ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,649, issued on April 15.
"Motorized coffin lid device" was invented by Timothy Thomas (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorized coffin lid device for remotely opening a lid of the casket includes a coffin having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall to define an interior space. The peripheral wall has an upper edge to define an opening into the interior space. A lid is pivotably coupled to the upper edge to selectively open and close the opening. A motor is coupled to the coffin and positioned in the interior space. A lift mechanism is coupled to the motor....