Burial casket with curved-corner through-fitting and method of manufacture

A method of manufacturing a burial casket with a through-fitting on a curved corner of the casket, the method comprising:

• providing inner and outer tubes having first and second ends,
• said first end of said inner tube having external threads and said first end of said outer tube having internal threads
• second ends of said inner and outer tubes each having a substantially concave face,
• threading said inner tube within said outer tube with said concave face of said inner tube spaced axially outwardly from said concave face of said outer tube,
• forming a hole in a curved corner of the casket, said hole being sized to receive said inner tube and a rim of said hole being disposed to abut said second end of said outer tube,
• inserting said second end of said inner tube through said hole from an exterior of the casket, with said concave face of said outer tube abutting said exterior of the casket,
• crimping a portion of said second end of said inner tube against an interior surface of the casket to affix the assembly of said inner and outer tubes to said casket.

A burial casket with a through-fitting on a curved corner of the casket, comprising:

• a hole in the curved corner of the casket, said hole having a rim with a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface,
• a through-fitting disposed within said hole, said through-fitting having
• a body portion with a through hole along an axis and with a concave, shape-conforming shoulder portion, said shoulder portion being in contact with and conforming to said convex outer surface of said rim of said hole,
• a neck portion extending axially from said shoulder portion and through said hole, said neck portion having an radially-outwardly extending integral flange portion, said integral flange portion conforming to and being in contact with said concave inner surface of said hole.