# US 8,539,654 B2 · Coffin, which has kindly environment means

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- Number: US 8,539,654 B2
- Document ID: US8539654B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/254,973
- Filed: 2009-09-18
- Published: 2011-12-29
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2009-03-07
- Assignees: Beco Consult Aps
- Applicants: Bendt Skov
- Inventors: Bendt Skov
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8539654B2

## CPC

- A61G 17/0073: {Cardboard}
- A61G 2203/90: biodegradable
- A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00)

## Abstract

Coffin (2), which in its shape, function and its choice of material has a kind environment, but still is stabile, and with a lit (1), which in its design has means (7) for by an earth filling (6) to be able to be discharge (5) in to the coffin (2) and down against the body (4) there has to be buried, as the lid (1) in its edges (3) has a folding arrangement (7).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A coffin, constructed of an environmentally friendly material, the coffin comprising:
a coffin box and a lid where the lid is formed having peripheral edges that abut and extend beyond side walls of the coffin box and wherein the lid extends uninterrupted from one side wall of the coffin box to the other side wall of the coffin box,
wherein the lid is provided with displacing means, so that the lid is adapted to displace into an inner volume of the coffin box upon placement of earth fillings on top of the coffin lid during burial and the lid is adapted to fold onto a body that is to be buried,
and wherein the displacing means comprises a folding arrangement allowing the lid to extend into the inner volume of the coffin box while maintaining a connection with the side walls of the coffin box,
wherein the folding arrangement is shaped as an accordion bellows.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A coffin according to claim 1, wherein a bottom of the coffin box comprises U-shaped ribs ex-tending along a longitudinal axis of the coffin box.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A coffin according to claim 2, wherein the coffin box comprises two or more equal end sections, that are assembled.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

A coffin according to claim 2, wherein the coffin box comprises three sections, in the form of two end sections that are assembled together with a middle section.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A coffin according to claim 4, wherein the environmentally friendly material comprises paper pulp or similar perishable or waste material.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A coffin according to claim 1, wherein the side walls of the coffin box are provided with vertical U-shaped ribs.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A coffin according to claim 1, wherein the coffin box is made of a plurality of equal sections.

### Claim 8

A coffin, constructed of an environmentally friendly material, the coffin comprising:
a coffin box and a lid where the lid is formed having peripheral edges that abut and extend beyond side walls of the coffin box and wherein the lid extends uninterrupted from one side wall of the coffin box to the other side wall of the coffin box,
wherein the lid is provided with displacing means, so that the lid is adapted to displace into an inner volume of the coffin box upon placement of earth fillings on top of the coffin lid during burial and the lid is adapted to fold onto a body that is to be buried,
wherein the displacing means comprises a folding arrangement allowing the lid to extend into the inner volume of the coffin box while maintaining a connection with the side walls of the coffin box, and
wherein the folding arrangement comprising the displacement means is provided in an area of the lid that is distal from the connection with the side walls of the coffin box.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

A coffin according to claim 8, wherein a bottom of the coffin box comprises U-shaped ribs extending along a longitudinal axis of the coffin box.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

A coffin according to claim 8, wherein the side walls of the coffin box are provided with vertical U-shaped ribs.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

A coffin according to claim 8, wherein the coffin box is made of a plurality of equal sections.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

A coffin according to claim 11, wherein the coffin box comprises two or more equal end sections, that are assembled.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

A coffin according to claim 11, wherein the coffin box comprises three sections, in the form of two end sections that are assembled together with a middle section.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

A coffin according to claim 13, wherein the environmentally friendly material comprises paper pulp or similar perishable or waste material.