US1610781A - Knockdown burial casket - Google Patents

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Dec.1'4,1926. 1,610,781

. F. E. HOLLINS KNocKDowN BURIAL GASKET Filed om. 51', 1925 Patente-d Dec. 1d, 19d@ KNOCKDOWLT BURIAL GASKET.

Application led Gotober 31, 1925.

This inveutieu relates to burial oaskets including separably connected members, adapt1 ed to be compactly stored for shipment, and conveniently set up or assembled, to form 5 au operative casket.

T he invention is embodied in the improvements hereinafter described and claimed, on caskets ot' this character, and particularly that disclosed by my Patent No. 1,373,730,

i dated April 5, 1921.

The chief object oi" the present invent-ion is to provide a simpliiied construction including members adapted to be assembled more quickly and conveniently than heretofore, to

l be packed in a relatively small space for shipment, and to constitute, when assembled,

a casket including obliquely arranged corner members imparting to the end portions ot the casket a polygonal torni, so that the casket is, .in eii'ect, an elongated Octagon.

@t the accompanying drawings forming a part ot Jrhis specification,"

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a .casket embodying the invention, without a cover.

Figure 2 is a sectionon line 2-2 ot Fignre 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3MB ot' Fig ure .1.

Figure l shows in perspective, a portion ot" the bottom member.

lligure. 5 is an enlargement of a portion of' Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 omitting the corner member.

Figure '7 shows separately the corner members as shown by Figure 5.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the cor4 ner member, looking` toward its inner side.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary section on line 9-9 of Figure 5.

Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 5, showing a modication.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

Thebottom member 12 of my improved casket, a portion ot which is shown sepa- .rately by Figure e, is oblong, and haslongitudinal edge faces 13, transverse edge 'faces 111, and oblique edge faces 15, at the tour corners of the member.

he casket includeslongitudinal side members 16, which are shorter than the length ot the bottom member, and transverse end members 1'?, which are sliortertlian the width ot the bottom member'. Said side and end mem1 bers are provided with bevelled end faces 18 Serial No. 65,980.

(Figure 6) which are 'flush with theoblique laces 15, and constitute therewith oblique seats tor thecorner members 19 hereinafter described.

Thebottom member 12 and the side and end .members 16 and 17 are provided with complementa] coupling parts., as in the casket disclosed by my above-mentioned patent. rllhe coupling parts on the bottom member aredisks 20, secured by screws 21 (Figure 9) to the bottom member. The coupling parts on the side and end members are channeled reinforcing strips 22, attached by screws 9.3 to said members and located .in recesses therein, tbe arrangement being such that the strips 22 Varc engageable with the disks 2O by longitudinal sliding movements otI the side and end members, as more fully described insaid patent. l/Vhen said coupling parts are interengaged, the side and end members project upward from the. bot tom member, and the end faces 18 oit' the side members are spaced by the oblique edge faces 15 from the end faces 18 of the end members, as indicated by Figure 6, saidfaces 15 and 18 forming oblique seats for the cornerI members, as above stated.

Thecorner members 19 are formed to bear on said seats and cover tbe spaces between the side andV end members, as shown by Figures 2 and 5, the corner members being oblique to the side and end members.

Thecorner members 19 are provided withmetal ears 25, formed to overlap the inner sides of the side and end members, .said ears being preferably the outwardly bent ends ofmetal strips 26, attached byscrews 27 to the corner members. The arrangement ot theears 25 is such that when the side and end members are connected by the described coupling parts with the bottom member, tlie corner members are movable endwise to position, causing tlie ears to overlap the inner sides of the side and end members. The ears `are perforated to receive screws 2S, whereby the ears are attached to the side and end members, as shown by Figure 5.

Eachcorner member 19 may be made from a single piece of wood having a flat inner side. may also be flat, but is preferably molded to impart an ornamental form, as rindicated lby Figures 1 and 8.

The corner membe are adapted to be more quickly and conveniently engaged with the side and end members, and are more com- The outer side ot the corner'member lll) pact than Would be the case if the corner members were angnlar, as heretofore. The compactness of the corner members enables the parts of the casket to be packed in a relatively small space for shipment.

Thecorner members 19 may be held against the seats and secured to the side vand end members, by other means, as indica-ted by Figure 10, which showsmetal strips 30, attached by screws 3l to the side and end members, and provided withoblique ears 32, overlapping the inner sides of the corner members and attached to the latter byscrews 33.

I claim:

l. A knock-down burial casket comprising an oblong bottom member having longitu dinal edge faces, transverse edge faces, and oblique edgey faces at the corners of the member, said longitudinal and transverse faces being provided With coupling parts; longitudinal side members and transverse end members, each having complemental coupling parts slidable into engagement with the coupling parts on the bottom member, bevelled end faces Which are iush With the oblique edge faces of the bottom member and are spaced apart thereby when the members are assembled, the oblique edge faces of the bottom member and the bevelled end faces of the side and end members forming oblique corner seats; and corner members formed to bear on said seats and cover the spaces between the side and end members,

and provided with ears formed to overlap the inner sides of the side and end members, ,and adapted to be secured thereto, the corner members being oblique to the side and end members, the arrangement being such that the corner members are movable endvvise to position, causing said ears to overlap the side and end members.

2. A knock-down burial casketcomprising an oblong bottom member having longitudinal edge faces, transverse edge faces, and oblique edge faces at the corners of the member, said longitudinal and transverse faces being provided with coupling parts; longitudinal side members and transverse end members, each having cfomplemental con pling parts slidable into engagement with the couplingparts on the bottom member, bevelled end faces which. are flush with the oblique edge faces of the bottom member and are spaced apart thereby when the members are assembled, the oblique edge faces of the bottom member and the bevelled end faces of the side and end members forming oblique corner seats; corner members formed to bear on said seats and cover the spaces between the side and end members, and confining means connecting' the corner members with the side and end members, and adapted to hold the corner members against said seats.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

FREDERXCK E. HOLLINS

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