121 |
TRANSPORT CARRIER WITH ENHANCED LOADING/UNLOADING |
US16018557 |
2018-06-26 |
US20190002199A1 |
2019-01-03 |
Jerry D. Holman |
A transport container includes a frame structure, a housing, and an extendable and retractable platform that is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. Spaced apart shelves are disposed at opposite sides of the housing and are adjustable between a lowered position, where the support surfaces are at or near a level of the platform, and a raised position, where the support surfaces are raised above the platform. Articles are placed on the extended platform and then the platform is retracted so that the first articles are disposed partially over the support surfaces of the shelves. The shelves are raised to the raised position to raise the plurality of first articles above the platform, whereby the platform is extended to have a plurality of second articles placed thereon and retracted so that the second articles are disposed on the platform below the shelves and the first articles. |
122 |
Storage Facility for Object of Paying of Respects |
US15926120 |
2018-03-20 |
US20180273293A1 |
2018-09-27 |
Hidenobu Shinnaka; Haruhito Furuya; Wataru Kiyokawa; Hideki Sato; Yukinori Kameda; Kazuya Arima |
A support portion on which an object of paying of respects transported by the transport device is placed is provided at the support position. The support portion includes one or more restriction members configured to restrict movement of an object of paying of respects toward the first side by contacting the object of paying of respects from the first side, and one or more guide portions configured to move an object of paying of respects toward the first side to a contact position at which the object of paying of respects contacts the one or more restriction members or to a position located more toward the second side relative to the contact position. With one or more end portions, on the second side, of the bottom portion of the object of paying of respects being one or more end portions to be contacted, each of the one or more guide portions has a tilted guide surface that is tilted downward toward a first side end thereof with the tilted guide surface located in a position in which the one or more end portions, to be contacted, of the object of paying of respects that is being transferred from the transport device to be placed on the support portion, come into contact with the guide surface. |
123 |
Bridge for use at a grave pit during interment |
US15667625 |
2017-08-02 |
US10072438B2 |
2018-09-11 |
Nelson Skinner |
A grave bridge has a first horizontal frame member and a second horizontal frame member, each horizontal frame member telescopically adjustable; at least one plank interposed between the first and second horizontal frame members, the at least one plank secured to each frame member, and wherein the at least one plank has an extension frame longitudinally extendable from underneath a platform of the at least one plank; and a plurality of jacks for elevating the first and second horizontal frame members, the jacks placed at opposing ends of each horizontal frame member. |
124 |
BRIDGE FOR USE AT A GRAVE PIT DURING INTERMENT |
US15667625 |
2017-08-02 |
US20180038126A1 |
2018-02-08 |
Nelson Skinner |
A grave bridge has a first horizontal frame member and a second horizontal frame member, each horizontal frame member telescopically adjustable; at least one plank interposed between the first and second horizontal frame members, the at least one plank secured to each frame member, and wherein the at least one plank has an extension frame longitudinally extendable from underneath a platform of the at least one plank; and a plurality of jacks for elevating the first and second horizontal frame members, the jacks placed at opposing ends of each horizontal frame member. |
125 |
Method and Apparatus for Loading and/or Unloading Caskets |
US15192111 |
2016-06-24 |
US20160375812A1 |
2016-12-29 |
Randall G. Obermeyer; Steven Peter Pappas; Christopher Carl Struewing; Melissa Kay Teer; Todd Michael Laughery; Richard Corby; William D. Tallant; Henry L. Trenkamp; Timothy James Krause |
A casket loading and/or unloading apparatus comprises a frame having an end adapted to be pivoted adjacent a rear edge of a bed of a transport vehicle for pivoting about a pivot axis generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the transport vehicle, and a motion generating device operable between the frame and the transport vehicle for pivoting the frame from a first generally vertical position to a second at least generally horizontal position. A vertically oriented casket in the transport vehicle can be secured to the frame, and the frame with the casket secured thereto can be pivoted from the first generally vertical position to the second at least generally horizontal position to facilitate unloading the casket from the transport vehicle. |
126 |
Positioner |
US13657756 |
2012-10-22 |
US09009934B1 |
2015-04-21 |
Mike Eckhart |
In one embodiment of a positioner, two opposing end beams may be cooperatively engaged with two opposing side beams. A first lowering unit may be cooperatively engaged with either a first end beam or first ends of the two opposing side beams. A second lowering unit may be cooperatively engaged with either a second end beam or second ends of the two opposing side beams. Legs and leg extensions may be cooperatively engaged at either end of either end beam, and pads may be placed on the distal ends of each leg extension. Actuators corresponding to each leg and leg extension may be in communication with a control unit to control the position of each actuator. Lateral extensions may be engaged with each end beam. |
