Lightweight casket
AssigneeBatesville Services, Inc.
InventorWilliam C. Tambussi
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Abstract
A lightweight structurally sound casket formed preferably of a sandwich construction using a core of an open cell or honeycomb patterned material and fluid resistant surface elements. The casket is comprised of a body containment portion and a lid portion, each of which has the sandwich construction as the main structural element. The open cell material is structurally enhanced by being sandwiched between first and second stabilizing surface elements in both the body containment portion and the lid portion. In addition to the stabilizing surface elements, an aesthetically pleasing material is adhered to the outer portions of the body containment section and lid so that the casket has an attractive appearance.
Claims30
A casket comprising:
- a body containment portion having a bottom and at least one wall extending upwardly from said bottom;
- said bottom and said at least one wall constructed as a sandwich structure;
- said sandwich structure having a core and first and second opposed surface elements attached to first and second opposed surfaces of said core;
- one of said core and said first surface element being discontinuous and the other of said core and said first surface element being continuous at a juncture of said bottom and wall to facilitate folding a planar blank of said sandwich structure into said body containment portion.
A casket comprising:
- a shell and a lid enclosing said shell;
- at least one of said shell and lid constructed as a sandwich structure;
- said sandwich structure having a core and first and second opposed surface elements attached to first and second opposed surfaces of said core;
- one of said core and said first surface element being discontinuous and the other of said core and said first surface element being continuous thereby forming a fold line about which to fold a planar blank of said sandwich structure into one of said shell and lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.