Composite Patents (Class 27/3)
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Patent number: 11439560Abstract: A casket and method for manufacture of a casket is described, and more particularly, for a casket having walls constructed of fiberboard such as medium density fiberboard (MDF). The walls have outside cladding of MDF that is molded or extruded to provide surface contours such as raised and/or recessed features without having to attach such features as separate trim pieces to the walls. The resulting casket provides aesthetic characteristics and strength for use in funeral ceremonies.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Sich Casket Company LimitedInventor: Hung Sirius Chan
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Publication number: 20140223706Abstract: A casket comprising a tub and a lid formed of molded plastic and walls formed of honeycomb, cellular or foam structure sandwiched between an inner and outer plastic skins, or structural or rotational molded foam, or thermo molded foam, and including a valve for preventing pressure build up within the casket.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Inventor: Joshua H. Abrams
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Patent number: 8763218Abstract: A modular casket made of lightweight materials is structurally reinforced using a structural sealant along at least the inner surfaces of the side panels, and optionally along at least side edge portions of a base panel to which the side panels are coupled, to stiffen and rigidize the casket against flexion along longitudinal and lateral axes, as well as torsional flexion. The structurally reinforced casket is sealed or more readily sealed against leakage and provides other benefits of structural stiffness and rigidity with relatively small cost and weight penalties.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Clarion Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Brownlow, Timothy D. Derengowski, Ricky L. Eustice
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Publication number: 20140026377Abstract: A casket comprises a casket shell adapted to receive the remains of a deceased having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, and a casket cap closable on the casket shell. A dish assembly is mounted to an underside of the cap. The dish assembly includes a cap panel comprising a sheet of magnetic material. At least one medallion having text and/or graphics representing a life aspect of the deceased is removably mounted on the cap panel. The medallion comprises a medallion blank having at least one magnet on a rear side thereof and having a recess on a front side thereof, a two-dimensional image positioned in the recess of the medallion blank, and a transparent layer of material overlying the two-dimensional image. The transparent layer of material is dome-shaped in cross section such that a peripheral outer edge of the layer is thinner than a central portion of the layer. The magnet removably secures the medallion blank to the magnetic material of the cap panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventor: Ilija Rojdev
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Publication number: 20130074298Abstract: A coffin includes a coffin main body; the coffin main body includes an upper frame, a lower frame, a wall and a first cover. The first cover includes a first outward cover and a first cover frame, which is located on the upper frame and connected to the coffin main body. The wall includes two long walls, two short walls, and a bottom wall. The two long walls and two short walls are connected and surround the upper frame and lower frame, and the bottom wall is located on the lower frame, allowing the bottom wall, two long walls and two short walls to form a container. The first outward cover, two long walls, and bottom wall are made of cardboard which is honeycomb cardboard; the first cover frame, the upper frame, and the lower frame are made of wood.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventor: Tony MONG
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Patent number: 8291556Abstract: A modular casket made of lightweight materials is structurally reinforced using a structural sealant, and/or longitudinally-arranged reinforcing members, and/or laterally-arranged reinforcing members, to stiffen and rigidize the casket against flexion along longitudinal and lateral axes, as well as torsional flexion. The structurally reinforced casket is sealed or more readily sealed against leakage and provides other benefits of structural stiffness and rigidity with relatively small cost and weight penalties.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Clarion Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Brownlow, Timothy D. Derengowski, Ricky L. Eustice
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Publication number: 20120167359Abstract: A coffin comprising a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall, a second end wall, a composite base and reinforcing layers along the sides, ends and the corners, wherein the composite base and the reinforcing layers are adapted to provide structural enhancement to the coffin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: Tent Tech Pte LtdInventors: Khee Yang Ng, Kok Kin Ting, Kay Heng Teo, Boon Tee Desmond Lim
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Publication number: 20120102693Abstract: This invention relates to a method for manufacturing agglomerated material from retified fibers. It also relates to a coffin manufactured with such material and a profile such as a joinery profile. Said method involves a first step that consists in preparing pellets where the pellet composition is formed by extruding a mixture of retified vegetal fiber in fragmented form with a thermoplastic polymer or a mixture of thermoplastic polymers, and a second step that consists in an extrusion step from at least one pellet composition, during which the pellets are heated and mixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventor: Antoine ROYAL
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Patent number: 8060996Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Ilija Rojdev, Gregory Wray
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Publication number: 20110252612Abstract: A modular casket made of lightweight materials is structurally reinforced using a structural sealant, and/or longitudinally-arranged reinforcing members, and/or laterally-arranged reinforcing members, to stiffen and rigidize the casket against flexion along longitudinal and lateral axes, as well as torsional flexion. The structurally reinforced casket is sealed or more readily sealed against leakage and provides other benefits of structural stiffness and rigidity with relatively small cost and weight penalties.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: CLARION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: John Brownlow, Timothy D. Derengowski, Ricky L. Eustice
