Pet death care products and method of providing pet death care products, services and information

• US 20020082855A1
• Filed: 07/20/2001
• Published: 06/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Batesville Services Incorporated (Hillenbrand Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Batesville Services Incorporated (Hillenbrand Incorporated)
• Inventors: Lowery, Chris, Dickey, Bradley Jade, Jones, Rodger Allen, Maslar, Darryl M.
• Application Number:
  US09/909,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20020082855A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 17/00 Coffins; Funeral wrappings; Funeral urns
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A method of providing pet death care products, services and information comprises receiving pet death care products, services and information from a supplier, and, as a preferred provider, dispensing the pet death care products, services and information to pet owners. A method of equipping a preferred provider with pet death care products, services and information to be dispensed to pet owners comprises selecting a preferred provider and supplying the preferred provider with pet death care products, services and information to be dispensed by the preferred provider to pet owners. Preferably the preferred provider is an individual veterinarian or a network of veterinarians. Optionally the preferred provider could be an individual pet store or a nationwide chain or franchise of pet stores, or an individual pet cemetery or a nationwide chain of pet cemeteries. The preferred provider would offer the pet owner such products as pet caskets, urns, memorial markers and products, etc., and grief consoling printed matter such as children'"'"'s brochures or coloring books dealing with pet loss, etc. The preferred provider would also offer the pet owner such disposition services as cremation and burial, and funeral or other memorial services, etc. The preferred provider would further offer the pet owner information about grief counseling and death/grief support groups, etc.

Claims

1. A method of providing pet death care products, services and information comprising:

receiving pet death care products, services and information from a supplier of pet death care products, services and information; and

as a preferred provider, dispensing the pet death care products, services and information to pet owners.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the preferred provider is a veterinarian.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the veterinarian is a network of veterinarians.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the preferred provider is a pet store.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the pet store is a nationwide chain of pet stores.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the preferred provider is a pet cemetery.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the pet cemetery is a nationwide chain of pet cemeteries.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the products include pet caskets, urns, memorial markers and products and printed matter.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the services include cremation and burial, and funeral and memorial services.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the information includes information about grief counseling and death/grief support groups.

21. The method of claim 1 or 11 wherein the services include cremation performed at a crematory owned by the supplier.

22. The method of claim 1 or 11 wherein the services include cremation performed at a crematory owned by a humane society.

23. The method of claim 1 or 11 wherein the services include cremation performed at a crematory owned by a competitor of the supplier.

24. The method of claim 1 or 11 wherein the services include cremation performed at a crematory owned by a crematory manufacturer.

11. A method of equipping a preferred provider with pet death care products, services and information to be dispensed to pet owners comprising:

selecting a preferred provider to dispense pet death care products, services and information to pet owners; and

supplying the preferred provider with pet death care products, services and information to be dispensed by the preferred provider to pet owners.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the preferred provider is a veterinarian.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the veterinarian is a network of veterinarians.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the preferred provider is a pet store.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the pet store is a nationwide chain of pet stores.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the preferred provider is a pet cemetery.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the pet cemetery is a nationwide chain of pet cemeteries.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the products include pet caskets, urns, memorial markers and products and printed matter.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the services include cremation and burial, and funeral and memorial services.

20. The method of claim 11 wherein the information includes information about grief counseling and death/grief support groups.