ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,694, issued on June 17, was assigned to Orbs & Keepsakes LLC (Roswell, N.M.).
"Keepsake storage method and apparatus" was invented by Jerel Bethany (Roswell, N.M.) and Brett Bethany (Huntsville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for storing cremains in a decorative object in such a way that it is not readily apparent that the object contains cremains stored therein. The cremains can be placed into a first container and retained therein by a lid that can be attached. The first container can be disposed into a recess that is formed in a bottom of the decorative object such that when the decorative object is pla...