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Carcass and driver

By Clinton R. Mytych

From a U.S. patent granted in 2004 to Clinton R. Mytych of Wixom, Michigan.

Many people are passionate about their automobiles. It would be desirable for them to have their passion remembered in their funeral services, to reflect their personalities. It is impossible, however, to have the automobile present in the funeral home or in the casket with the deceased. Those interested in automobiles typically would not want their remains to be stored in a casket or urn depicting an automobile unless it depicted the exact automobile that they were passionate about. Accordingly, the principal object of the invention is to provide caskets and urns featuring the very lines, curves, and recognizable styling of specific automobiles themselves. The caskets also include nameplates and authentic hood ornaments that appear on the actual automobiles. The body portion includes headlights, bumpers, fenders, and doors. The lid includes windshield, trunk, and windows. To place the deceased into the casket, it is necessary to open the entire lid portion. For viewing the deceased during the funeral services, only one section of the lid portion needs to be opened.

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SEE ALSO: Automobile drivers; Coffins; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Patents

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