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US 5,060,993 AGranted
Locking mechanism for burial casket
AssigneeBatesville Casket Company, Inc.
InventorDonald R. Maier
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Abstract
Locking mechanism for burial caskets in which a rod extending into the outer wall of the casket shell rotates a latch having a hook-like arm extending above the upper edge of the casket shell and provided with a cam surface which engages a keeper member on a matching edge of the casket cap to pull the cap tightly against the shell.
Claims14
A lock for a hardwood casket comprising:
- a vertical casket wall having an upper edge, said wall having a vertical slot projecting from said upper edge downwardly into said wall and said wall having a transverse hole therethrough that passes through said slot,
- an insert member having a flat vertical slot and a transverse hole, said insert member being disposed in the slot in said wall with said transverse holes aligned,
- a hook-shaped latch in said insert member slot, said latch having an irregularly shaped hole aligned with said transverse holes,
- a locking rod of a cross section mating with said irregularly shaped hole and passing through all said holes, means blocking axial movement of said locking rod with respect to said wall,
- said casket having a lid with a lower edge abutting said upper edge,
- and a keeper mounted on and lying flush with said lower edge in a position for engagement by said hook-shaped latch to pull said lid tight against said upper edge of said vertical casket wall.
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A locking mechanism for a hardwood burial casket of the type having shell and cap portions which face edge-to-edge when the casket is closed comprising;
- an elongated slot projecting into an edge of one of said portions, a slotted member having an internal slot and positioned in said elongated slot and conforming closely to the inner surface and depth of said elongated slot,
- a hole extending from the outside of said one portion into communication with said internal slot,
- latch means in said internal of said slotted member said latch means having an opening therein and a hook-like arm provided with a cam surface facing in the direction of said opening,
- a rotatable, elongated locking member insertable into said hole from outside the casket and into driving engagement with the opening in said latch means, said slotted member having a transverse opening therein to receive said locking member, and
- keeper means located on and lying flush with a facing edge of the other casket portion and engageable by said hook-like arm to cause the two casket portions to be pulled tightly together by action of said cam surface on said keeper upon rotation of said latch means by rotation of said locking member.
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Locking mechanism for a hardwood burial casket of the type having a shell having an upper edge and a cap having a lower edge which face edge-to-edge when the casket is closed comprising:
- means providing an elongated slot in the upper edge of said shell,
- means providing a hole extending from the outside of the shell into said slot and into communication with the interior of the casket,
- a latch member having an opening therein and a hook-like arm provided with a cam surface facing in the direction of said opening,
- a slotted member positioned in said elongated slot and conforming closely to said elongated slot, said slotted member having a transverse opening therein aligned with said hole, said latch means being located in said slot,
- a rotatable, elongated locking member insertable from outside the casket into the hole in said shell and through the opening in said slotted member into driving engagement with the opening in said latch means, said locking member having an outer end that has means for limiting inward movement thereof, said locking member having an inner end extending into the interior of the casket,
- means engaging said inner end of said locking member to retain it against outward movement with respect to said shell, and
- keeper means located on and lying flush with a facing edge of the cap for engagement by said hook-like arm to cause the cap and shell to be pulled tightly together by action of said cam surface upon rotation of said latch means by rotation of said locking member, said keeper means comprising an elongated, flat part set into the edge surface of the cap and having two elongated openings separated by a transversely extending section which is engaged by said hook-like arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.