube so as to deform the perimeter of the tube toward the die cavity of the female die. The desired profile for the side walls and the end walls of the casket shell is thereby produced.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev
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Publication number: 20170014294Abstract: A method of memorializing a deceased comprises the steps of receiving, subsequent to the death of the deceased and prior to a funeral or other memorial service for the deceased, a selection of a personal item of personal significance to the deceased, attaching the personal item to an ornament base, and attaching the ornament base, with the personal item attached thereto, to a casket for the deceased.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Christopher C. Bovard, Charles A. Malcomb, Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev, Christopher M. Wessel, Paul Holzman
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Patent number: 9456949Abstract: A method of memorializing a deceased comprises the steps of receiving, subsequent to the death of the deceased and prior to a funeral or other memorial service for the deceased, a selection of a personal item of personal significance to the deceased, attaching the personal item to an ornament base, and attaching the ornament base, with the personal item attached thereto, to a casket for the deceased.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Christopher C. Bovard, Charles A. Malcomb, Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev, Christopher M. Wessel, Paul Holzman
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Patent number: 9345632Abstract: A combination casket and casket display comprises a reduced height casket shell adapted to receive the remains of a deceased and having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, the side walls and end walls having lower edges, the bottom wall extending below the lower edges of the side walls and end walls, a casket lid closable on the reduced height casket shell, and a casket display base having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, the side walls and end walls having upper edges. The reduced height casket shell is supported by the casket display base such that the lower edges of the side walls and end walls of the reduced height casket shell are at about the same height as the upper edges of the side walls and end walls of the casket display base, and the bottom wall of the reduced height casket shell extends below the upper edges of the side walls and end walls of the casket display base so as to nest within the casket display base.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Travis Edward Drew, Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev
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Publication number: 20150351987Abstract: A method of forming a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls of a sheet metal casket shell from a single piece of sheet metal. The piece of sheet metal has opposite ends and a length equal to the combined length of the pair of side walls and the pair of end walls of the casket shell to be formed. The opposite ends of the piece of sheet metal are secured together to form a tube. A roll forming roller is positioned in an interior of the tube. A female die configured to produce a desired profile for the side walls and the end walls of the casket shell is positioned around an exterior of the tube. The roller is moved outwardly so as to contact an interior surface of the tube and deform the tube toward a die cavity of the female die. The roller is rolled around a perimeter of the interior of the tube so as to deform the perimeter of the tube toward the die cavity of the female die. The desired profile for the side walls and the end walls of the casket shell is thereby produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev
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Publication number: 20150290067Abstract: A combination casket and casket display comprises a reduced height casket shell adapted to receive the remains of a deceased and having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, the side walls and end walls having lower edges, the bottom wall extending below the lower edges of the side walls and end walls, a casket lid closable on the reduced height casket shell, and a casket display base having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, the side walls and end walls having upper edges. The reduced height casket shell is supported by the casket display base such that the lower edges of the side walls and end walls of the reduced height casket shell are at about the same height as the upper edges of the side walls and end walls of the casket display base, and the bottom wall of the reduced height casket shell extends below the upper edges of the side walls and end walls of the casket display base so as to nest within the casket display base.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Travis Edward Drew, Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev
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Patent number: 9060912Abstract: A combination casket and casket display comprises a reduced height casket shell adapted to receive the remains of a deceased and having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, the side walls and end walls having lower edges, the bottom wall extending below the lower edges of the side walls and end walls, a casket lid closable on the reduced height casket shell, and a casket display base having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, the side walls and end walls having upper edges. The reduced height casket shell is supported by the casket display base such that the lower edges of the side walls and end walls of the reduced height casket shell are at about the same height as the upper edges of the side walls and end walls of the casket display base, and the bottom wall of the reduced height casket shell extends below the upper edges of the side walls and end walls of the casket display base so as to nest within the casket display base.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Travis Edward Drew, Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev
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Publication number: 20140259574Abstract: A method of forming a portion of a sheet metal casket shell, the casket shell having a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls, the portion of the casket shell being formed from a piece of sheet metal having a desired profile, opposite ends, and a length about equal to the combined length of one of the side walls and one of the end walls of the casket shell, comprises the steps of supporting the piece of sheet metal on one side with a female die having a center die portion and opposite end die portions configured to pivot relative to the center die portion, supporting the piece of sheet metal on the opposite side with a male die having a center die portion and opposite end die portions, and pivoting the end die portions of the female die relative to the center die portion of the female die to cause the opposite ends of the piece of sheet metal to fold around the end die portions of the male die, the resulting portion of the casket shell having a side wall, about half of one end wall at oneType: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: BATESVILLE SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev
