Patents by Inventor Bryan Hankel

Bryan Hankel 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).

  • Publication number: 20070220720
    Abstract: A method of making a lid for a casket comprises providing tooling configured to produce a one-piece, unitary casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, providing settable material from which to mold the lid, molding the settable material with the tooling, permitting the settable material to set thereby producing a one-piece, unitary casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, and adhesively applying a wood veneer sheet to at least a portion of the lid. The veneer sheet can be applied with either a membrane press or a profile wrapping machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: BATESVILLE SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Buchler, Gary Cunningham, Todd Dennis, Bryan Hankel, John Linville, Donald Maier, Stephanie Mauch, Vincent Moster, Roger Reuss, Patrick Saaf
  • Publication number: 20050268440
    Abstract: A casket comprises a shell having a pair of opposed side walls, a pair of opposed end walls, and an upwardly facing flange, a lid closeable upon the edge of the shell, and a cover securable to the shell and concealing the flange when the lid is open, the cover being at least semi-rigid, the cover having a one-piece right angle section and a straight section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Christopher Bovard, Gary Cunningham, Bryan Hankel, Donald Maple, Daniel Parker, Paul Schnepp, Greg Wray
  • Publication number: 20050125973
    Abstract: A cremation urn vault comprises a vault base including an opening communicating with a cavity configured to receive therein a cremation urn, a cover securable over the opening of the base, a memorabilia compartment incorporated in the vault for receiving and storing keepsakes and mementos and a record tube incorporated in the vault for receiving and storing a record of the deceased whose remains are contained in the cremation urn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Bryan Hankel, Tom Heil, Christopher Wessel