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- Patent Title: Patron-accessible memorialization structures
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Application No.: US17563240Application Date: 2021-12-28
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Publication No.: US11591818B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Edward Dvorak , Wendell DeMent, III , William Cone
- Applicant: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP
- Main IPC: E04H13/00
- IPC: E04H13/00 ; E05B65/00

Abstract:
Memorialization structures, niches, and methods for manufacturing niches having a recess or cavity that is accessible after installation of the memorialization structures and/or post-burial or post-entombment of a deceased are generally described. In some embodiments, a memorialization niche may include a recess and a door configured to enclose the recess. The door may include a lock configured to prevent public access to the recess. A patron associated with the niche may unlock the door and access the recess. The patron may remove objects from and/or insert objects into the recess post-burial or -entombment of the deceased without disturbing the memorialization structure and/or adjacent memorialization structures and/or requiring a memorial operator to unseal the recess. Accordingly, the patron may continually update the personalization effects of a memorialization structure and achieve a dynamic memorial for the deceased while maintaining the security of any bodily remains and/or personal objects stored in the recess.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220120109A1 PATRON-ACCESSIBLE MEMORIALIZATION STRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2022-04-21
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