ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,451, issued on Aug. 12.
"Method and apparatus for Islamic burial" was invented by Talib Abdul-Samad (New Carrollton, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an Islamic burial lahd that may include a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, a fourth side wall, and a fifth wall forming a chamber. An Islamic burial lahd may include the chamber having an inner wall surface. The chamber is configured to receive a body of a deceased individual oriented in a supine position. An Islamic burial lahd may include a retaining structure having a track connected to the inner wall surface of the chamber. An Islamic bur...