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Publication number: 20110185547Abstract: An external covering for coffins, sarcophagi, cinerary urns and the like is made of at least one adhesive film that can be applied to the entire outer surface of a container such as a coffin.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: ANIMA DESIGN S.R.L.Inventors: Gianluca Malandra, Maria Daniela Malandra
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Publication number: 20100229359Abstract: A casket of wood and steel construction and method making the same. The casket has a channel formed in the steel and a plank is inlaid in the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventor: Julius J. Larry, III
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Publication number: 20100213292Abstract: A coffin for use in an alkaline hydrolysis processes described. The coffin comprises a dissolvable receptacle for a cadaver, the dissolvable receptacle being dissolvable in the alkaline hydrolysis process. A method of disposing of a cadaver is also described. The method includes the steps of placing the cadaver into a coffin comprising a dissolvable receptacle; placing the coffin in an alkaline hydrolysis unit; and adding water and a chemical into the alkaline hydrolysis unit with the cadaver, to break down the cadaver into a fluid component and a bone residue component and to dissolve the dissolvable receptacle of the coffin by alkaline hydrolysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2008Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: Resomation LimitedInventor: Alexander Sullivan
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Patent number: 7614131Abstract: A modular casket assembly, created from composite wood scraps ground to a fine wooden composite grind and dried, is provided. A fine wooden composite is mixed with a dry glue and heat or pressure activated as desired. This mixture is then placed in a press mold with a thin veneer cover. The veneer cover may be paper, wood, cloth or other material. Typically, the veneer is perforated with small pin holes to permit steam to pass through during compression. Any desired image or scene may be provided on the veneer. The mold mixture and veneer is then compressed in a wood press, and to provide a finished product with durable veneer with a finished surface. The finished surface can be a fine wood finish, a wood-look finish or any variety of customized images. The casket assembly includes substantially flat or curvilinear panels. The casket assembly may be split as desired. Decorative brackets may be used to assemble the casket box.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Inventor: B. Calvin Leverett
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Patent number: 7555819Abstract: A coffin comprises a frame and a cover layer formed from a plurality of strands of a first material interlaced with a plurality of strands of a second material. The cover layer is attached to the frame by the second material to form a recess for receiving a cadaver. The cover layer is a woven cover layer comprising weft strands formed of the first material warp strands formed of the second material. Each of a plurality of the strands of the second material pass through at least one through hole provided in the frame, thereby to secure the cover layer to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2007Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Devoncraft UK, Ltd.Inventor: Philip Wensley
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Publication number: 20080034562Abstract: A coffin comprises a frame and a cover layer formed from a plurality of strands of a first material interlaced with a plurality of strands of a second material. The cover layer is attached to the frame by the second material to form a recess for receiving a cadaver. The cover layer is a woven cover layer comprising weft strands formed of the first material warp strands formed of the second material. Each of a plurality of the strands of the second material pass through at least one through hole provided in the frame, thereby to secure the cover layer to the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2007Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventor: Philip Wensley
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Patent number: 7222400Abstract: A modular casket assembly is defined by an exterior casket box which is created from composite wood scraps ground to a fine wooden composite grind and dried. These are then mixed with a dry glue which is heat or pressure activated. This mixture is then placed in a press mold with thin veneer cover. The veneer cover may be paper, wood or cloth or other material. Typically the veneer is perforated with small pin holes to permit steam to pass through during compression. Any desired image or scene may be provided on the veneer. The mold mixture and veneer is the compressed in wood press. The finished product is a durable veneer with a finished surface. The finished surface can be a fine wood finish, a wood-look finish or any of wide variety of customized images. The casket assembly includes substantially flat or curvilinear side wall panels, a substantially flat bottom panel, and substantially flat end wall panels for defining an open box.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2003Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Inventor: B. Calvin Leverett
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Patent number: 5960524Abstract: A burial container assembly with a lid constructed of a top and a plurality of sides extending from the top and which defines a first shell having a hollowed interior and a downwardly facing perimeter edge. A base is likewise provided with a bottom and both side walls and end walls which extend from the bottom to establish an open interior and an upwardly facing perimeter edge and which in combination define a second shell with a likewise hollowed interior. The base is preferably provided as a rectangular shaped body with an outwardly extending ledge projecting around a perimeter of the body and around which are assembled a plurality of individual side/end pieces and corner pieces to establish the hollowed shell of the base.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1997Date of Patent: October 5, 1999Assignee: Greenwood, Inc.Inventors: James W. Darby, James Walthall
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Patent number: 5928599Abstract: A method of forming an article of manufacture which includes an undercut therein comprises the steps of providing a tool, removably positioning at least one consumable form adjacent to the tool, providing settable material from which to mold a finished part, molding the material onto the tool and on the form so as to encapsulate the form within the material to thereby form an undercut therein, allowing the material to set to form the finished part and separating the tool from the finished part and the encapsulated form. A method is also provided for forming articles of manufacture of various configurations utilizing a single generic tool by repeating the steps with differently shaped forms removably affixed to the single generic tool in different locations to produce a plurality of finished parts of varying configurations with the single generic tool.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1995Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis C. Laphan, Ilija Rojdev
