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US 10,166,163 B1Granted
Glass objects including floating cremains in the form of an image and method of making the same
OwnerJake Stokmaninventor
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Abstract
A glass object that includes a first colored glass article, a second transparent glass layer in contact with the first glass article and having an exterior surface and a thickness, and an image formed from particles of cremated remains, the image being disposed within the thickness of the second glass layer between the first colored glass article and the exterior surface of the second glass layer and being free from contact with the first glass article, and a method of making the same.
Claims17
A method of making a glass object, the method comprising:
- contacting a colored glass article with a first gob of molten glass;
- contacting a pattern of cremated remains with the first gob of molten glass to transfer the pattern of cremated remains to a surface of the first gob;
- contacting the transferred cremated remains and the first gob with a second gob of molten glass;
- and
- annealing the glass to form the glass object having an exterior surface,
- the pattern of cremated remains being disposed between the colored glass article and the exterior surface of the glass object and forming an image that appears to float above the colored glass article.
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A glass object comprising:
- a first colored glass article;
- a second transparent glass layer in contact with the first glass article and having an exterior surface and a thickness;
- and
- an image formed of particles of cremated remains, the image being disposed within the thickness of the second glass layer and between the first colored glass article and the exterior surface of the second glass layer,
- the image being free from contact with the first colored glass article.
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A glass object comprising:
- a first glass article comprising a defined shape;
- a second transparent glass layer in contact with the first glass article and having an exterior surface and a thickness;
- and
- an image formed of particles of cremated remains, the image being disposed within the thickness of the second glass layer and between the first glass article and the exterior surface of the second glass layer,
- the image being free from contact with the first glass article.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.