Double depth crypt vault
AssigneePaul Mains
InventorsRalph E. McClure, Eugene Jenkins
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Abstract
A double depth crypt vault having two casket compartments, and which permits the placement of two caskets in the same crypt. A center dividing shelf separates the lower casket compartment from the upper casket compartment. The upper crypt compartment has a cover portion designated the vault lid which is configured to mate with and be sealed to the upper edge of the crypt vault. The double depth crypt vault can be formed and integrally molded as a unit out of a heavy-duty plastic material. Optionally, the double depth crypt vault may have tapered walls for added strength and stability for shipping purposes. Ground augers may be employed with the double depth crypt vault to prevent upward floatation.
Claims9
A double depth crypt vault having upper and lower crypt compartments, for providing two casket encryptments in one crypt vault for burying in the ground comprising:
- a. a vault having upstanding sidewalls, a bottom wall and end walls, each of which walls has an interior surface and an exterior surface to define a lower crypt compartment to house a first coffin, the interior surface of said lower crypt compartment having a series of spaced stiffener ribs within the compartment on said side and end walls;
- b. a removable shelf disposed upwardly from the bottom wall, said removable shelf being supported by said stiffener ribs of said lower crypt compartment's side and end walls, said removable shelf closing off the lower crypt compartment from;
- c. an upper crypt compartment to house a second coffin having the same side and end walls as said first compartment, said removable base comprising of said upper compartment, whereby two coffins are capable of being buried in a single crypt vault, when a vault lid is applied to the top of the vault.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.