Casket boxes and method OF making same
OwnerGilles Beaulne, Normand Beauchesneinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A casket box having a periphery of lateral panels connected to one bottom panel at a lower edge thereof, wherein: at least one of the lateral panels has a ledge towards a top thereof, the ledge being formed by a folded portion of the lateral panel being folded along at least one successive V-groove defined in the lateral panel. A method of making a ledged lateral panel for a casket, the method comprising: providing a panel having a first side, a second side, and four edges; machining at least one V-groove parallel to a first edge of the panel; folding the panel along the at least one V-groove, into a ledge; and beveling a second and third opposed edges of the panel including the ledge.
Claims20
A casket box having a periphery of lateral panels connected to one bottom panel at a lower edge thereof, wherein:
- at least one of the lateral panels has a ledge towards a top thereof, the ledge being formed by a folded portion of the lateral panel being folded along at least one successive V-groove defined in the lateral panel.
A method of making a ledged lateral panel for a casket, the method comprising:
- providing a panel having a first side, a second side, and four edges;
- machining at least one V-groove parallel to a first edge of the panel;
- and
- folding the panel along the at least one V-groove, into a ledge;
- and
- beveling a second and third opposed edges of the panel including the ledge.
A casket box including a bottom panel, two opposed side panels, a front panel and a back panel, the side panels being joined to a respective edge of the front and back panels by a beveled joint, the casket box being characterized in that the bottom, front, back, and side panels have a sheet of veneer on an outer side thereof, relative to the box, and are connected to the bottom panel along a respective folded V-grooves defined on the inside of the casket box, the sheet of veneer being folded outside the folded V-grooves, and the sheet of veneer includes an outer layer and an inner hinge layer to facilitate its folding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.