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US 5,197,169 AGranted
Stabilizer for casked bier pedestal
AssigneeBatesville Casket Company, Inc.
InventorRonald B. Gordon
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Abstract
A casket bier pedestal has two vertical plastic sheets joined together at right angles along their center lines. They have horizontal edges, a central portion for which is notched. A rigid plastic cap having a cruciform slot receives and holds the horizontal edges of the sheets perpendicular to each other so that the pedestal does not become unstable.
Claims3
A casket bier pedestal comprising:
- two rigid plastic vertical sheets each having a vertical slot bisecting the sheet and extending from a horizontal edge to about the center of the sheet;
- said sheets being joined at said slots perpendicular to each other;
- and a rigid plastic cap at each end of said sheets, said cap having a cruciform slot that receives and holds the horizontal edges of said sheets perpendicular to each other.
A method of stabilizing a casket bier pedestal presenting perpendicular upper and lower edges comprising:
- use of a cup-shaped plastic member having a transverse wall and four side walls;
- said transverse wall having a cruciform groove for receiving perpendicular edges of said bier pedestal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.