127 |
Funeral container carrying device |
US14065571 |
2013-10-29 |
US08918969B2 |
2014-12-30 |
Charles T Jenson |
A carrier is provided for facilitating the carrying and transportation of a funerary container having a bottom surface, a plurality of side surfaces and a top surface, along with a length and width and interior large enough to accommodate an un-cremated corpse. The carrier includes a base member having a length generally long enough to span the width of the funerary container and a upper surface sized and configured for receiving the bottom surface of the funerary container. An upstanding member has a lower end coupled to the base member and an upper end. The upstanding member extends in a plane generally perpendicular to the base member. A handle member is provided that is coupled to the upstanding member. The handle includes a hand receiving surface engageable by the hand of the user. |
128 |
AERIAL DISPOSAL AND DISPERSAL OF CREMATED REMAINS GOING OUT WITH A BANG |
US13752244 |
2013-01-28 |
US20140041169A1 |
2014-02-13 |
Wallace N. Brown |
An aerial disposal and dispersal of cremated remains device is presented. It is used to spread the remains of loved ones over a desired area. The device comprises a canister and a mortar, the canister being cylindrical in shape having cardboard walls, the canister further containing an igniter and burster charge in an inner cardboard tube, such inner tube being fitted with an upper cap, the mortar being cylindrical in shape with steel walls, the mortar further comprising a lifting charge which sits below an obturator disc, the obturator disc having a hole in the center, the canister fitting inside the mortar such that the canister's igniter sits atop the hole in the obturator disc. At least one device is fitted to a horizontal member to launch remains from any location. |
129 |
Retractable Casket Handle |
US13544944 |
2012-07-09 |
US20130174378A1 |
2013-07-11 |
Gerald H. Davis; Chad L. Eversole; Gary L. Cox; Richard D. Brown |
A retractable handle arrangement for a casket includes an elongate handle member, a rigid rod, and a stopper member. The elongate handle member has a length extending parallel to a side panel of the casket, and has a through-hole extending transverse to the length. The rigid rod extends through the through-hole of the handle member. The rigid rod has a first end and a second end, the first end having a head. The head has a diameter exceeding a diameter of at least a part of the through-hole. The rigid rod extends through a side panel opening such that the second end is disposed within an interior of the casket. The stopper member is fixedly supported on the rigid rod within the interior of the casket. The stopper member has a diameter that exceeds a diameter of at least a portion of the side panel opening. |
130 |
Apparatus for lowering a cinerary urn |
US12420127 |
2009-04-08 |
US08230561B2 |
2012-07-31 |
André Courchesne |
An apparatus for lowering an urn comprises a frame, a substantially horizontal platform for supporting the urn, and a lowering mechanism mounted to the frame that is releasably connected to the platform. The lowering mechanism automatically releases the platform when the platform is in the bottom position. To releasably connect the lowering mechanism to the frame, four hangers may be used to releasably connect the platform to respective suspension straps. Each hanger may comprise a square body for insertion through a corresponding square hole in the platform. Each hanger may have a pivoting arm that pivots into a substantially horizontal posture to support the platform from underneath, the pivoting arm of the hanger comprising a counterweight to cause the pivoting arm to return to a substantially vertical posture when legs underneath the platform reach the bottom position. |
131 |
UNIVERSAL CASKET AND VAULT LIFTING AND LOWERING DEVICE |
US13219172 |
2011-08-26 |
US20120084953A1 |
2012-04-12 |
Paul Eric Herridge; Dan Meiser; Edward Charles Wolff; Greg Wray |
A universal casket and vault lifting and lowering device comprises four corner posts, a pair of end tubes, one of which is connected between two of the corner posts at each end of the device, a pair of side tubes, one of which is connected between two of the corner posts at each side of the device, a pair of straps, each having opposite ends rotatably fixed to a respective one of the side tubes, a power transmission assembly for rotating the pair of side tubes in a first direction to wind the straps around the side tubes to take up slack in the straps and for rotating the pair of side tubes in a second direction to unwind the straps and create slack in the straps, and a gear mounted to one of the side tubes which, when rotated, rotates both of the side tubes in the first direction and bypasses a portion of the power transmission assembly. |
132 |
Apparatus for Lowering a Cinerary Urn |
US12420127 |
2009-04-08 |
US20090260204A1 |
2009-10-22 |
Andre Courchesne |
An apparatus for lowering an urn comprises a frame, a substantially horizontal platform for supporting the urn, and a lowering mechanism mounted to the frame that is releasably connected to the platform The lowering mechanism automatically releases the platform when the platform is in the bottom position. To releasably connect the lowering mechanism to the frame, four hangers may be used to releasably connect the platform to respective suspension straps. Each hanger may comprise a square body for insertion through a corresponding square hole in the platform. Each hanger may have a pivoting arm that pivots into a substantially horizontal posture to support the platform from underneath, the pivoting arm of the hanger comprising a counterweight to cause the pivoting arm to return to a substantially vertical posture when legs underneath the platform reach the bottom position. |
