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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1994
Kenneth J Gulick, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Batesville Casket Company, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A casket cap brace support comprises a support bracket adapted to be affixed to a wall of the casket body and including an aperture therethrough adapted to receive an end of a brace member, an elongated brace member having one end pivoted to the cap and the other end received in the support bracket aperture, the other end having a projection thereon, the support bracket having an elongated slot therein with a terminal end, the brace member projection being received in the slot during at least a portion of the movement of the cap to and between the closed and open positions, the slot being so configured such that when the cap is in the open position the brace member is in compression, the brace member projection residing in the slot terminal end and being prevented from moving out of the slot terminal end by the action of the weight of the cap, the cap thereby being resistant to inadvertent closing in the event that the casket cap or body is accidentally bumped. In another form, the slot is routed directly into the casket wall and receives the brace member projection.