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US 11,439,560 B2Granted
Casket and method of construction
AssigneeSich Casket Company Limited
InventorHung Sirius Chan
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Abstract
A casket and method for manufacture of a casket is described, and more particularly, for a casket having walls constructed of fiberboard such as medium density fiberboard (MDF). The walls have outside cladding of MDF that is molded or extruded to provide surface contours such as raised and/or recessed features without having to attach such features as separate trim pieces to the walls. The resulting casket provides aesthetic characteristics and strength for use in funeral ceremonies.
Claims13
A method of manufacturing caskets, comprising the steps of:
- providing a casket shell including opposite inner side walls and opposite inner end walls, a bottom wall and a lid;
- providing outer side walls and outer end walls and forming at least one of the outer side walls and outer end walls with a contoured surface in a central region surrounded by a flat surface, the contoured surface having convex and concave portions by molding a medium density fiberboard between co-acting mold walls to plastically deform the fiberboard into the contoured surface;
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- assembling the outer side walls to the inner side walls respectively via interposed side wall frames;
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- assembling the outer end walls to the inner end walls respectively via interposed end wall frames;
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- assembling the inner side walls, the inner end walls, the outer side walls, the outer end walls, the side wall frames, the end wall frames, the bottom wall and the lid into an openable box.
5 more elements
A casket, comprising:
- a casket shell including opposite side walls and opposite end walls, a bottom wall and a lid;
- the opposite side walls, the opposite end walls, the bottom wall and the lid assembled into an openable box;
- wherein each of the opposite side walls and the opposite end walls comprises an outer cladding portion formed of medium density fiberboard and having a molded contoured surface in a central region surrounded by a flat surface, the contoured surface having raised and recessed portions, and two inner side walls and two inner end walls, each of the two inner side walls and two inner end walls secured to a back side of a respective outer cladding portion, wherein each of the inner side walls and the inner end walls is secured to the respective outer cladding portion via a respective frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.