# US 5,704,103 A · Display device for retaining cremation remains > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,704,103 A - Document ID: US5704103A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/759,066 - Filed: 1996-12-02 - Granted: 1998-01-06 - Earliest claimed: 1996-12-02 - Inventors: Joan A. Crowley; David A. Crowley - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5704103A ## CPC - E04H 13/003: {Funeral monuments, grave sites curbing or markers not making part of vaults (E04H13/008 takes precedence)} - A61G 17/007: characterised by the construction material used, e.g. biodegradable material; Use of several materials - A61G 17/08: Urns (columbaria E04H13/00) - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) ## Abstract A display device (10) for retaining cremation remains comprising a hollow base member (12) having a front opening (14). A drawer (16) fits within the front opening (14) of the hollow base member (12), so that the drawer can receive a bag (18) with the cremation remains. An ornament assembly (20) is on the hollow base member (12). A hollow transparent pyramid (22) fits over the ornament assembly (20) on the hollow base member (12). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device for retaining cremation remains comprising: a) a hollow base member having a front opening; b) a drawer fits within said front opening of said hollow base member, so that said drawer can receive a bag with the cremation remains; c) an ornament assembly on said hollow base member; and d) a hollow transparent pyramid fits over said ornament assembly on said hollow base member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 1, wherein said drawer includes: a) a pair of handles spaced apart and attached to a front face of said drawer, so that said handles can be grasped by a hand to pull open said drawer; b) a prayer plaque mounted onto said front face of said drawer between said handles; and c) a memory plaque mounted onto said front face of said drawer under said prayer plaque. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 2, wherein said drawer further includes: a) a felt liner located therein; b) a cover to fit over the open top of said drawer; and c) a pair of hinges between a rear edge of said cover and a back wall of said drawer, so that said cover can swing open and closed on said drawer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 3, further including a light source within said hollow base member to illuminate said ornament assembly, said hollow transparent pyramid and said prayer plaque. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 4, further including: a) said hollow base member having an aperture in a top wall thereof; b) said cover having a rear cutout area located under said aperture in said top wall of said hollow base member; and c) said drawer having a rear cutout area located under said rear cutout area of said cover, so that said light source can be mounted in said hollow base member under said aperture. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 4, wherein said light source includes: a) a base plate; b) a motor mounted in an upright position upon said base plate; c) a color wheel affixed to a shaft of said motor; d) a light bulb mounted in an upright position upon said base plate and under a portion of said color wheel adjacent said motor; and e) a power supply to operate said motor to turn said color wheel and light up said light bulb. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 6, wherein said power supply is a battery connected to contacts on said base plate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 6, wherein said power supply includes: a) an electrical jack on said base plate; b) an electrical plug to engage with said electrical jack; c) a power cord having a first end connected to said electrical plug; and d) an A/C-D/C adapter transformer plug connected to a second end of said power cord, so that said A/C-D/C adapter transformer plug can engage with a wall outlet. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 6, wherein said light source further includes a fiber optic feed line extending from said light bulb to said prayer plaque which is fiber optic, so that said fiber optic feed line can illuminate said fiber optic prayer plaque. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 4, wherein said ornament assembly includes: a) a blue tint LUCITE platform having a central socket; b) a pair of LUCITE cupped hands extending upwardly on said blue tint LUCITE platform adjacent said central socket; and c) a removable fiber optic ornament insertable into said central socket of said blue tint LUCITE platform in front of said pair of LUCITE cupped hands. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 10, wherein said fiber optic ornament is a cross having beveled edges and a lower plug which fits into said central socket in said blue tint LUCITE platform. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 11, wherein said cross is longitudinally split into two segments in which one said segment has a male plug, while other said segment has a female socket, so that some of the cremation remains can be inserted between said two segments before being assembled together. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 10, wherein said fiber optic ornament is a forked shaped picture frame having a lower plug which fits into said central socket in said blue tint LUCITE platform, whereby said forked shaped picture frame includes a vertical track to hold a protective transparent cover and picture of a deceased person therein. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 1, wherein said hollow transparent pyramid is fabricated out of a fiber optic material with a plurality of angels holding balls etched into a back surface thereof and an illuminating pointed top tip with ray lines extending down therefrom. ### Claim 15 A display device for retaining cremation remains comprising: a) a hollow base member having a front opening; b) a drawer fits within said front opening of said hollow base member, so that said drawer can receive a bag with the cremation remains, wherein said drawer includes a pair of handles spaced apart and attached to a front face of said drawer, so that said handles can be grasped by a hand to pull open said drawer, a prayer plaque mounted onto said front face of said drawer between said handles and a memory plaque mounted onto said front face of said drawer under said prayer plaque; c) an ornament assembly on said hollow base member; and d) a hollow transparent pyramid fits over said ornament assembly on said hollow base member. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 15, wherein said drawer further includes: a) a felt liner located therein; b) a cover to fit over the open top of said drawer; and c) a pair of hinges between a rear edge of said cover and a back wall of said drawer, so that said cover can swing open and closed on said drawer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 16, further including a light source within said hollow base member to illuminate said ornament assembly, said hollow transparent pyramid and said prayer plaque. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 17, further including: a) said hollow base member having an aperture in a top wall thereof; b) said cover having a rear cutout area located under said aperture in said top wall of said hollow base member; and c) said drawer having a rear cutout area located under said rear cutout area of said cover, so that said light source can be mounted in said hollow base member under said aperture. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 18, wherein said light source includes: a) a base plate; b) a motor mounted in an upright position upon said base plate; c) a color wheel affixed to a shaft of said motor; d) a light bulb mounted in an upright position upon said base plate and under a portion of said color wheel adjacent said motor; and e) a power supply to operate said motor to turn said color wheel and light up said light bulb. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 19, wherein said power supply is a battery connected to contacts on said base plate. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 20, wherein said power supply includes: a) an electrical jack on said base plate; b) an electrical plug to engage with said electrical jack; c) a power cord having a first end connected to said electrical plug; and d) an A/C-D/C adapter transformer plug connected to a second end of said power cord, so that said A/C-D/C adapter transformer plug can engage with a wall outlet. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 21, wherein said light source further includes a fiber optic feed line extending from said light bulb to said prayer plaque which is fiber optic, so that said fiber optic feed line can illuminate said fiber optic prayer plaque. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 22, wherein said ornament assembly includes: a) a blue tint LUCITE platform having a central socket; b) a pair of LUCITE cupped hands extending upwardly on said blue tint LUCITE platform adjacent said central socket; and c) a removable fiber optic ornament insertable into said central socket of said blue tint LUCITE platform in front of said pair of LUCITE cupped hands. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 23, wherein said fiber optic ornament is a cross having beveled edges and a lower plug which fits into said central socket in said blue tint LUCITE platform. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 24, wherein said cross is longitudinally split into two segments in which one said segment has a male plug, while other said segment has a female socket, so that some of the cremation remains can be inserted between said two segments before being assembled together. ### Claim 26 (depends on 23) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 23, wherein said fiber optic ornament is a forked shaped picture frame having a lower plug which fits into said central socket in said blue tint LUCITE platform, whereby said forked shaped picture frame includes a vertical track to hold a protective transparent cover and picture of a deceased person therein. ### Claim 27 (depends on 23) A display device for retaining cremation remains as recited in claim 23, wherein said hollow transparent pyramid is fabricated out of a fiber optic material with a plurality of angels holding balls etched into a back surface thereof and an illuminating pointed top tip with ray lines extending down therefrom.