Patents by Inventor Gary R. Cunningham

Gary R. Cunningham 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).

  • Funerary article having lighted ornament
    Patent number: 7343653
    Abstract: A funerary article comprises a container having a pair of side wide walls, a pair of end walls and a bottom wall. The container is adapted to contain remains of a deceased. A lid is closeable upon the container. The container has external surfaces defining an exterior of the container. A light source is mounted to the container exterior. The funerary article can be a casket or a cremation urn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary R. Cunningham, Donald Maple, Paul M. Schnepp
  • Casket lid and method of making same
    Patent number: 7247264
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Buchler, Gary R. Cunningham, Todd K. Dennis, Bryan M. Hankel, John E. Linville, Donald R. Maier, Stephanie E. Mauch, Vincent Mark Moster, Roger L. Reuss, Patrick M. Saaf
  • Casket having lighted corners
    Patent number: 7200905
    Abstract: The present invention is an ornamental light assembly for a casket. The casket has a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls. The light assembly comprises a back plate adapted to be mounted to at least one of the walls of the casket shell. A base member having a top and bottom wall and at least one side wall connecting the top and bottom wall is coupled to the back plate. The top wall of the base member includes a light source, such as a light bulb, and a translucent ornament overlying the light source such that the light emitted from the light source is transmitted through the translucent ornament. The base member can include at least one battery for powering the light source and an electrical switch for energizing the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary R. Cunningham, Donald Maple, Paul M. Schnepp
  • Casket lid and method of making same
    Patent number: 6849141
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Buchler, Gary R. Cunningham, Todd K. Dennis, Bryan M. Hankel, John E. Linville, Donald R. Maier, Stephanie E. Mauch, Vincent Mark Moster, Roger L. R uss, Patrick M. Saaf
  • Casket lid and method of making same
    Publication number: 20040244163
    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 19, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Buchler, Gary R. Cunningham, Todd K. Dennis, Bryan M. Hankel, John E. Linville, Donald R. Maier, Stephanie E. Mauch, Vincent Mark Moster, Roger L. Reuss, Patrick M. Saaf
  • Casket lid and method of making same
    Publication number: 20030122280
    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: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin R. Buchler, Gary R. Cunningham, Todd K. Dennis, Bryan M. Hankel, John E. Linville, Donald R. Maier, Stephanie E. Mauch, Vincent Mark Moster, Roger L. Reuss, Patrick M. Saaf