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Publication number: 20140208552Abstract: A combination casket and casket display comprises a reduced height casket shell adapted to receive the remains of a deceased and having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, the side walls and end walls having lower edges, the bottom wall extending below the lower edges of the side walls and end walls, a casket lid closable on the reduced height casket shell, and a casket display base having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, the side walls and end walls having upper edges. The reduced height casket shell is supported by the casket display base such that the lower edges of the side walls and end walls of the reduced height casket shell are at about the same height as the upper edges of the side walls and end walls of the casket display base, and the bottom wall of the reduced height casket shell extends below the upper edges of the side walls and end walls of the casket display base so as to nest within the casket display base.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: BATESVILLE SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Travis Edward Drew, Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev
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Patent number: 8789250Abstract: A method of forming a portion of a sheet metal casket shell comprises supporting a piece of sheet metal on one side with a female die having a center die portion and opposite end die portions configured to pivot relative to the center die portion, supporting the piece of sheet metal on the opposite side with a male die having a center die portion and opposite end die portions, and pivoting the end die portions of the female die relative to the center die portion of the female die to cause the opposite ends of the piece of sheet metal to fold around the end die portions of the male die. The method can be repeated with a second piece of sheet metal thereby forming two shell halves which can be welded together to form the shell.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev
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Publication number: 20140096454Abstract: A method of establishing a seal between a casket vault lid and a casket vault base comprises the steps of positioning a gasket between confronting generally horizontal surfaces of the lid and base, positioning a base engagement member of a clamping assembly in a recess in the base, positioning a lid engagement member of the clamping assembly in a recess in the lid, and operating the clamping assembly so as to draw the base engagement member and the lid engagement member toward one another to thereby compress the gasket between the confronting generally horizontal surfaces of the lid and base.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev
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Patent number: 8689411Abstract: A combination casket and casket display comprises a reduced height casket shell adapted to receive the remains of a deceased and having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, the side walls and end walls having lower edges, the bottom wall extending below the lower edges of the side walls and end walls, a casket lid closable on the reduced height casket shell, and a casket display base having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, the side walls and end walls having upper edges. The reduced height casket shell is supported by the casket display base such that the lower edges of the side walls and end walls of the reduced height casket shell are at about the same height as the upper edges of the side walls and end walls of the casket display base, and the bottom wall of the reduced height casket shell extends below the upper edges of the side walls and end walls of the casket display base so as to nest within the casket display base.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Travis Edward Drew, Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev
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Publication number: 20140041170Abstract: A method of memorializing a deceased comprises the steps of receiving, subsequent to the death of the deceased and prior to a funeral or other memorial service for the deceased, a selection of a personal item of personal significance to the deceased, attaching the personal item to an ornament base, and attaching the ornament base, with the personal item attached thereto, to a casket for the deceased.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Christopher C. Bovard, Charles A. Malcomb, Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev, Christopher M. Wessel, Paul Holzman
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Publication number: 20130031757Abstract: A method of forming a portion of a sheet metal casket shell comprises supporting a piece of sheet metal on one side with a female die having a center die portion and opposite end die portions configured to pivot relative to the center die portion, supporting the piece of sheet metal on the opposite side with a male die having a center die portion and opposite end die portions, and pivoting the end die portions of the female die relative to the center die portion of the female die to cause the opposite ends of the piece of sheet metal to fold around the end die portions of the male die. The method can be repeated with a second piece of sheet metal thereby forming two shell halves which can be welded together to form the shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: BATESVILLE SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Daniel G. Meiser, Ilija Rojdev
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Patent number: 6922295Abstract: A lens assembly adapted to be connected to a CRT and affixed to mounting structure in a projection television cabinet. The lens assembly includes a tubular lens mount having a longitudinal axis and at least a first optical lens element mounted along the longitudinal axis. A tubular focus mount extends along the longitudinal axis and fastening and locking structure connects the lens mount to the focus mount after a focus mount position is obtained. A CRT coupler is formed integrally with the focus mount and includes structure for securing a CRT and for securing the coupler to the mounting structure within the television cabinet. A second optical lens element is mounted to the CRT coupler. A flexible bladder may be used to contain coolant fluid between the CRT and the coupler.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2003Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Robin S. Glassburn, E. Gregory Fulkerson, Michael B. Larson, David M. Snively, Donald Lee Keyes, Brian L. Dawes, Daniel G. Meiser