Patents Assigned to Batesville Services, Inc.
  • Memorialization Casket
    Publication number: 20110067212
    Abstract: A casket having provision for displaying a photograph, the photograph having a pair of opposite side edges, comprises a 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, a casket cap closable on the casket shell, the cap including a dish assembly mounted to an underside thereof, the dish assembly including a cap panel, the cap panel including at least one pair of opposed retention members sized and configured to receive and retain the pair of opposite side edges of the photograph for display of the photograph when the cap is in an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Edward Drew, Christopher M. Wessel
  • Display For A Casket Selection Room
    Publication number: 20110068068
    Abstract: A display for a casket selection room comprises a base, a first display portion mounted to the base, a plurality of casket portions representing a plurality of casket choices from which a customer may select mounted to the first display portion, a second display portion mounted to the first display portion, and a plurality of casket ornaments representing a plurality of ornament choices from which the customer may select mounted to the second display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bowers, Jane J. Browe, Kevin R. Buchler
  • Casket and memorialization accessory
    Patent number: 7908720
    Abstract: A casket and memorialization accessory combination comprises a casket comprising a casket shell having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls and a casket lid closable on the casket shell, a decorative ornament, and a keepsake box adapted to receive keepsake items therein. The casket shell and ornament are configured such that the ornament is removably attachable to the casket shell. The keepsake box and ornament are configured such that the ornament is attachable to the keepsake box. The ornament can be removed from the casket in which a deceased was displayed for viewing and attached to the keepsake box so that the keepsake box and ornament can be presented to a loved one of the deceased as a memorial to the deceased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Ilija Rojdev
  • Casket and memorialization accessory
    Patent number: 7904998
    Abstract: A casket and memorialization accessory combination comprises a casket comprising a casket shell having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls and a casket lid closable on the casket shell, a decorative ornament, and a planter adapted to receive a plant therein. The casket shell and ornament are configured such that the ornament is removably attachable to the casket shell. The planter and ornament are configured such that the ornament is attachable to the planter. The ornament can be removed from the casket in which a deceased was displayed for viewing and attached to the planter so that the planter and ornament can be presented to a loved one of the deceased as a memorial to the deceased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jancy A. Motz, Ilija Rojdev
  • Display for a casket selection room
    Patent number: 7891505
    Abstract: A display for a casket selection room comprises a base, a first display portion mounted to the base, a plurality of casket portions representing a plurality of casket choices from which a customer may select mounted to the first display portion, a second display portion mounted to the first display portion, and a plurality of casket ornaments representing a plurality of ornament choices from which the customer may select mounted to the second display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bowers, Jane J. Browe, Kevin R. Buchler
  • Method of mounting casket to display
    Publication number: 20110011815
    Abstract: A display for displaying casket portions comprises a back wall, at least one wing wall, a shelf, a casket corner section having two cut sides at substantially a right angle to one another and having a bottom, a side panel attached to one of the cut sides of the casket corner section, a bottom panel attached to the bottom of the casket corner section, and at least one dowel pin on the back wall. The casket corner section is supported on the shelf, the side panel is positioned between the wing wall and the dowel pin, and the other cut side faces the back wall. The dowel pin is spaced from the wing wall by an amount such that an outwardly facing surface of the side panel is snugged against an inwardly facing surface of the wing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Carl Gard, Joseph Leo Giesey, III, Colleen Josephine Klimara, Daniel J. Parker, Todd Jeffrey Tekulve, Mark Steven Williams
  • Casket with hidden hinge providing position adjustment of cap on shell
    Patent number: 7866014
    Abstract: A casket comprises a shell, a lid closable on the shell, and a hinge mounting the lid to the shell. The hinge comprises a first hinge leaf attached to the shell, a second hinge leaf attached to the lid, a first link having a first end pivoted to the first hinge leaf, a second link having a first end fixed to the second hinge leaf, and the first and second links having respective second ends selectably fixable to one another at a plurality of positions along a length of the second link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher C. Bovard
  • Casket having memorabilia compartment
    Patent number: 7854047
    Abstract: A casket memorabilia compartment assembly adapted to couple to a casket to provide display and/or storage of pictures memorializing the deceased. The memorabilia compartment assembly comprises a panel mountable to the casket for swinging displacement between an inner hanging position within the casket and an outer hanging without the casket. The panel includes a display side exposed when in the outer hanging position. The display side includes a compartment for the display and/or storage of pictures. The outer surface of the compartment is transparent so as to view the pictures within the compartment. The memorabilia compartment assembly can be incorporated, into a big body and/or throw used during viewing of the deceased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Wray, Jamie D. Riddle
