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US 9,872,809 B1Granted
Reusable metal casket
OwnerGerald H. Davis, Mary Ellen Davis +1inventors
InventorsGerald H. Davis, Mary Ellen Davis, Keith L. Davis
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Abstract
A reusable metal casket is configured to receive a tray supporting the deceased. The casket includes a base, having a head end, a first side, a second side, and a foot end, and a lid. The lid is rotatably coupled to the first side or the second side. The foot end is rotatable relative to a bottom of the casket to enable insertion and removal of the tray. The head end and the foot end include curved corners. Accordingly, the interfaces between the head end and the foot end and the first side and the second side are formed separately from the curved corners.
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A casket, comprising:
- a base constructed primarily of a metal material, the base including:
- a bottom;
- a head end fixedly coupled to the bottom, the head end including a head panel defining a substantially planar head panel surface;
- a first side fixedly coupled to the bottom and to the head end, the first side including a first side panel defining a first side surface that is substantially perpendicular to the head panel surface;
- a second side fixedly coupled to the bottom and to the head end, the second side including a second side panel defining a second side surface that is substantially parallel to the first side surface;
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- a foot end rotatably coupled to the bottom and including:
- a foot panel defining a substantially planar foot panel surface;
- a first foot portion defining a substantially planar first foot portion surface, the first foot portion projecting substantially perpendicularly from the foot panel such that the first foot portion surface is substantially perpendicular to the foot panel surface and parallel to the first side surface;
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- a second foot portion defining a substantially planar second foot portion surface, the second foot portion projecting substantially perpendicularly from the foot panel such that the second foot portion surface is substantially perpendicular to the foot panel surface and parallel to the second side surface;
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- a lid constructed primarily of a metal material, the lid having a head portion and a foot portion rotatably coupled to one of the first and second sides, wherein:
- the foot end is movable between a first position and a second position,
- in the first position, the foot panel surface is parallel to the head panel surface,
- in the second position, the foot panel surface is not parallel to the head panel surface, and
- when the foot end is in the first position, the first foot portion surface is coplanar with the first side surface and the second foot portion surface is coplanar with the second side surface.
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A casket, comprising:
- a base constructed primarily of a metal material, the base including:
- a bottom;
- a head end fixedly coupled to the bottom, the head end including a planar head panel surface;
- a first side fixedly coupled to the bottom and to the head end, the first side including a planar first side surface that is perpendicular to the head panel surface;
- a second side fixedly coupled to the bottom and to the head end, the second side including a planar second side surface that is perpendicular to the head panel surface;
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- a foot end including:
- a planar foot panel surface, the foot end rotatably coupled to the bottom and movable between a first position, whereat the foot panel surface is parallel to the head panel surface, and a second position, whereat the foot panel surface is not parallel to the head panel surface;
- a first foot portion surface and a second foot portion surface that are perpendicular to the foot panel surface;
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- a first curved surface extending between the foot panel surface and the first foot portion surface and a second curved surface extending between the foot panel surface and the second foot portion surface, wherein the planar foot panel surface, the first foot portion surface, the second foot portion surface, the first curved surface and the second curved surface define a portion of an interior surface of the base;
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- a lid constructed primarily of a metal material, the lid having a head portion and a foot portion rotatably coupled to one of the first and second sides, the lid configured to cover interior surface of the base.
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