Lightweight dome-shaped casket lid and method of manufacture
AssigneeMatthews International Corporation
InventorLeland D. Ozbun
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Abstract
A novel technique for the fabrication of a casket dome lid from, for example, Smooth-One-Side (“S1S”) hardboard is disclosed. The invention is also directed to the fabrication of a casket lid which has a domed configuration both in the lateral and longitudinal directions of the lid. The method comprises the steps of providing a lid blank having a first end, second end, and a central region; providing a pair of diagonal voids oriented at corners of the first end of said blank and extending inward toward the central region; placing the lid blank in a vacuum fixture; and flexing the lid blank into a domed configuration via the vacuum fixture, such that the blank is domed in both a longitudinal and a transverse direction.
Claims11
A lid for a casket comprising:
- a domed lid blank, having a first end, a second end, and a central region, comprising a pair of diagonal voids oriented at corners of the first end and extending inward toward the central region and a plurality of trim edges around a periphery of the domed lid blank;
- a plurality of frame members attached to the trim edges of the domed lid blank;
- a support laminate comprising a plurality of tabs, the support laminate being fixed to the domed lid blank, wherein the tabs are secured to the frame members;
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- a plurality of rim members attached to the periphery of the domed lid blank, wherein the plurality of rim members are attached along an edge of the first end and along sides of the central region of the domed lid blank.
A lid for a casket comprising:
- a domed lid blank, having a first end, a second end, and a central region, comprising a pair of diagonal voids oriented at corners of the first end and extending inward toward the central region and a plurality of trim edges around a periphery of the domed lid blank;
- wherein the domed lid blank comprises a first domed lid blank half comprising a header bridge attached to the second end of the first domed lid blank half;
- a second domed lid blank half comprising a second plurality trim edges around a periphery of the second lid blank half and having a first end, a second end, and a central region, the second domed lid blank half being domed in both a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction;
- a plurality of frame members attached to the trim edges of the domed lid blank;
- a second plurality of frame members attached to the second domed lid blank trim edges;
- a support laminate comprising a plurality of tabs, the support laminate being fixed to the domed lid blank, wherein the tabs are secured to the frame members;
- a second support laminate comprising a plurality of tabs, the second support laminate being fixed to the second domed lid blank half, wherein the tabs are secured to the second plurality of frame members;
- a second header bridge attached to the second end of the second domed lid blank half;
- wherein the first domed lid blank half and the second domed lid blank half are adapted to be attached to a casket shell with the second end of the first domed lid blank half facing the second end of the second domed lid blank half;
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- a plurality of rim members attached to the periphery of the domed lid blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.