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US 5,689,869 AGranted
Handle for a casket shell
AssigneeBatesville Casket Company, Inc.
InventorsJohn E. Linville, Dennis C. Laphan, Anthony S. Casablanca
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Abstract
A handle structure for a casket (10) is provided. The handle structure includes a bar (33) and a casket shell (12) spaced apart from the bar (33). The casket shell (12) includes a side panel (28) having an outwardly-facing side surface (66) positioned behind the bar (33) and fixed relative thereto. The side surface (66) includes an outer portion (64) and an edge (60) defining a recessed portion (62) of the side surface (66) positioned inwardly of the outer portion (64) of the side surface (66). The recessed portion (62) cooperates with the outer portion (64) to define a cavity (68) positioned behind the bar (33) so that a person carrying the casket (10) can grip the bar (33) without engaging the side surface (66).
Claims38
A casket comprising
- a bar, and
- a casket shell spaced apart from the bar and including a side panel having an outwardly-facing side surface fixed relative to the bar, the side surface including an outer portion defining a generally vertical outer plane and a recessed portion positioned inwardly of the outer portion of the side surface and cooperating therewith to define a cavity positioned behind the bar so that a person carrying the casket can grip the bar without engaging the side surface, the outer plane extending between the recessed portion and the bar.
A casket shell comprising
- an elongated bottom having first and second spaced apart side edges,
- first and second elongated side panels attached to the side edges and extending upwardly therefrom defining a casket shell interior region, the first side panel having a side surface including an outer portion of the side surface defining a generally vertical outer plane and being formed to include a recessed portion of the side surface spaced apart from and positioned inwardly of the outer plane, and
- a bar fixed relative to the first side panel, the bar being positioned to lie in front of the recessed portion and the outer plane so that a person carrying the casket shell can grip the bar without engaging the recessed surface.
A casket shell comprising
- an elongated bottom having first and second spaced apart side edges,
- first and second elongated side panels attached to the side edges and extending upwardly therefrom defining a casket shell interior region, the first side panel having a side surface including an outer portion of the side surface defining a generally vertical outer plane and being formed to include an outer edge defining a recessed portion of the side surface spaced apart from and positioned inwardly of the outer plane, and
- a bar fixed relative to the first side panel, the bar being positioned to lie in front of the recessed portion and spaced apart from the first side panel so that a person carrying the casket shell can grip the bar without engaging the recessed surface, the casket shell further comprising a first mounting boss projecting outwardly from the outer portion of the side surface and a second mounting boss projecting outwardly from the outer portion of the side surface and longitudinally spaced apart from the first mounting boss, the recessed portion being positioned to lie between the first and second mounting bosses, and the bar including a first end fixed to the first mounting boss and a second end fixed to the second mounting boss so that the bar extends along the full length of the recessed portion.
A casket shell comprising
- an elongated bottom having first and second spaced apart side edges,
- first and second elongated side panels attached to the side edges and extending upwardly therefrom defining a casket shell interior region, the first side panel having a side surface including an outer portion of the side surface defining a generally vertical outer plane and being formed to include an outer edge defining a recessed portion of the side surface spaced apart from and positioned inwardly of the outer plane, and
- a bar fixed relative to the first side panel, the bar being positioned to lie in front of the recessed portion and spaced apart from the first side panel so that a person carrying the casket shell can grip the bar without engaging the recessed surface, wherein the first side panel includes a plurality of outer edges each of which defines a recessed portion of the side surface spaced apart from and positioned inwardly of the outer plane so that the first side panel includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart recessed portions.
A casket shell comprising
- an elongated bottom having first and second spaced apart side edges,
- first and second elongated side panels attached to the side edges and extending upwardly therefrom, the first side panel including a generally planar side surface defining a generally vertical outer plane, and
- a bar fixed relative to the side surface so that a person carrying the casket can grip the bar, the bar cooperating with the side surface of the first side panel to define a hand-receiving space receiving the hand of the person carrying the casket and the side surface being configured and the bar being positioned so that the outer plane passes through the hand-receiving space.
A casket shell comprising
- an elongated bottom having elongated first and second spaced-apart side edges, a head end edge, and a foot end edge longitudinally spaced apart from the head end edge,
- a pair of end panels including a head end panel attached to the head end edge and extending upwardly therefrom and a foot end panel attached to the foot end edge and extending upwardly therefrom,
- first and second side panels attached to the first and second side edges, respectively, and extending upwardly therefrom, the first and second side panels cooperating with the bottom and the end panels to define an interior region of the shell, the first side panel being formed to include an outer portion of the side surface defining a generally vertical outer plane and a first edge defining a generally rectangular first recessed portion of the side surface recessed inwardly from the outer plane to define a hand grip cavity, the first recessed portion including an inner edge having a top edge portion and a bottom edge portion cooperating with two spaced-apart side edge portions of the inner edge to define a generally rectangular and generally planar recessed surface defining a recessed plane spaced apart from and inward of the outer plane, the first and second side panels being of unitary construction, and
- a generally horizontal bar positioned outside of the outer plane and spaced apart therefrom, the bar being fixed relative to the side surface in front of the recessed portion and having an elongated bottom vertically positioned above and spaced apart from the bottom edge portion and an elongated top spaced apart from the bottom of the bar and vertically spaced apart from the top edge portion by a first distance and vertically spaced apart from the bottom edge portion by a second distance that is generally equal to the first distance so that a person carrying the casket shell can grip the bar without engaging the first side panel.
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A casket shell comprising
- an elongated bottom having first and second spaced apart side edges,
- first and second elongated side panels attached to the side edges and extending upwardly therefrom, the first side panel including an outward first surface and an inward second surface displaced from the first surface, and
- a bar spaced apart from the first side panel and fixed relative thereto, the outward first surface and the inward second surface being positioned behind the bar.
A casket comprising
- a bar,
- a casket shell coupled to and spaced apart from the bar and including a side panel having an outwardly-facing side surface, the side surface including an outer portion and a recessed portion of the side surface positioned inwardly of the outer portion of the side surface and cooperating therewith to define a cavity positioned behind the bar,
- a first mounting boss projecting outwardly from the outer portion of the side surface, and
- a second mounting boss projecting outwardly from the outer portion of the side surface and longitudinally spaced apart from the first mounting boss, the recessed portion being positioned to lie between the first and second mounting bosses, and the bar including a first end fixed to the first mounting boss and a second end fixed to the second mounting boss so that the bar extends along the full length of the recessed portion.
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A casket comprising
- a bar and
- a casket shell coupled to and spaced apart from the bar and including a side panel having an outwardly-facing side surface, the side surface including an outer portion defining a generally vertical outer plane and a recessed portion of the side surface positioned inwardly of the outer portion of the side surface and cooperating therewith to define a cavity positioned behind the bar, wherein the side panel includes a plurality of recessed portions spaced apart from and positioned inwardly of the outer plane so that the side panel includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart recessed portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.