Patent ID: 7621575
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for facilitating the transport of a funeral urn in the rear compartment of a hearse, said apparatus pivotable within an opening in the floor of said rear compartment to allow said apparatus to assume display and storage modes, said apparatus comprising: a housing having a viewing port and at least two sides, one of which pivots to close said opening in the floor of said hearse when the apparatus is in the display mode and another of which pivots to close said opening in the floor of said hearse when the apparatus is in the storage mode; a pivoting means positioned at the juncture of said pivoting sides permitting said apparatus to rise above the floor of said rear compartment and to descend beneath the floor of said rear compartment; and, a securing means positioned within said housing to securely hold said funeral urn during transport.