Compact hinged casket handle

A method of making a casket, the method comprising:

• a) coupling two side panel structures to a bottom panel and coupling two end panels to the bottom panel to form, at least in part, a casket container configured to receive adult human remains, wherein each side panel structure includes a fixed member having a fixed member outward surface,
• b) coupling at least one movable member to each of the fixed members such that each of the movable members is angularly rotatable relative to the fixed members between a first position and a second position,
• wherein each of the movable members is coupled to one of the fixed members such that, when each of the movable members is in the first position, a movable member outward surface is substantially coplanar with the fixed member outward surface of the fixed member to which the movable member is coupled, and
• wherein each of the movable members is coupled to one of the fixed members such that, when each of the movable members is in the second position, the movable member outward surface is not substantially coplanar with the fixed member outward surface of the fixed member to which the movable member is coupled.

A casket, comprising:

• two side panel structures and two end panels, each end panel operably coupled to both of the side panel structures;
• a bottom panel coupled to both of the side panel structures and both of the end panels such that the bottom panel, two inner side panels and two end panels form, at least in part, a casket container configured to receive adult human remains;
• wherein each side panel structure includes a fixed member and a movable member, each movable member coupled to one of the fixed members such that each movable member is rotatable relative to the fixed members between a first position and a second position, each movable member having a stop surface, and each fixed member having a stop surface;
• wherein, when each of the movable members is in the first position, at least a portion of the movable member is disposed directly below at least a part of the fixed member, and wherein the stop surface of the fixed member engages the stop surface of the moveable member in the second position, and wherein at least one of the stop surface of the movable member and the stop surface of the fixed member comprises a beveled edge.