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Patent number: 5722133Abstract: A combination casket and burial vault comprising a lid and base, the base defining an interior, and a seal being disposed between the lid and the base. A substantially horizontally extending drive pin attaches the lid to the base without extending into the interior of the base. It is contemplated that one or more of the lid and base will include a composite material.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1995Date of Patent: March 3, 1998Inventors: David W. Farris, Jimmy D. Field
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Patent number: 5611125Abstract: A container with a lid sealed thereon wholly encloses a space which can contain a casket. The container wall, the lid wall, and the seal bar flow of matter into the space containing the casket. The container wall and the lid wall both also wholly enclose chambers which am filled with concrete. There is a fenestrated spacer attached between the walls of both the concrete filled container chamber and the concrete filled lid chamber with the concrete passing through the fenestrated spacer to link the concrete filling the container chamber to the container and to link the concrete filling the lid chamber to the lid to give the container and the lid the strength of concrete.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1995Date of Patent: March 18, 1997Inventors: Robert Williams, Robert B. Williams, Gary J. Williams
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Patent number: 5516104Abstract: A slot machine which uses pachinko balls as game media. It stores in a memory the number of pachinko balls (unit number) economically equivalent to a medal. During take in of pachinko balls for starting a game and dispensing of pachinko balls as prizes, pachinko balls corresponding to an integral multiplication of the unit number are handled. When the unit number is changed, it can be easily accomplished by a change in a value of the unit number using the change instruction inputting apparatus. In the slot machine, the sprocket which controls the dispensing of the pachinko balls and the ratchet wheel are preferably set on the same axis and disengageably linked by a fixing projection and a fixing concave provided on them for conjoint rotation when required.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1994Date of Patent: May 14, 1996Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Ace DenkenInventors: Takatoshi Takemoto, Kazunari Kawashima, Masayuki Tsurumi, Eiji Ito, Katsuhiro Naito
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Patent number: 5381591Abstract: The invention provides a multi-tier burial system comprising a plurality of precast elements, a first plurality of the elements being aligned to form a first tier defining a plurality of spaced-apart burial niches, and a second plurality of the elements being aligned to form a second tier supported by the first tier also defining a plurality of spaced-apart burial niches, the niches in the second tier being vertically staggered in relation to the niches in the first tier.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1992Date of Patent: January 17, 1995Inventors: Uri Ponger, Tuvia Sagiv
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Patent number: 5321873Abstract: A burial container having a seamless single piece base with a bottom, sides and ends, each of which has an inner wall and an outer wall and a seamless single piece lid having an inner and outer wall, the lid sealably securable to the base. The lid, bottom side and end inner and outer walls form hollow chambers capable of being filled with cellular concrete or other structural flowable materials. The inner and outer walls of the lid and base may be parallel and unconnected or connected at a plurality of locations to hold the walls in a substantially fixed relationship with each other and thereby strengthen the lid, bottom, sides and ends to withstand the forces exerted by the surrounding earth and water.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1993Date of Patent: June 21, 1994Inventor: Pierre A. Goria
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Patent number: 5201980Abstract: The invention comprises a liner for an interment container and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. A plastic layer and a layer including fiberglass are laminated to each other to provide advantages provided by neither material alone. An acrylic material layer between the plastic layer and the fiberglass layer prevents or minimizes delamination.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1992Date of Patent: April 13, 1993Assignee: Doric Products, Inc.Inventors: Warren Chandler, Kyle Coffman
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Patent number: 4827581Abstract: A metal casket having an impervious plastisol liner and method of producing the casket. A plastisol coating composition is prepared of a thermoplastic resin, a plasticizer for the resin, and a small amount of adhesion resin which is capable of bonding to the casket surface. The coating composition is applied to the inner surface of the casket and the casket is heated to a temperature above 225.degree. F. to provide a fused impervious coating. The coating is resistant to the organic acides contained within the casket and acts as a containment liner to seal and prevent corrosion of the casket.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1988Date of Patent: May 9, 1989Inventor: Michael Davidian
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Patent number: 4448826Abstract: A coating composition to be applied to a metal casket to prevent corrosion thereof. The coating comprises a film forming matrix containing dispersed particles of an alkaline material capable of neutralizing the finite amount of organic acids contained in the casket to thereby prevent acidic corrosion of the casket. The coating can also contain an anti-oxidant to prevent oxidative corrosion of the metal casket, and a bacteriacide to prevent microbial growth within the casket. Through use of the coating, a stable, substantially neutral condition is produced in the casket.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1982Date of Patent: May 15, 1984Assignee: Ameritek, Inc.Inventor: Michael Davidian
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Patent number: D390318Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1996Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Inventor: Verna L. Richardson