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US 9,387,143 B1Granted
Two-piece casket cover for in-ground burial
OwnerAllan Hortoninventor
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Abstract
A two-piece casket containment system is provided that consist of an upper cover and lower base, both of which are made from a pliable, lightweight waterproof material, and both of which may be cinched around the casket through use of a drawstring assembly.
Claims7
A burial casket containment system comprising an upper cover and a lower base;
- the upper cover comprising a pliable fabric comprising a top portion and four upper side portions, each of the four upper side portions adjoining the top portion along the perimeter of the top portion so as to form an upper opening suitable in shape for encasing a top of a burial casket, the upper cover further comprising an upper drawstring assembly encased in an upper channel along the upper opening perimeter formed by the four upper side portions;
- the lower base comprising a pliable fabric comprising a bottom portion and four base side portions, each of the four base side portions adjoining the bottom portion along the perimeter of the bottom portion so as to form a lower opening suitable in shape for encasing a bottom of the burial casket, the lower base further comprising a base drawstring assembly in a lower channel encased along the base opening perimeter formed by the four base side portions;
- whereby, when the burial casket is placed within the lower opening of the lower base, the base drawstring assembly is cinched so as to draw the base opening perimeter snugly around the burial casket, and when the upper opening of the upper cover is placed over the top of the burial casket so as to encase the burial casket and overlap the lower base, the upper drawstring assembly is cinched so as to draw the upper opening perimeter snugly around the burial casket and the lower base.
A method of covering a burial casket comprising the steps of:
- placing the burial casket within a lower opening of a lower base, wherein the lower base comprises a pliable fabric comprising a bottom portion and four base side portions, each of the four base side portions adjoining the bottom portion along the perimeter of the bottom portion so as to form the lower opening suitable in shape for encasing a bottom of the burial casket, and wherein the lower base further comprises a base drawstring assembly in a lower channel encased along the base opening perimeter formed by the four base side portions;
- cinching the base drawstring assembly so as to draw the base opening perimeter snugly around the burial casket;
- placing an upper opening of an upper cover over a top of the burial casket so as to encase the burial casket and overlap the lower base, wherein the upper cover comprises a pliable fabric comprising a top portion and four upper side portions, each of the four upper side portions adjoining the top portion along the perimeter of the top portion so as to form the upper opening suitable in shape for encasing the top of the burial casket, and wherein the upper cover further comprises an upper drawstring assembly encased in an upper channel along the upper opening perimeter formed by the four side portions;
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- cinching the upper drawstring assembly so as to draw the upper opening perimeter snugly around the burial casket and the lower base.
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