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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1995
Lewis P Young, Greenville, SC (US);
John J Bagwell, Greenville, SC (US);
Jeff A Bagwell, Greenville, SC (US);
Guaranteed Seal System, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
A burial service system (10), which is provided for both lowering a casket into a burial vault and lowering the casket-containing burial vault into a grave, comprises a first burial service unit (12) and a separate and distinct second burial service unit (14). When in use, the units are longitudinally spaced from one another across a grave and are interconnected by a flexible casket support (16) extending longitudinally over a burial vault opening and a flexible vault support (18) extending longitudinally across the grave. Referring to the first unit (12), each burial service unit includes a housing (12a), a first shaft (68) journaled in the housing, a first automatic drive system operatively connected to the first shaft, a flexible casket support member (20) carried by the first shaft, a second shaft (96) journaled in the housing, a second automatic drive system operatively connected to the second shaft, and a flexible vault support member (28) carried by the second shaft.