US Patent Issued to Sent Into Space on Sept. 16 for "Device for automatically releasing cremated ashes" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,893, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Sent Into Space Ltd. (Sheffield, Great Britain).

"Device for automatically releasing cremated ashes" was invented by Alex Baker (Sheffield, Great Britain) and Chris Rose (Sheffield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for automatically releasing cremated ashes, including a chamber for containing cremated ashes; and a release mechanism configured to selectively release cremated ashes contained in the chamber to the external environment. The release mechanism includes an annular outer member, and an inner member at least partially radially inward of the outer member. The outer...