Nestable casket

A bundle of caskets comprising a plurality of tub sections nested one within the other and an equal number of lid sections nested one within the other, the nested lid sections being nested within the tub sections in an inverted condition,

• each of said tub sections having side walls and end walls structured and configured to permit nesting of similar tub sections one within another, and
• each of said lid sections comprising two substantially identical half lid sections, each of said lid sections being shallower in depth than said tub sections, said lid sections being removable from normal closed casket configuration with said tub sections,
• each of said tub sections and said lid sections comprising a peripheral closure edge, said lid sections being supportable interiorly of said tub sections in said nesting relation at said peripheral closure edge of said tub section, the peripheral closure edge of each of said tub and lid sections defining phantom edge planes which are substantially parallel one to another when a tub section and a lid section are in normal casket closed configuration,
• each of said tub sections comprising side panels and end panels disposed adjacent said tub sections' peripheral closure edge,
• each of said lid sections also comprising side panels and end panels located adjacent said lid sections' peripheral closure edge,
• said tub sections' side panels and end panels being inwardly tapered at an angle from said tub sections' peripheral closure edge,
• said lid sections' side panels and end panels being inwardly tapered from said lid section peripheral closure edge, and said lid sections' side panels and end panels each being inwardly tapered at an angle with said lid sections' phantom edge plane which is not less than the inwardly tapered angle defined by the adjacent one of each of said tub sections' side panels and end panels with said tub sections' phantom edge plane when said tub sections and said lid sections are in closure relation, and
• said tub sections further comprising side transition panels and end transition panels, and said lid sections also comprising side transition panels and end transition panels, said tub sections' transition panels each defining an inwardly tapered angle with said tub sections' phantom edge plane which is greater than the inwardly tapered angle defined by respective adjacent side panels and end panels of said tub sections, and said lid sections' transition panels each defining an inwardly tapered angle with said lid sections' phantom edge plane which is greater than that angle defined by respective adjacent side panels and end panels of said lid sections.

A casket assembly comprising

• a tub section and a lid section, said lid section being separable from said tub section, and
• a display bracket comprising
• a front let and a middle leg connected together in generally U-shaped configuration, said legs being adapted to be frictionally engaged over the top edge of said tub section for connecting said display bracket to said tub section, and
• an extended length display arm connected to said middle leg, said connection being located beneath the tub section's closure edge, said display arm being angled so that it extends upwardly from beneath said tub section's closure edge to substantially above said closure edge, and said middle leg and said display arm defining a seat disposed beneath said tub section's closure edge within which said lid section maybe retained in open display configuration, when said bracket is mounted on said tub section.