  • Memorialization Casket And Method
    Publication number: 20100299895
    Abstract: A casket comprises a 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, a casket cap closable on the casket shell, the cap including a dish assembly mounted to an underside thereof, the dish assembly including a cap panel, and at least one medallion mounted on either an interior surface or an exterior surface of either the cap or the shell, the medallion having text and/or graphics representing a life aspect of the deceased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Burlage, Paul Holzman, Jancy A. Motz, Ilija Rojdev
  • Casket and Memorialization Accessory
    Publication number: 20100287749
    Abstract: A casket and memorialization accessory combination comprises a casket comprising a casket shell having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls and a casket lid closable on the casket shell, a decorative ornament comprising a digital image display device, and a keepsake box adapted to receive keepsake items therein. The casket shell and ornament are configured such that the ornament is removably attachable to the casket shell. The keepsake box and ornament are configured such that the ornament is attachable to the keepsake box. The ornament can be removed from the casket in which a deceased was displayed for viewing and attached to the keepsake box so that the keepsake box and ornament can be presented to a loved one of the deceased as a memorial to the deceased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Ilija Rojdev
  • SHEET METAL CASKET
    Publication number: 20100275422
    Abstract: A sheet metal casket comprises a casket shell having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, and a casket cap closable on the casket shell. At least a portion of at least one of the shell and cap are fabricated of clad sheet metal formed from first and second different metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilija Rojdev, Gregory Wray
  • Method of mounting casket portion to display
    Patent number: 7798337
    Abstract: A display for displaying casket portions comprises a back wall, at least one wing wall, a shelf, a casket corner section having two cut sides at substantially a right angle to one another and having a bottom, a side panel attached to one of the cut sides of the casket corner section, a bottom panel attached to the bottom of the casket corner section, and at least one dowel pin on the back wall. The casket corner section is supported on the shelf, the side panel is positioned between the wing wall and the dowel pin, and the other cut side faces the back wall. The dowel pin is spaced from the wing wall by an amount such that an outwardly facing surface of the side panel is snugged against an inwardly facing surface of the wing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Carl Gard, Joseph Leo Giesey, III, Colleen Josephine Klimara, Daniel J. Parker, Todd Jeffrey Tekulve, Mark Steven Williams
  • Casket having memorabilia compartment
    Patent number: 7774908
    Abstract: A casket is provided with an integral memorabilia compartment for the placement, display and storage therein of personal effects and mementos of memorialization of the deceased. In one form the casket comprises a shell, a cap pivoted to the shell, and an openable and closable memorabilia compartment forming a part of the cap. In another form the casket comprises a shell, a cap pivoted to the shell, and an openable and closable memorabilia compartment forming a part of the shell. In both forms the memorabilia compartment is so positioned and configured as to provide convenient access to mourners paying respects to the deceased for placing personal effects and mementos therein and to provide display of the personal effects and mementos placed therein for viewing by the mourners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Biondo, Dennis C. Laphan, Donald R. Maier, William F. Neth, Charles F. Winburn
  • Method Of Forming Sheet Metal Casket
    Publication number: 20100199482
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Parker
  • CASKET HAVING MEMORABILIA COMPARTMENT
    Publication number: 20100146751
    Abstract: A casket memorabilia compartment assembly adapted to couple to a casket to provide display and/or storage of pictures memorializing the deceased. The memorabilia compartment assembly comprises a panel mountable to the casket for swinging displacement between an inner hanging position within the casket and an outer hanging without the casket. The panel includes a display side exposed when in the outer hanging position. The display side includes a compartment for the display and/or storage of pictures. The outer surface of the compartment is transparent so as to view the pictures within the compartment. The memorabilia compartment assembly can be incorporated, into a big body and/or throw used during viewing of the deceased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Wray, Jamie D. Riddle
  • Casket With Combination Shelf, Drawer, And/Or Memorialization Feature
    Publication number: 20100132172
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Parker
  • Method of forming sheet metal casket
    Patent number: 7698792
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Parker
  • Casket shell corner
    Patent number: D613475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Parker
  • Casket ornament
    Patent number: D621573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Parker
  • Casket shell corner
    Patent number: D623823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Parker