Body container
OwnerFordyce Rathjeninventor
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Abstract
Body container and processes for use with the bodies of the deceased. The body container comprises an enclosure. The enclosure is sealable to form a seal, and is effective to prevent gases from being transmitted freely into or out of the body container. The body container includes one or more valves for facilitating transmission of gases through the enclosure at the valve. The valve can permissively be a one-way valve, a pair of one-way valves, or a two-way valve. The body container can be sealed by an adhesive between the lid and receptacle. Those embodiments having a lid and a receptacle can have a hinge joining the lid, the hinge desirably being laterally supported but vertically floating.
Claims23
A body container, said body container comprising enclosing wall means defining an enclosure, said enclosure being sealable to form a seal, the combination of said wall means and said seal being effective to prevent gases from being transmitted freely into or out of said body container, and including valve means having attachment means extending to the outside of said body container, said valve means being adapted to facilitate transmission of gases through said wall means at said valve means.
A process for handling a body, said process comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing the body in a body container, said body container comprising wall means defining an enclosure, said enclosure being sealable to form a seal, the combination of said wall means and said seal being effective to prevent gases from being transmitted freely into or out of said body container, and including valve means for facilitating transmission of gases through said wall means at said valve means;
- (b) closing and sealing said body container, thereby creating a seal;
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- (c) evacuating a first gaseous composition from said body container, thereby creating a vacuum in said body container.
A process for handling a body killed by agents of biological or chemical warfare, said process comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing the body in a body container, said body container comprising wall means defining an enclosure, said enclosure being sealable to form a seal, the combination of said wall means and said seal being effective to prevent said agents of biological or chemical warfare from being transmitted freely into or out of said body container, and including valve means for facilitating transmission of gases through said wall means at said valve means;
- (b) closing and sealing said body container, thereby creating a seal;
- (c) evacuating contained gases from said body container, thereby creating a vacuum in said body container;
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- (d) passing said evacuated gases through separation equipment effective to remove said agents of biological or chemical warfare from said evacuated gases.
A body container, comprising:
- (a) a receptacle;
- (b) a lid;
- (c) seal means adapted to seal said receptacle to said lid;
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- (d) vertically floating hinge means, hinging said lid and said receptacle.
A body container comprising enclosing wall means defining an enclosure, said enclosure being sealable to form a seal, the combination of said wall means and said seal being effective to prevent gases from being transmitted freely into or out of said body container, and including valve means adapted to facilitate transmission of gases into said body container when said body container is sealed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.