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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2024
Applicant:

Matthews International Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Edward Dvorak, San Jacinto, CA (US);

Wendell Dement, III, San Jacinto, CA (US);

William Cone, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Matthews International Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 13/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 13/006 (2013.01); E04H 13/003 (2013.01); E04H 13/008 (2013.01); E05B 65/0057 (2013.01);
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.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Dvorak, Edward. (2026). Patron-accessible memorialization structures (U.S. Patent No. 12655650). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12655650

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