Casket bed frame assembly
AssigneeHickory Springs Manufacturing Company
InventorEdmond P. Guillot
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Abstract
An assembly for construction into a casket bed frame for supporting a body. The casket bed frame includes a rectangular frame formed of a pair of first rails and second rails wherein a plurality of corrugated metal strips extend between the second rails. The rails of the metal frame advantageously interlock at their ends to form the rectangular frame without the use of tools. A plurality of lances are spaced along each of the second rails and are configured to extend through holes in the ends of the corrugated strips for easy attachment of the strips to the second rails. The rectangular frame may be further reinforced, and the stretcher springs supported, by a pair of stretcher supports that each have crimped ends configured to extend over and embrace the first rails.
Claims17
An assembly for construction into a casket bed frame for supporting a body, the casket bed frame assembly comprising:
- a plurality of elongate flexible members;
- a pair of first rails each having a pair of opposing first rail ends, each of the first rail ends having an L-shaped cross-section;
- a pair of second rails each having a pair of opposing second rail ends, wherein each of the second rail ends defines therein an L-shaped opening sized to receive one of the first rail ends allowing the rails to be assembled into a rectangular frame;
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- a plurality of attachment sites spaced along each rail of one of the pairs of rails wherein the attachment sites are each configured for attachment of one of the flexible members thereto so that the flexible members are supported by and extend between the pair of rails for supporting the body thereon.
An assembly for construction into a casket bed frame for supporting a body, the casket bed frame assembly comprising:
- a plurality of elongate flexible members each having a pair of opposing ends, each of the ends defining therein a hole;
- a pair of first rails each having a pair of opposing first rail ends;
- a pair of second rails each having a pair of opposing second rail ends, wherein the ends of the first and second rails are configured to interlock so as to form a rectangular frame;
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- a plurality of lances spaced along each of the second rails wherein the lances are each configured to extend through the hole at one of the ends of a respective one of the flexible members so that the flexible members are supported by and extend between the second rails for supporting the body thereon.
An assembly for construction into a casket bed frame for supporting a body, the casket bed frame assembly comprising:
- a plurality of elongate flexible members;
- a pair of first rails each having a pair of opposing first rail ends;
- a pair of second rails each having a pair of opposing second rail ends, wherein the ends of the first and second rails are configured to interlock so as to form a rectangular frame;
- a plurality of attachment sites spaced along each of the second rails wherein the attachment sites are each configured for attachment of one of the flexible members thereto so that the flexible members are supported by and extend between the pair of rails;
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- at least one stretcher support having a pair of ends each crimped for attachment to one of the first rails so that the stretcher support extends between the rails and under the elongate flexible members for supporting the body thereon.
An assembly for construction into a casket bed frame for supporting a body, the casket bed frame assembly comprising:
- a plurality of elongate strips, each of the strips having corrugations;
- a pair of first rails each having a pair of opposing first rail ends;
- a pair of second rails each having a pair of opposing second rail ends, wherein the ends of the first and second rails are configured to interlock so as to form a rectangular frame;
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- a plurality of attachment sites spaced along each of the second rails wherein the attachment sites are each configured for attachment of one of the flexible members thereto so that the flexible members are supported by and extend between the pair of rails.
A method of constructing a casket bed frame, comprising:
- interlocking a pair of first rails with a pair of second rails to form a rectangular frame including;
- engaging L-shaped ends of one of the first rails into L-shaped openings defined in one end of each of the pair of second rails;
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- engaging L-shaped ends of another one of the first rails in L-shaped openings defined in another end of each of the pair of second rails;
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- attaching a plurality of strips to the second rails so that the strips extend between the second rails in a generally parallel, spaced relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.