Personalized identification system for deceased bodies

• US 9,457,949 B1
• Filed: 10/14/2014
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William S. Hathaway III
• Original Assignee: William S. Hathaway III
• Inventors: Hathaway, William S. III
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Sing P
• Application Number:
  US14/513,500
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• Field of Search: 220/560.01, 269/287, 295/59, 156/230, 156/234, 156/235, 156/240, 156/277, 156/82
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 17/00 Coffins; Funeral wrappings; Funeral urns
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 17/004 specially adapted to be cremated
• CPC Class Codes: B44D 5/00 Surface treatment to obtain special artistic surface effects or finishes pretreatment or after-treatment of surface coated by applying liquids B05D3/00; obtaining special surface effects by applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces B05D5/00; surface shaping of plastics, e.g. embossing, B29C59/00
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3888 wrappers or flexible containers, e.g. pouches, bags for shock absorbing purposes B65D81/03

Abstract

A system for applying a personal message to a heat resistant cameo that is intended to be included with a deceased person during a cremation process. The system includes a holder having a middle passage constructed and arranged to receive the cameo therein with the cameo having a predetermined inscription surface upon which a personal message can be inscribed; a transfer sheet with the holder retaining the transfer sheet and being constructed and arranged to stretch the transfer sheet over the inscription surface of the cameo; and a mask that is disposed over the transfer sheet. The mask has a middle hole therein that is aligned with the middle passage of the holder.

Claims

1. A method of inscribing a personal message to a heat resistant cameo that is intended to be included with a deceased person during a cremation process, said method comprising:

providing a holder having a middle passage constructed and arranged to receive the cameo therein, said cameo having a predetermined inscription surface upon which a personal message is to be inscribed;

providing a transfer sheet behind the holder;

placing the cameo through the middle passage while the holder retains the transfer sheet to stretch the transfer sheet over the inscription surface of the cameo;

providing a mask that is disposed under the transfer sheet;

said mask having a middle hole therein that is aligned with the middle passage of the holder;

placing the mask so that the middle hole is in alignment with the holder passage; and

inscribing a personal message onto said cameo by applying a pressure to an exposed surface of the transfer sheet through said hole in said mask.

2. The method of claim 1 including providing a stylus for writing against the transfer sheet.

3. The method of claim 2 including providing relief slits about the passage in the holder in order to allow for limited expansion of the passage in the holder when the cameo is inserted in the holder.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the transfer sheet is a separate sheet inserted between the holder and mask.

5. The method of claim 4 including supporting the mask from the holder along an edge of the mask.

6. The method of claim 5 including providing a second mask having an inscription opening and disposing the second mask outside of the transfer sheet for the purpose of tracing a pre-printed image onto the transfer sheet.

7. A method of inscribing a personal message to a heat resistant cameo that is intended to be included with a deceased person during a cremation process, said method comprising:

providing a holder having a middle passage constructed and arranged to receive the cameo therein, said cameo having a predetermined inscription surface upon which a personal message is to be inscribed;

providing a transfer sheet;

providing a mask having a middle hole therein that is to be aligned with the middle passage of the holder;

disposing the transfer sheet and mask in adjacent juxtaposition;

placing the cameo through the middle passage of the holder while the holder retains edges of the transfer sheet and mask to stretch the transfer sheet over the inscription surface of the cameo so that the middle hole in the mask is in alignment with the middle passage of the holder; and

inscribing a personal message onto said cameo by applying a pressure to an exposed surface of the transfer sheet through said hole in said mask.

8. The method of claim 7 including providing a stylus for writing against the transfer sheet.

9. The method of claim 7 including providing relief slits about the passage in the holder in order to allow for limited expansion of the passage in the holder when the cameo is inserted in the holder.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein the transfer sheet is a separate sheet inserted between the holder and mask.

11. The method of claim 7 including supporting the mask from the holder along an edge of the mask.

12. The method of claim 7 including providing a second mask having an inscription opening and disposing the second mask outside of the transfer sheet for the purpose of tracing a pre-printed image onto the transfer sheet.

13. The method of claim 7 wherein the mask is disposed between the transfer sheet and the cameo.