Casket cap brace

In a casket having casket body and a cap pivotally attached thereto, said body and said cap having an inwardly extending flange carrying sealing means for sealing said casket, an improved casket cap brace for locking said cap in an open position, said brace comprising:

• a. a rigid elongated member pivotally connected to said body for pivotal movement thereon, said member extending from said pivotal connection through the flange of said casket cap and into said body;
• b. insert means carried by said flange of said cap and having a slot therein for receiving said elongated member;
• c. said insert and said elongated member having cooperative locking means for rigidly locking said cap in an open position against pivotal movement in at least one direction;
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• d. an elastomeric abutment carried by said body for engaging the extension of said elongated member and for biasing and retaining said locking means in engagement.

A support brace for supporting a cover panel pivotally attached to a compartment comprising:

• a. a slot in said cover panel transversely displaced from said pivotal attachment of said panel to said compartment;
• b. an elongated member pivotally attached to said compartment at a position generally below said aperture of said cover panel when the latter is closed;
• c. said elongated member telescoping into said slot and having an enlarged section on its outer end of a greater dimension than said slot for preventing said panel from opening an undesirable distance;
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• d. said enlarged section having a recess formed by two projections for engaging one end of said slot and a third projection simultaneously engaging the other end of said slot for camming said recess into engagement with said one end of said slot and supporting said panel in an open position.

In a casket having a casket body and a pivotally mounted top, an improved brace support for locking said top in a generally vertical position, said brace support comprising:

• a. a support bracket mounted on said casket body transversely from the pivotal connection of said top and said casket body;
• b. a flat elongated member pivotally mounted in said support bracket and extending into said top;
• c. a receiving insert having an elongated slot carried by said cap for receiving said elongated member, said insert generally positioned above said support bracket, said slot camming said member for rotational movement in the same direction as the cap is rotated;
• d. an enlarged section on said elongated member having a dimension greater than that of said slot for limiting opening movement of said cap;
• e. a projection on said enlarged section which is sufficiently small to pass through said slot upon opening of said cap, but engaging one end of said cap for supporting same against rotational movement in the opposite direction;
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• f. biasing means carried by said body for biasing said projection into supporting relation with one end of said slot.

A support brace for supporting a cover panel member pivotally attached to a compartment member comprising:

• a. a slot in one of said members transversely displaced from said pivotal attachment;
• b. a rigid elongated element pivotally attached to said other member intermediate the ends of said element, one end of said element extending into said slot and having an enlarged section to prevent the element from telescoping out of said slot, the other end extending into said other member;
• c. said enlarged section having a detent thereon for engaging at least one end of said slot when the cover member is moved to an open position;
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• d. an elastomeric abutment carried by said other member for engaging the other end of said element and for resiliently biasing said detent into engagement with said slot.