ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,063, issued on July 1, was assigned to SG Burial Platform LLC (Hamilton, N.J.).
"Urn pedestal" was invented by Stephen J. Sabo (Hamilton, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a new urn display device (urn pedestal) for displaying an urn during a funeral ceremony. The urn display device includes a base that covers and encloses the burial opening where the urn is placed after the ceremony, provides a safe "floor" for anyone approaching the urn, and a central hole in the base that allows the urn to be passed through the base into a burial opening after the ceremony."
The patent was filed on June 13, ...