ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,055, issued on Jan. 13.
"Burial vault assembly" was invented by Linda Tate (Desoto, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A burial vault assembly for vertically stacking decedents in a cemetery includes a vault that has a plurality of stacking channels structurally integrated into the vault. The vault is buried beneath the ground having the plurality of stacking channels being vertically oriented. A plurality of caskets is each stackable in a respective one of the plurality of stacking channels in the burial vault to facilitate the decedent in each of the plurality of caskets to be buried. A plurality of casket lids is each attachable...