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US 5,875,529 AGranted
Sheet metal casket
AssigneeBatesville Casket Company, Inc.
InventorKean Ollier
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Abstract
A sheet metal casket comprises a pair of side panels, a pair of end panels, a rounded corner between adjacent ends of the adjacent side and end panels, at least one rounded corner having a flat formed thereon, the flat having a hole formed therethrough, and a tube positioned in the hole and crimped in place.
Claims31
A sheet metal casket comprising:
- a pair of side panels;
- a pair of end panels;
- said side and end panels cooperating to define rounded corners of said casket, said rounded corners each including a curvature associated therewith;
- at least one of said rounded corners having a flat comprising a planar surface formed on said curvature thereof, said planar surface having a hole formed therethrough;
- and
- a receptacle positioned in said hole and including a terminal portion deformed so as to crimp said receptacle in place.
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A sheet metal casket comprising:
- a pair of side panels;
- a pair of end panels attached to said pair of side panels, said end panels each having a rounded corner at each side edge thereof, each said rounded corner including a curvature associated therewith;
- at least one of said rounded corners of at least one of said end panels having a flat comprising a planar surface formed on said curvature thereof, said planar surface having a hole formed therethrough;
- and
- a receptacle positioned in said hole and including a terminal portion deformed so as to crimp said receptacle in place.
2 more elements
A sheet metal casket shell comprising:
- a pair of side panels;
- a pair of end panels;
- an arcuate corner between adjacent said side and end panels, said arcuate corner including a curvature associated therewith;
- at least one said arcuate corner having a flat comprising a planar surface formed on said curvature thereof, said planar surface having a hole formed therethrough;
- and
- hardware positioned in said hole and including a terminal portion deformed so as to crimp said hardware in place.
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A sheet metal casket shell comprising:
- a sheet metal panel having first and second portions, each said portion having a tangent plane associated therewith, said tangent planes intersecting at an oblique angle;
- a flat comprising a planar surface formed on said first portion, said planar surface being parallel to said tangent plane of said second portion;
- said planar surface having a hole formed therethrough;
- and
- hardware positioned in said hole and including a terminal portion deformed so as to crimp said hardware in place.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.