Patent ID: 6272723
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A bier system, comprising:(a) a bier for receiving a representation of the deceased thereon, said bier having a first length and a first width; and(b) an aviary, said aviary comprising an enclosing aviary structure defining at least one interior chamber for receiving birds therein, said aviary having a second length and a second width, one of the second length and the second width being at least as great as one of the first length and the first width, said aviary being sufficiently small to fit inside a building in which said aviary is to be used in combination with after-life activities,said bier being disposed outside said aviary, said aviary being juxtaposed sufficiently close to said bier that a person approaching said bier makes a definite association of activity of any bird in the aviary with the proximity of the bier.