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US 6,385,824 B1Granted
Reusable casket assembly
OwnerDale L. Schwartzinventor
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Abstract
A reusable casket assembly includes a closable burial compartment configured to accommodate enclosure of a body within its interior. The burial compartment may be releasably attached inside a decorative casket shell thereby allowing disengagement of the burial compartment from the casket shell for burial of the compartment exclusive of the casket shell which may be reused with a different burial compartment.
Claims14
A burial casket assembly for accommodating inexpensive burials, said burial casket assembly comprising:
- a closable burial compartment configured to accommodate enclosure of a body within an interior thereof for burial, said compartment adapted for releasable attachment within a decorative casket shell thereby accommodating disengagement of said compartment from said decorative casket shell for burial of said compartment exclusive of said decorative casket shell;
- a releasable coupling assembly configured for coupling and releasing said compartment from said decorative casket shell;
- said releasable coupling assembly including a tubular receiver disposed within a lower portion of said compartment, said tubular receiver extending across a width of said compartment and configured to insertably receive a coupling bar therein for affecting a connection between said compartment and said decorative casket shell;
- said tubular receiver including a pair of ports, one of each said ports located at each of two ends of said tubular receiver and each of said ports configured to permit insertion of said coupling bar therethrough into said tubular receiver;
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- said decorative casket shell including a pair of apertures configured to insertably receive said coupling bar therethrough, said pair of apertures in said decorative casket shell being oriented to align with said pair of ports in said compartment when said decorative casket shell is properly positioned relative to said compartment for interconnection via said releasable coupling assembly.
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A burial casket assembly for accommodating inexpensive burials, said burial casket assembly comprising:
- a closable burial compartment configured to accommodate enclosure of a body within an interior thereof for burial, said compartment being releasably attached within a decorative casket shell thereby accommodating disengagement of said compartment from said casket shell for burial of said compartment exclusive of said casket shell;
- a releasable coupling assembly interconnecting said compartment to said casket shell, said releasable coupling assembly comprising a tube disposed within said compartment and an insertable pin in combination, said insertable pin having an end portion exposed exteriorly outside said compartment and said casket shell;
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- a removable ornamental end block releasably connected to and covering said exposed end portion of said insertable pin, said removable ornamental end block being configured to decoratively conceal from view said releasable coupling assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.