133 |
Casket transporting apparatus |
US10963033 |
2004-10-11 |
US06932401B1 |
2005-08-23 |
David L. Eekhoff; Joel D. Van Den Brink |
A casket transporter which is positioned in a vehicle and which is adapted to support a pair of caskets on a lower deck and a pair of caskets on an upper deck. The upper deck is movable from a transport position to a loading position. |
134 |
Deathcare apparatus for transporting multiple caskets, cots, stretchers, cremation trays or the like |
US10173741 |
2002-06-17 |
US06758648B1 |
2004-07-06 |
David L. Eekhoff; Joel D. Van Den Brink |
A double-deck support suited for supporting and transporting multiple caskets, cots, stretchers, cremation trays or the like in a vehicle such as a van. A lower deck is secured to the floor of the vane and an upper deck is pivotally mounted above the lower deck and which may be moved between upper and lower positions with respect to the lower deck by means of a parallelogram-type connection controlled by electric actuators. |
135 |
Tilt-top mortuary cot |
US09677258 |
2000-10-02 |
US06681424B1 |
2004-01-27 |
Elroy Edwin Bourgraf; Ronald Duane Vance; Eugene VanDyne |
A cot for assisting in the transfer of a body from a removable support bed of the cot to another surface. The cot includes a trolley which serves as a transporter for the removable support bed. The cot also includes a tilting device which is designed to tilt the support bed about the trolley. The support bed may be removed from the trolley to reduce the total weight carried by the attendants, and permit the removal of a body from locations which are difficult to access. When removed from the trolley, the support bed may be rolled upright with wheels that are located at one end of the support bed. The support bed is contoured in shaped to pool bodily fluids which may escape during transport. A locking device is provided on the trolley for releasably securing the support bed thereon. |
136 |
Apparatus and method for raising buried housings |
US09908556 |
2001-07-20 |
US06464431B1 |
2002-10-15 |
Edward McNulty |
An apparatus for raising a buried housing or other article includes a frame, a plurality of support leg assemblies, a plurality of lifting members for attaching the frame to the buried housing, and a device for raising the frame, and thereby the buried housing, relative to a supporting ground surface. Preferably, the frame includes a pair of pivotally attached crossbar sections, the lifting members constitute chains, and the support leg assemblies include threaded rods and pivotable support feet. The apparatus is adapted to be supported above a buried article which is attached to the frame through the lifting members. Thereafter, the frame is lifted relative to the support leg assemblies to raise the article to enable back-filling beneath the article in order to maintain the article at a desired height upon disconnection of the apparatus. |
137 |
Urn carrying device |
US09334360 |
1999-06-16 |
US06254152B1 |
2001-07-03 |
Delsie D. Tillett |
The invention is embodied in a device for ceremoniously transporting an urn by at least two urnbearers comprising a flat surface having a top side and a bottom side. The top side further has a lip into which the urn is placed to minimize undesired movement of the urn. The device is further equipped with at least four protruding posts to be gripped by the urnbearers wherein the posts may be positioned on the bottom side of the flat surface to allow the device to function as a table. |
138 |
Casket-placer and casket-lowering apparatus |
US374100 |
1982-05-03 |
US4413390A |
1983-11-08 |
Herbert R. Blaese; Christopher R. Lorenc |
A generally rectangular-shaped casket-placer and casket-lowering apparatus for supporting a casket over a grave opening during a graveside service and for lowering the casket into the grave opening, or into the base of a burial vault in the grave opening, for interment after the conclusion of the graveside service includes side rails and end rails. The front or upper end rail is operatively connected to one of the side rails and transmits rotary motion of the one side rail through a shaft and gear mechanism in a combination braking and power transmission head to the armature of a D.C. motor generator which is located at one of the four corners of the apparatus and controls the speed of lowering of the casket by the apparatus. The lowering speed of the casket is controlled by an electrical loading circuit which incorporates a D.C. motor generator having an armature which is operatively connected to rotate with the side rails and the front end rail. The electrical loading circuit includes a zener diode having a predetermined threshold voltage which prevents current flow through the loading circuit and allows rotation of the armature of the D.C. motor generator, and rotation of the side rails driven by downward movement of the casket until a predetermined threshold voltage has been reached, thereby controlling and braking the lowering speed of the casket. In addition, an improved casket-placer and supporting arm is disclosed which incorporates a roller and slot locking arrangement. |
139 |
Pivotable pole-type load lifting apparatus |
US42588965 |
1965-01-15 |
US3273219A |
1966-09-20 |
TUSCHEN THEODORE W |
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140 |
Casket carriage |
US55587855 |
1955-12-28 |
US2870519A |
1959-01-27 |
YEAZEL GILBERT A |
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