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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Bryan M Hankel, Batesville, IN (US);
Dennis C Laphan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Donald R Maier, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William F Neth, Batesville, IN (US);
Hans E Ritter, Batesville, IN (US);
Patrick M Saaf, Batesville, IN (US);
Batesville Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A casket comprises a shell including a floor, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls. A pair of caps are closable upon the shell. At least one of the walls is constructed of at least two panels having adjacent abutting edges forming a joint between the panels. A decorative feature disguises the joint to create the appearance of the two panels being a single panel. Each cap has a crown, a longer dimension and a shorter dimension, and is constructed of a plurality of boards extending parallel to the longer dimension and including a center spine board. The center spine board is fabricated from a single full-length board sawed in two; remaining ones of thee cap crown boards are non-full length boards. The gap between the head and foot end caps when closed in combination with the matching grain of the spine boards creates the appearance of the cap crowns being constructed of full length boards. Also, by utilizing at least one full length board in the cap, current tooling may be used. Methods of manufacturing such a casket are also provided.