Patent Model: Improvement in Burial Cases
date: label: associated date
content: 1871
label: patent date
content: 1872-02-13
name: label: inventor
content: Weidenmann, Jacob
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Jacob Weidenmann, “Improvement in Burial Cases,” U.S. Patent 123,599 (Feb. 13, 1872). This consists of an outer box which is constructed somewhat larger than the coffin and has interior guides on which the coffin proper rests. The outer box, when filled with plaster or cement, will seal the coffin from air and water and therefore keep the corpse preserved.
label: Description
content: "To preserve the bodies of dead friends appears to be a cherished idea -- at least, with Americans." [Weidenmann patent]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
label: associated place
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.65.0332
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: catalog number
content: 65.0332A
label: patent number
content: 123,599
label: catalog number
content: 65.0332
objectType: label: Object Name
content: burial casket, patent model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (tag, patent material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (coffin, burial material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (?? material)